List of Indian poets

This List of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world.

Assamese

See also: List of Assamese-language poets

• Amulya Barua (1922-1946) first published posthumously in 1964
• Atul Chandra Hazarika (1903–1986), poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator.
• Bhabananda Deka (born 1929) writer, poet, critic, columnist, playwright
• Ganesh Gogoi (born 1907-1938)
• Hem Barua (1915–1977), poet and politician
• Lakshminath Bezbarua A doyen of Assamese Literature.
• Chandra Kumar Agarwala Romantic poet.
• Hemchandra Goswami Romantic poet.
• Ambikagiri Raichoudhury Romantic poet.
• Hiren Bhattacharya (1932-2012), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
• Homen Borgohain (born 1932), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, (1903–1953), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker
• Bishnu Prasad Rabha (KolaGuru)
• Nabakanta Barua, also known as Ekhud Kokaideu (1926–2002), novelist and poet
• Nilmani Phookan (born 1933)
• Harekrishna Deka (born 1942) Poet,fiction-writer, and critic.
• Mahim Bora (born 1930) Poet,fiction-writer.

Awadhi

• Jumai Khan Azad, a poet
• Gosvāmī Tulsīdās तुलसीदास, also known as "Tulasī Dāsa" and "Tulsidas" (1532 –1623 ) Awadhi poet and philosopher.
• Rambhadracharya (b.14 January 1950)[β] is a Hindu religious leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist.

Bengali

See also: List of Bengali-language authors (chronological)

Bengali language names in parentheses

• Abul Bashar (born 1951), poet and writer
• Annadashankar Roy (1905–2002)
• Bharatchandra Ray (Raygunakar, court poet in Krishnanagar)
• Binoy Majumdar (1934–2006) Indian poet
• Bishnu Dey (1909–1982) poet, prose writer, movie critic
• Buddhadeb Basu (also spelled "Buddhadeva Bose") (1908–1974), poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
• Chandidas (born 1408 CE) refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet
• Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913) poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for patriotic plays and songs, as well as Hindu devotional lyrics
• Govindadasa, Medieval Vaishanavite poet
• Humayun Kabir (1906–1969), poet, educationalist, politician, writer, philosopher
• Iswarchandra Gupta (1812–1859) poet and writer
• Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948)
• Jatindranath Sengupta (1887–1954), poet and writer
• Jibananda Das (1899–1954)
• Joy Goswami (born 1954), Indian poet
• Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam") (1899–1976) poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher
• Krittibas Ojha (; also spelt "Krittivas Ojha"), medieval poet
• Malay Roy Choudhury ( born 1939 ), Founder of the Hungry generation movement.
• Mallika Sengupta (born 1960), poet and writer
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta (also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (1824–1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Nôbonita Deb Shen) (born 1938) writer and poet
• Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909), poet and writer
• Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) poet, (national poet of Bangladesh), novelist, short story writer, dramatist, singer, composer, essayist, translator, and movie-director.
• Premendra Mitra (1904–1988) poet, novelist, short-story writer, including thrillers and science fiction
• Purnendu Patri (born 1930) poet, novelist, Artist and Film maker.
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Shankha Ghosh (born 1932), poet and critic
• Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (1919–2003)
• Subhro Bandopadhyay (Born 1978), poet
• Subodh Sarkar (born 1958), poet
• Sudhindranath Dutta
• Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–1947) poet
• Sukumar Ray (1987–1923) humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
• Sunil Gangopadhyay(Shunil Gônggopaddhae) (born 1934), Indian poet, novelist
• Syed Kawsar Jamal (born 1950), Indian poet and essayist
• Tarapada Roy (1936–2007), poet, essayist and short-story writer, short stories, and essays, humourist
• Vattacharja Chandan (born 1944), Indian poet, fiction writer, mail artist, editor.

