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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.

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Assamese

See also: List of Assamese-language poets

Amulya Barua (–), first published posthumously in
Atul Chandra Hazarika (–), poet, dramatist, children's story writer and translator
Parvati Prasad Baruva (), lyricist, poet and filmmaker
Bhabananda Deka (born ), writer, poet, critic, columnist, playwright
Ganesh Gogoi (born –)
Hem Barua (–), 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 (–), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
Homen Borgohain (–), writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor
Indira Goswami (), Jnanapith Award winner, poet, editor and academician
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (–), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker
Bishnu Prasad Rabha (KolaGuru)
Nabakanta Barua, also known as Ekhud Kokaideu (–), novelist and poet
Nilmani Phookan (born )
Harekrishna Deka (born ), poet, fiction writer, and critic
Mahim Bora (born ), poet, fiction writer
Santana Tanty (born ), poet

Bengali

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

Bengali language names in parentheses

Abul Bashar (born ), poet and writer
Annadashankar Roy (–)
Bharatchandra Ray (–), Raygunakar, Shakta court poet and song writer in Krishnanagar
Binoy Majumdar (–), Indian poet
Bishnu Dey (–), poet, prose writer, movie critic
Buddhadeb Basu (also spelled "Buddhadeva Bose") (–), poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
Kumudini Basu (–), poet, journalist, social reformer, freedom fighter and women's rights activist
Chandidas (born CE), refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet
Dwijendralal Ray (–), poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for patriotic plays and songs, as well as Hindu devotional lyrics
Girindramohini Dasi (–), 19th century poet
Govindadasa, Medieval Vaishanavite poet
Humayun Kabir (–), poet, educationalist, politician, writer, philosopher
Iswarchandra Gupta (–), poet and writer
Jatindramohan Bagchi (–)
Jatindranath Sengupta (–), poet and writer
Jibanananda Das (–)
Joy Goswami (born ), Indian poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam") (–), poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher
Krittibas Ojha (also spelled "Krittivas Ojha"), medieval poet
Malay Roy Choudhury (born ), founder of the Hungry generation movement
Mallika Sengupta (born ), poet and writer
Mandakranta Sen (born ), feminist poet, youngest winner of Ananda Puraskar and Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee award
Michael Madhusudan Dutta (also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (–), born Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Nôbonita Deb Shen) (born ), writer and poet
Nabinchandra Sen (–), poet and writer
Premendra Mitra (–), poet, novelist, short-story writer, including thrillers and science fiction
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (–), known for Prabhat Samgiita
Purnendu Patri (born ), poet, novelist, artist and film maker
Rabindranath Tagore (–), Indian poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Ramprasad Sen (–), Shakta court poet
Shankha Ghosh (–), poet and critic
Shivadasa Sen (born 14th century)
Samir Roychoudhury (–), post-modern poet, short story writer, critic and editor
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (–)
Subhro Bandopadhyay (born ), poet
Subodh Sarkar (born ), poet
Sudhindranath Dutta
Sukanta Bhattacharya (–), poet
Sukumar Ray (–), humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
Sunil Gangopadhyay (Shunil Gônggopaddhae) (born ), Indian poet, novelist
Syed Kawsar Jamal (born ), Indian poet and essayist
Tarapada Roy (–), poet, essayist and short-story writer, short stories, and essays, humourist

Indian poets writing in English

In alphabetical order by first name:

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J. Thomas (born ), poet, editor
A. K. Ramanujan (–), poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada
Abhay K (born ), poet, diplomat, writer, author and artist
Agha Shahid Ali (–), Kashmiri-American poet writing in English
Amit Chaudhuri (born ), author and poet writing in English
Amitabh Mitra poet, artist and emergency medicine physician
Amol Redij (born ), English poet and writer
Arun Kolatkar (–), poet writings in English and Marathi
Arundhathi Subramaniam, poet and writer and web editor writing in English
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born ), poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English
Bibhu Padhi (born ), poet, translator and critic writing in English
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P. Surendran (born ), poet, novelist and editor writing in English
D. C. Chambial, poet, editor and critic
Eunice De Souza (also "Eunice de Souza" (born )), poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English
Feroze Varun Gandhi (born ), poet, politician and columnist
Fredoon Kabraji (–), poet, writer, journalist, and artist writing in English
G.