Indian poets writing in English

In alphabetical order by first name:

• A. K. Ramanujan (1929–1993), Indian poet, writer, academic, philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright who wrote in English and Kannada.
• Abhay K (born 1980), Poet, Diplomat, Writer and Artist.
• Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949, New Delhi – 8 December 2001, Amherst, Massachusetts) Kashmiri-American poet writing in English.
• Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), author and poet writing in English.
• Amol Redij (born 1977) is an English poet and writer.
• Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet writings in English and Marathi.
• Arundhathi Subramaniam poet and writer and web editor writing in English.
• Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English.
• Bibhu Padhi (born 1951), poet, translator and critic writing in English.
• C. P. Surendran, poet, novelist and editor writing in English.
• Dilip Chitre (1938-2009) Indian poet writing in English and Marathi also a painter and filmmaker.
• Dilip Sankarreddy (born 1981)
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004), Goan writer, poet and columnist writing in English.
• Eunice De Souza (also "Eunice de Souza" (born 1940)) Indian poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English.
• Feroze Varun Gandhi (born 1980), Poet, Politician and Columnist.
• G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000), author and poet writing in English .
• Gieve Patel (born 1940), Indian poet, playwright and painter who practiced to be a general physician writing in English.
• Gopi Kottoor (born 1956), Indian poet, playwright, translator writing in English.
• Hemant Mohapatra, poet writing in English.
• Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Indian poet.
• Jagannath Prasad Das (born 1936), also known as J P Das, award-winning poet in English and Oriya
• Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1924) poet, critic, arts scholar, and curator writing in English.
• K.K. Srivastava (born 1960) Poet, critic and civil servant, writing in English
• Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born 1934), writer and poet in English and Malayalam.
• Keki Daruwalla Indian poet writing in English.
• Makarand Paranjape (born 1960) is an Indian poet writing in English.
• Mani Rao (born 1965) is an Indian poet writing in English.
• Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is a writer, poet, translator and an activist
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt (born 25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) poet and dramatist.
• Nissim Ezekiel(1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English.
• Nandini Sahu (1973), Indian poet, writer, and critic writing in English
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), author, novelist and poetry writing in English and Hindi.
• P. Lal (1929-2010), Indian poet, translator, professor and publisher; also the founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, India.
• Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936), Indian poet writing in English.
• Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English.
• R. Parthasarathy is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English.
• Rafey Habib is an Indian-born poet and scholar of literature.
• Ram Sharma (1837–1918), Indian poet and journalist writing in English .
• Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English.
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) poet, editor and translator, writes in English.
• Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English.
• Robin S Ngangom. Indian poet writing in English.
• Rukmini Bhaya Nair Indian poet and theorist, writing in English.
• Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). Indian poet writing in English.
• Saket Suman Indian poet and journalist writing in English.
• Shahzad A. Rizvi (born 1937, Gwalior) author, scholar and poet writing in English and Urdu.
• Shiv Kumar is Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
• Shreekumar Varma (born 1955), newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English.
• Smita Agarwal (born 1958) Indian poet, critic, educator, she was also a singer.
• Som Ranchan (born 1932), Indian poet and novelist writing in English.
• Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo) (1872–1950) Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English.
• Subhash Misra (born 1955)
• Sudeep Sen, Indian poet and editor writing in English.
• Tabish Khair (born 1966), poet, novelist and essayist
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972), activist, essayist and poet in English and Oriya.
• Tishani Doshi (born 1975)
• T.K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan), (1921–2007), poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
• Toru Dutt (1856–1877). Indian poet wrote in English and French .
• Vijay Kumar Roy (born 1978), is an Indian poet, writes in English and Hindi.
• Vikram Seth (born 1952), is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
• Vivekanand Jha (born 1977), is an Indian poet, translator and editor.

Gujarati

In alphabetical order by last name:

• Akho (1591–1659), poet, Vedantist and radical.
• Pir Sadardin
• Dalpatram (1820–1898), father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
• Dayaram (1757–1852)
• Mahadev Desai (1892–1942), writer in English, Gujarati and Bengali.
• Suresh Joshi (1921–1986), novelist, short-story writer, critic, poet and writer
• Umashankar Joshi – see listing under "Umashankar", below
• Kalapi (1874–1900)
• Kavi Kant (1867–1923), writer and poet.
• Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi (નાનાલાલ દલપતરામ કવિ)
• Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947), novelist, poet, short-story writer, folklorist
• Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta (c. 1414 – c. 1481)
• K. M. Munshi (1887–1971), novelist, playwright, writer, politician and lawyer
• Narmad (1834–1886)
• Ravji Patel (born 1939) was a modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati.
• Rajendra Shah (born 1913),Jnanpith Award winner
• Rajendra Shukla
• Sundaram (1909–1990), poet, short-story writer, travel writer, biographer and critic
• Govardhanram Tripathi (1855–1907), novelist and poet
• Umashankar Joshi (1911–1988), novelist, poet, playwright, writer and academic; surname: Umashankar,Jnanpith Award winner

Hindi

Main article: List of Hindi-language poets

• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on Astrology
• Ambarish Srivastava (1965- ), architect and poet
• Amir Khusrow, (1253-1325) musician, scholar and poet
• Ashok Chakradhar (1951- ), author and poet
• Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
• Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913-1985), poet and author
• Dharmveer Bharti (1926-1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
• Geet Chaturvedi (1977- ), poet, short story author and journalist
• Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
• Gopaldas Neeraj (1924- ), poet and author
• Gulab Khandelwal (1924- ), poetry including some in Urdu and English
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907-2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
• Hemant Shesh (1952- ), writer, poet and civil servant
• Rambhadracharya (1950- ), religious leader, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist
• Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889-1937), novelist, playwright, poet
• Javed Akhtar (1945- ), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
• Jwalamukhi (1938-2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
• Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
• Kaka Hathrasi (1906-1995), satirist and humorist poet
• Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
• Kedarnath Singh (1934- ), poet, critic and essayist
• Kripalu Maharaj (1922-2013), spiritual master and a poet
• Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (1983- ), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
• Kumar Vishwas (1970- ), poet and a professor
• Kunwar Narayan (1927- ), poet
• Kanwal Ziai (1927-2011)
• Mahadevi Varma (1906-1987), poet, woman's activist and educationist
• Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
• Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889-1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
• Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
• Mohan Rana (1964- ), poet
• Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (1936- ), poet and educator
• Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
• Nagarjun (1911-1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
• Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911-1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (b 1969), poet, writer, novelist
• Parichay Das, writer and editor and contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
• Ramakrishna (1836-1886), mystic, philosopher, poet
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974), poet, essayist and academic
• Ramesh Chandra Jha (1925-1994 ), poet, novelist and freedom fighter
• Rustam Singh (b. 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
• Ravindra Prabhat (1969- ), author and poet
• Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911-1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveller
• Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915-2002), poet and academician
• Shail Chaturvedi (1936-2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
• Sri Lal Sukla, (1925-2011), Author, Writer
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904-1948), poet
• Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936-1975), poet
• Sumitranandan Pant (1900-1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
• Surendra Sharma, poet and humorist
• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899-1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
• Suryakumar Pandey (Born 1954), Poet, writer
• Tara_Singh, poet
• Teji Grover (b. 1955), Hindi poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
• Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher
• Uday Prakash (1952- ), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
• Valmiki, poet-saint, author of the epic Ramayana
• Sahir Ludhianvi lyricist, poet from Punjab (Ludhiana).
• Padma Sachdev poet, novelist. (Hindi and Dogri language)
• Prasoon Joshi
• Vijay Kumar Roy (born 1978), is an Indian poet, writes in English and Hindi.