S. Sharat Chandra (–), author and poet writing in English
Gieve Patel (born ), poet, playwright, painter and a practising general physician
Gopi Kottoor (born ), internationally acclaimed poet, playwright and translator
Hemant Mohapatra, poet writing in English
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (–), Indian poet
Jagannath Prasad Das (born ), also known as J P Das, award-winning poet in English and Oriya
Jayant Kashyap, young poet and academic, working on ecocriticism and environmental writing, winner of the Poetry Business New Poets Prize
Jayanta Mahapatra (born ), internationally acclaimed poet, winner of Padma Shri and first ever Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry
Jeet Thayil (born ), poet, novelist, editor, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award and first Indian to win DSC Prize
Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born ), writer and poet in English and Malayalam
Keki Daruwalla (born ), winner of Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award winner for English poetry
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V. Dominic (born ), poet, short story writer, critic and editor
Makarand Paranjape (born ), poet writing in English
Mani Rao (born ), poet writing in English
Meena Alexander (), poet, scholar and writer in English, Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College
Meena Kandasamy (born ), writer, poet, translator and activist
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (–), poet and dramatist
Nissim Ezekiel (–), poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English
Nalini Priyadarshni (), poet, writer, and critic in English
Nandini Sahu (), feminist poet, writer, and critic writing in English
Neelam Saxena Chandra (born ), poet, author, novelist writing in English and Hindi
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Lal (–), poet, translator, professor and publisher; founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, India
P C K Prem (born ), poet, critic and author writing in Hindi and English
Pritish Nandy (born ), poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English
R. Parthasarathy, poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English
Rochelle Potkar, fiction writer and poet
Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English
Yuyutsu Sharma (born ), poet, editor and translator, writes in English
Ranjit Hoskote (born ), poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English
Rashmi Parekh (born ), poet of free verse poetry
Robin S Ngangom, poet writing in English
Rukmini Bhaya Nair, poet and theorist, writing in English
Salik Shah, poet, author, editor and publisher in English
Sarojini Naidu (–), eminent poet, freedom fighter and administrator writing in English
Shahzad A.

Rizvi (born , Gwalior), author, scholar and poet writing in English and Urdu
Shiv Kumar, poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
Shreekumar Varma (born ), newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English
Smita Agarwal (born ), poet, critic, educator, and singer
Som Ranchan (born ), poet and novelist writing in English
Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo, –), poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English and French
Sudeep Sen, poet and editor writing in English
Tabish Khair (born ), poet, novelist and essayist
Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born ), activist, poet, writer; winner of Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award for poetry
Tishani Doshi (born ), internationally acclaimed poet; first ever Indian to win Forward Poetry Prize
T.K.

Doraiswamy (Nakulan (–), poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
T. Vasudeva Reddy (born ), poet, novelist, critic and professor of English
Toru Dutt (–), poet, wrote in English and French
Urvashi Bahuguna, poet and essayist
Vihang A. Naik (born ), poet and educator writing in English and Gujarati.
Vikram Seth (born ), award winning novelist and poet writing in English.

Gujarati

Main article: List of Gujarati-language writers

In alphabetical order by last name:

Akho (–), poet, Vedantist and radical
Adil Mansuri (–), Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
Niranjan Bhagat (born ), Gujarati poet
Anil Chavda (born ), Gujarati language poet, writer and columnist from Gujarat
Ashok Chavda (born ), Gujarati language poet, writer and critic from Gujarat
Pir Sadardin, fourteenth-century Ismaili Da'i; regarded as the founder of the KhojaIsmaili sect; also called Satpanth
Dalpatram (–), father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
Dayaram (–), Gujarati poet of medieval Gujarati literature
Dileep Jhaveri (born ), poet, translator and editor from Mumbai
Mahadev Desai (–), writer in English, Gujarati and Bengali
Suresh Joshi (–), novelist, short-story writer, critic, poet and writer
Umashankar Joshi – see listing under "Umashankar", below
Kalapi (–), poet and the royal of Lathi state in Gujarat
Kavi Kant (–), writer and poet in Gujarati
Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi (નાનાલાલ દલપતરામ કવિ)
Jhaverchand Meghani (–), novelist, poet, short-story writer, folklorist in Gujarati
Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling Narasingh Mehta (c.