Kannada

Main article: List of Kannada-language poets

• Kuvempu (1904-1994)
• D. R. Bendre (1896-1981)
• Gopalakrishna Adiga (1918-1992)
• V. K. Gokak (1909-1992)
• K. S. Narasimhaswamy (1915-2003)
• U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932- )
• Adikavi Pampa (902-975)
• Ranna (949-?)
• Janna (13th century)
• Harihara
• Vaidehi (1945- )
• D. V. Gundappa (1887-1975)
• Purandara Dasa (1484–1564)
• Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609)
• M. Govinda Pai (1883–1963)
• Dinakara Desai (1909-1982)
• Gangadevi (14th century)
• Gourish Kaikini (1912-2002)
• Kumara Vyasa (late 14th-early 15th century)
• Akka Mahadevi (1130-1160)
• Nagavarma I (late 10th-early 11th century)
• Nagavarma II (late 11th-early 12th century)
• T. N. Srikantaiah (1906-1966)
• B. M. Srikantaiah (1884–1946)
• G. S. Shivarudrappa (1926- 2013)
• Allama Prabhu (12th century)
• Shishunala Sharif (1819–1889)
• Sarvajna (16th century)
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed (1936- )
• Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
• Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar

Kashmiri

• Allama Muhammad Iqbal
• Abdul Ahad Azad (1903–1948)
• Agha Shahid Ali
• Amin Kamil (born 1924)
• Arnimal (died 1800)
• Ghulam Ahmad Mahju (1885–1952)
• Habba Khatun (16th century)
• Lalleshwari also known as "Lalla" or "Lal Ded"
• Mahmud Gami (1765–1855)
• Maqbool Shah Kralawari (1820–1976)
• Moti Lal Saqi (1936–1999), poet, writer, folklorist and researcher
• Nund Reshi (1377–1440)
• Rasul Mir (died 1870)
• Rehman Rahi (born 1925), poet, translator and critic
• Rupa Bhavani (1621–1721)
• Zinda Kaul 'Masterji' (1884–1965)
• Hakeem Manzoor (1937–2006)

Konkani

• Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar (1910-1984), also known as "Baki-baab"

Maithili

• Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili" (c. 1352 – c. 1448), Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer
• Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), littérateur, grammarian, publisher and poet
• Jayamant Mishra, (15.10.1925- 7.9.2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet

Malayalam

Main article: Malayalam literature § Poetry

Medieval Poets

• Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan called the "Father of the Malayalam language" (fl. 16th century)
• Johann Ernst Hanxleden, also known as "Arnos Paathiri" (1681–1732), a German Jesuit priest
• Poonthanam Namboothiri (fl. 16th century), devotional poet
• Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770)
• Unnayi Warrier
• Irayimman Thampi (1783–1862), court poet and musician
• Moyinkutty Vaidyar (1857–1891)

Renaissance Poets

• Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)
• Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran, also known as Kerala Varma (1845–1914), poet and translator
• Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)
• Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949)
• K. V. Simon, (1883–1943)
• K.C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914)
• A. R. Raja Raja Varma (1863–1918) poet, grammarian, scholar, critic and writer.

Romantic Poets

• Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948), poet and translator
• Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936)
• P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1974)
• Sanjayan
• Venu V Desom

Neo-Romantic Poets

• G. Sankara Kurup, aka "Sankara Kurup" (died 1978)
• Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, aka "Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon" (1911–1985)
• Edasseri Govindan Nair (1906–1974))
• N.V. Krishna Warrier (1916–1989), poet and scholar
• Thirunalloor Karunakaran (1924–2006), poet and scholar
• P. Bhaskaran, (born 1924–2007), poet and film songwriter
• Vayalar Ramavarma, also spelled Vayalar Rama Varma, (1928–1975)
• O.N.V. Kurup (born 1931)
• Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (born 1939)
• Kunjunni (died 2006)
• Balamani Amma
• Sugathakumari

Modernist Poets

• M. Govindan (1919–1988)
• K. Ayyappa Panicker, also spelled Ayyappa Paniker, Indian (1930–2006)
• Attoor Ravi Varma
• Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, popularly known as Kadammanitta (1935–2008)
• Satchidanandan (born 1946), critic (writing in Malayalam and English), poet (in Malayalam)
• S. Rajasekharan (born 1946), poet and literary critic
• D. Vinayachandran
• A. Ayyappan (born 1949)
• Balachandran Chullikkad (born 1957), poet and actor
• Nellikkal Muraleedharan (born 1948), poet, writer and critic

Postmodern Poets

• P. P. Ramachandran
• T. P. Rajeevan (born 1959), poet, novelist and literary critic.
• V. M. Girija (born 1961), a poet
• Veerankutty

Manipuri

• Nongthombam Biren Singh, politician, poet and former journalist.
• Ashangbam Minaketan Singh
• Robin S Ngangom (born 1959), poet who writes in English and Manipuri
• Angom Gopi

Marathi

For Konkani poets, see "Konkani" section, above

• Samarth Ramdas – He has written Manache Shlok. Also, known as the Guru of Shivaji Maharaj.
• Sant Dnyaneshwar also known as "Sant Jñāneshwar" and "Jñanadeva" (1275–1296) saint, poet, philosopher and yogi
• Eknath or Eknāth; (1533–1599), poet and scholar
• Tukaram(birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650)
• Keshav Pandit, also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit (died 1690), religious official under Chhatrapati Shivaji, poet and Sanskrit scholar
• Raghunath Pandit
• Suresh Bhat 1932–2003), known as Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of that form
• Namdeo Dhasal (born 1949), poet, writer, journalist, editor and Dalit activist
• Manohar Oak (born 1933), poet and novelist
• Arun Kolatkar (born 1931 or 1932), poet who wrote both in Marathi and English; also a graphic designer
• Bahinabai Chaudhari (1880–1951), illiterate poet whose son wrote down her poems for her
• Tryambak Bapuji Thombre "Balkavi"
• Vilas Sarang (born 1942), writer, critic, translator and poet
• Kusumagraj pen name of Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar (1912–1999), poet, writer and humanist
• P. S. Rege (1910–1978), poet, playwright, fiction writer and academic
• Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), poet, journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, writer of children's literature
• Hemant Divate (born 1967), poet, editor of Abhidhanantar magazine, translator
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar(b. 1937) eminent poet and composer of songs mainly in Marathi and Hindi
• Manya Joshi (born 1972), Marathi poet
• Mangesh Narayanrao Kale (born 1966), poet, editor, critic and translator
• Saleel Wagh (born 1967), poet, translator, critic
• G. D. Madgulkar popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by his initials, Ga Di Ma (1919–1977), poet, lyricist, writer and actor; older brother of writer Venkatesh Madgulkar
• Poet Borkar Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar and also known as "Baki-baab" (1910–1984) wrote mostly in Marathi but with numerous works in Konkani
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 -- 1966), revolutionary freedom fighter, ideologue and thinker who composed mainly poems and songs of nationalist and revolutionary sentiments.
• Varjesh Solanki (born 1967), an award winning Marathi poet,
• Vasant Abaji Dahake (born 1942), poet, novelist, playwright, artist, and critic
• Bhau Panchbhai, poet and dalit activist.
• Mangesh Padgaonkar (born 1929), Marathi poet and recipient Maharahtra Bhushan Award.
• Indira Sant

Nepali

• Parijat (1937–1993)
• Rajendra Bhandari (born 1956)
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960)

Oriya

• Bhima Bhoi (1850-1895), the blind Mahima saint poet of Odisha
• Brajanath Ratha
• Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918), short-story writer, novelist, poet, writer, government official and social activist.
• Gangadhar Meher
• Gopabandhu Das called Utkala Mani ("Gem of Orissa"), (1877–1928), social worker, political activist, writer, novelist and poet.
• Jayadeva
• Jayanta Mahapatra
• Krushna Chandra Kar
• Manmohan Acharya
• Nanda Kishore Bal
• Nirmala Devi
• Pratibha Satpathy
• Radhanath Ray
• Ramakrushna Nanda
• Ramakant Rath
• Salabega (born 1607 or 1608), Muslim author of many bhajans and devotee of Jagannath
• Sarala Dasa
• Sitakanta Mohapatra
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan
• Upendra Bhanja (born sometime from 1670 to 1688), poet and member of the royal family of a princely state.