– c.
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Chinu Modi (–), Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
Manhar Modi, Gujarati poet from Gujarat, India
K. M. Munshi (–), novelist, playwright, writer, politician and lawyer
Narmad (–), Gujarati poet, playwright, essayist and reformer during British India
Vihang A. Naik (born ), writes poetry in Gujarati and English
Ravji Patel (born ), modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati
Rajendra Shah (born ), Gujarati poet and Jnanpith Award winner
Rajendra Shukla, Gujarati poet
Sundaram (–), poet, short-story writer, travel writer, biographer and critic
Govardhanram Tripathi (–), novelist and poet
Umashankar Joshi (–), novelist, poet, playwright, writer and academic; surname: Umashankar, Jnanpith Award winner
Sitanshu Yashaschandra (born ), Gujarati language poet and playwright

Hindi

Main article: List of Hindi-language poets

Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (–), composer, poet, and produced books on astrology
Amir Khusrow (–), musician, scholar and poet
Ashok Chakradhar (– ), author and poet
Banarsidas (–), poet, businessman
Bihari (–), poet, author
Bhikhari Das (–?), poet
Bharatendu Harishchandra (–), novelist, poet, playwright
Bhawani Prasad Mishra (–), poet and author
Dharmveer Bharti (–), poet, author, playwright and social thinker
Dushyant Kumar (–)
Gulzar (– ), poet, lyricist, film director
Geet Chaturvedi (– ), poet, short story author and journalist
Gopal Singh Nepali (–), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
Gopaldas Neeraj (– ), poet and author
Gulab Khandelwal (– ), poetry including some in Urdu and English
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (–), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
Hemant Shesh (– ), writer, poet and civil servant
Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (–), bhakti Braj Bhasha poet-sant and religious leader
Jagdish Gupt (–), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
Jaishankar Prasad (–), novelist, playwright, poet
Javed Akhtar (– ), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
Jumai Khan Azad (–), poet
Jwalamukhi (–), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
Jyotsna Milan (–), poet, novelist, short story writer and editor
Kabir (–), mystic poet and saint of India
Kavi Bhushan (–), poet and scholar
Kaka Hathrasi (–), satirist and humorist poet
Kedarnath Agarwal (–), Hindi language poet and littérateur
Kedarnath Singh (– ), poet, critic and essayist
Keshavdas (–), best known for his Rasik Priya, a pioneering work of the riti kaal
Kripalu Maharaj (–), spiritual master and poet
Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (– ), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
Kumar Vishwas (– ), poet and professor
Kunwar Narayan (– ), poet
Kanwal Ziai (–)
Mahadevi Varma (–), poet, woman's activist and educationist
Maithili Sharan Gupt (–), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
Makhanlal Chaturvedi (–), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and journalist
Meera (–), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
Mohan Rana (– ), poet
Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (– ), poet and educator
Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
Nagarjun (–), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
Nawal Kishore Dhawal (–), writer, poet, proofreader, editor, critic, journalist and author
Neelam Saxena Chandra (b ), poet, writer, novelist
Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist (Hindi and Dogri language)
Parichay Das, writer and editor and contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
Pawan Karan (– ), poet, writer, editor, and journalist
Prasoon Joshi (– ), poet, lyricist
Rambhadracharya (– )[β], Hindu religious leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (–), poet, essayist and academic
Ramesh Chandra Jha (– ), poet, novelist and freedom fighter
Rustam Singh (born ), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
Ravindra Prabhat (– ), author and poet
Quaiser Khalid (–), author and poet
Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (–), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveller
Sahir Ludhianvi, lyricist, poet from Punjab (Ludhiana)
Shivmangal Singh Suman (–), poet and academician
Shail Chaturvedi (–), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
Sri Lal Sukla (–), author, writer
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (–), poet
Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (–), poet
Sūdan (–), poet, writer
Sumitranandan Pant (–), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (–), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
Suryakumar Pandey (Born ), poet, writer
Surdas (–), composer and devotional poet
Tara Singh, poet
Teji Grover (born ), Hindi poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
Tulsidas (–), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher
Tribhuvan (born ), poet, writer, and journalist
Uday Prakash (– ), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
Valmiki, poet-saint, author of the epic Ramayana
Virendra Kumar Baranwal (born ), Indian poet and writer
Vrind (–), poet

Kannada

Main article: List of Kannada-language poets

Kashmiri

Konkani

Maithili

Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili" (c.