Punjabi

Main article: List of Punjabi language poets

• Baba Farid- 12th–13th century
• Damodar Das Arora – 15th century
• Shah Hussain – 16th century
• Sultan Bahu – 16th–17th century
• Saleh muhammad safoori - 17th century
• Bulleh Shah – 17th–18th century
• Waris Shah – 18th century
• Khwaja Ghulam Farid- 18th–19th century
• Mian Muhammad Bakhsh – 19th century
• Qadaryar – 19th century
• Peelu – 19th century
• Hashim - 19th century
• Shareef Kunjahi - 20th century
• Mir Tanha Yousafi - 20th century
• Anwar Masood - 20th century
• Afzal Ahsan Randhawa - 20th century
• Aatish - 20th century
• Shaista Nuzhat - 20th century
• Bhai Veer Singh - 20th century
• Jaswant Singh Rahi - 20th century
• Dhani Ram Chatrik - 20th century
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz - 20th century
• Amrita Pritam - 20th century
• Darshan Singh Awara - 20th century
• Dr. Harbhajan Singh - 20th century
• Shiv Kumar Batalvi - 20th century
• Sharif Kunjahi - 20th century
• Paash – 20th century
• Surjit Paatar - 20th century
• Ajmer Rode - 20th century
• Sukhdarshan Dhaliwal
• Satinder Sartaj
• Balwant Gargi
• Sukhbir (Writer)
• Shardha Ram Phillauri
• Ustad Daman
• Munir Niazi

Rajasthani

• Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
• Bankidas Asiya
• Chand Bardai
• Kanhaiyalal Sethia (1919–2008), Rajasthani and Hindi poet
• Sanwar Daiya
• Sawai Singh Dhamora
• Kripa Ram Barath
• Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat
• Narayan Singh Bhati
• Sūdan
• Vijaydan Detha
• Zahoor Khan Mehar

Sanskrit

See also: List of Sanskrit poets

Ancient Poets

• Valmiki, (author of Ramayana)
• Vedavyasa, (author of Mahabharata)
• Adi Sankara, (author of lot of Poems Lalitha Sahasranama)
• Kālidāsa, (1st century BC), Classical Sanskrit poet and dramatist
• Bharavi (author of Kiratarjuniya)
• Magha
• Jayadeva (author of Gita Govinda,1200 AD)
• Bhaṭṭikāvya (author of Bhattikāvya known as Rāvatavadha)
• Narayana Panditacharya, (author of Sumadhvavijaya, Sangraha Ramayana etc.)
• Vedanta Desika (1269–1370), Sri Vaishnava writer, poet, devotee, philosopher and teacher.
• Krishnadevaraya (died 1529), king of the Vijayanagara empire and poet

Modern Poets

• Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya
• Ram Karan Sharma, of New Delhi
• Srinivas Rath
• Vanikavi Manomohan Acharya; Cuttack
• Pandhareenathachar Galagali

Sindhi

Main article: List of Sindhi language poets

Tamil

Sangam poets (c. 300 BC to 300 AD)

• Agastya
• Avvaiyar the name of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature; Auvaiyar I lived during the Sangam period (c. 1st and 2nd century CE)
• Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar
• Kapilar

see also Sangam literature

Post Sangam poets (200 AD to 1000 AD)

• Thiruvalluvar ([fl.] c. 2nd – 8th century AD) poet who wrote the Thirukkural, an ethical work
• Ilango Adigal (300 to 700 AD) who wrote the epic Cilappathikaaram
• Nakkeerar (fl. c. 9th century)
• Sīthalai Sāttanār
• Tirutakkatevar

Bakthi period poets (700 to 1700 AD)

• 12 Alvars Namely Poigaialvar, Boothathaalvaar etc.
• 63 Nayanars Namely Appar, Sambanthar etc.
• Sekkizhar (fl. 12th century), poet and scholar
• Kambar
• Ottakoothar
• Arunagirinathar
• Pattinathar
• Siva Prakasar

Patriots and British period poets

• Subramanya Bharathi called Mahakavi Bharati ("Great Poet Bharati") (1882–1921) poet, writer, independence advocate and reformer
• Subramanya Siva (1884–1925), poet and independence advocate
• Bharathidasan also spelt Bharatidasan (1891–1964), poet, playwright, screenwriter, short-story writer and essayist
• Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai
• Sheikh Thambi Pavalar
• Ramalinga Swamigal

Modern

• Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), poet and song lyrics writer
• Vaali (poet) (29 October 1931 - 18 July 2013), poet and song lyrics writer
• Annamalai Reddiyar - Tamil poet
• Vairamuthu, poet and song lyrics writer
• Pudhumaipithan
• T. K. Doraiswamy ("Nakulan")
• Prof. Karmegha Konar
• P. Vijay poet who writes song lyrics for films
• Mu Metha, poet and songwriter
• L. S. Kandasamy
• V. Akilesapillai (1853–1910), Sri Lankan scholar, poet and writer
• Perumal Rasu poet, writer, painter and spiritual master
• Manushyaputhiran

Telugu

• Gona Budda Reddy - 13th century poet
• Annamacharya (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
• Aarudhra, pen name of Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
• Sri Krishnadevaraya,Vijayanagar Emperor,Telugu language patron,Telugu language poet
• Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, (1881–1953), poet and dramatist
• Chellapilla Venkata Sastry
• Devulapalli Krishna Sastry (1887–1981), poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
• Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
• Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
• Errana also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (fl. 14th century), poet in the court of Prolaya Vemareddy who ruled areas in the future state of Andhra Pradesh; third poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries: he concluded the project by translating the half-finished "Aranya Parvamu" in the mode of Nannaya Bhattaraka and then shifting to that of Tikkana as a bridge between the two styles; honored with the title Prabandha Parameshwara ("the supreme lord of Prabandha") and Shambudasusu belonged to Srivatsa gotram and Apastambha sutram of the Brahmin caste
• Gurajada Apparao (1862–1915) poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
• Gurram Jashuva (1895-1971), Poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India
• Jwalamukhi pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
• Kandukuri Veeresalingam (1848–1919), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
• Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
• Nannaya Bhattaraka, also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
• Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
• Rayaprolu Subba Rao
• C. R. Reddy
• Sri Sri – Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (1910–1983)
• Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
• Tallapaka Tirumalamma, also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" (fl. 15th century) poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
• Tikkana also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288) a poet born into a literary family during the Golden Age of Kakatiya dynasty; the second poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries; he translated last 15 chapters, but didn’t touch the half-finished Aranya Parvamu; the other two poets were Nannaya Bhattaraka and Errana
• Timmakka – see Tallapaka Tirumalamma
• Vemana (fl. 14th century) poet, many of whose poems are now colloquial phrases in Telugu; a yogi or yogi-like person whose poems, in a simple style, are all in the Ataveladi ("dancing lady") meter, dealing with mystic, satirical, moral and social subjects, including social problems and challenging traditions; he is often portrayed in the nude
• Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1895–1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")

Modern Poets

• C. Narayana Reddy (born 1931), poet, academic and songwriter
• Ismail, popular name of Mohammad Ismail (born 1928)
• Suravaram Pratap Reddy - Writer and historian from Telangana
• Kethu Viswanatha Reddy - Poet from Rayalaseema
• Gurram Jashuva - Famous for poetry on social evils.
• Gunturu Seshendra Sarma - (October 20, 1927 – May 30, 2007), also known as Yuga Kavi.

Urdu

In alphabetical order by last name:

See also: List of Urdu language poets

• Javed Akhtar
• Mir Babar Ali Anis
• Kaifi Azmi
• Ghalib
• Raza Naqvi Wahi - Poet from Patna, Bihar
• Rafiq Husain
• Rahat Indori
• Masud Husain Khan
• Syed Mahmood "Talib" Khundmiri
• Syed Hasnain Raza Naqvi
• Irfan Nasirabadi
• Nazish Pratapgarhi
• Shahzad A. Rizvi (born 1937, Gwalior) author, scholar and Urdu poet.
• Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui
• Hanif Tarin
• Kanwal Ziai

See also

• Indian poetry