– c. ), Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer
Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, 23 September – 24 April ,poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic
Acharya Ramlochan Saran (–), littérateur, grammarian, publisher and poet
Jayamant Mishra (–), Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet

Malayalam

Main article: Malayalam literature §&#;Poetry

Medieval poets

Renaissance Poets

Romantic Poets

Neo-Romantic Poets

Modernist Poets

M.

Govindan (–)
K.
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Ayyappa Panicker, also spelled Ayyappa Paniker, Indian (–)
Attoor Ravi Varma
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, popularly known as Kadammanitta (–)
Satchidanandan (born ), critic (writing in Malayalam and English), poet (in Malayalam)
S. Rajasekharan (born ), poet and literary critic
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A. Ayyappan (born )
Balachandran Chullikkad (born ), poet and actor
Nellikkal Muraleedharan (born ), poet, writer and critic
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Postmodern Poets

Manipuri

Nongthombam Biren Singh, politician, poet and former journalist
Ashangbam Minaketan Singh (), founder of modern Meitei literature, author of Manipuri epic "Basanta sheireng", winner of Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi and Soviet Land Nehru Prize
Robin S Ngangom (born ), poet who writes in English and Meiteilon
Angom Gopi (), classical Manipuri poet, translator of Bhagavad Gita and Bible into Meitei language
Rajkumar Shitaljit Singh (), poet, writer and teacher, winner of President's Medal and Sahitya Ratna award
Elangbam Nilakanta Singh (), author of "Tirtha Yatra" and "Manipuri Sheirang"; winner of Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award

Marathi

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

Nepali

Odia

Jayadeva (), author of the famous Gita Govinda in Sanskrit and some poems in Odia (12th century)
Sarala Das (15th century AD), author of the Odia Mahabharata in verse (15th century)
Jagannatha Dasa, author of the Odia Bhagabata and one of the panchasakha (15th century)
Achyutananda Dasa, author of Sunya Sanghita and multiple other texts, one of the panchasakha (16th century)
Salabega (born or ), Muslim author of many bhajans and devotee of Jagannath
Upendra Bhanja (born from to ), poet and member of the royal family of a princely state
Abhimanyu Samantasinghara, author of Bigadha Chintamani
Bhima Bhoi (–), author of Stuti Chintamani, blind Mahima saint poet of Odisha
Brajanath Badajena (), awarded Kabi Bhushana, author of classics like "Samara Taranga" and "Chatura Binoda"
Brajanath Ratha (), poet, writer, social activist, winner of Tagore Award
Fakir Mohan Senapati (–), short-story writer, novelist, poet, writer, government official and social activist
Gangadhar Meher (), known as Svabhava Kavi and Prakriti Kavi (Nature Poet), author of "Tapaswini" epic
Gopabandhu Das (), called Utkala Mani ("Gem of Orissa"), social worker, political activist, writer, novelist and poet
Jayanta Mahapatra (born ), winner of Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award
Krushna Chandra Kar
Manasi Pradhan
Manmohan Acharya
Nanda Kishore Bal (), known as Palli Kavi (Poet of Rural Life), penned popular lyrics for children called "Nana Baya Geeta"
Nirmala Devi
Radhanath Ray (), known as Kabibar (Supreme Poet), author of epics like "Chilika", "Chandrabhaga", "Mahajatra" and "Kedara Gouri"
Sitakanta Mohapatra (born ), winner of Padma Bhusan, Padma Vibhusan, Sahitya Akademi, Jnanpith Award and Tagore Award
Ramakrushna Nanda (), eminent writer of children's literature, author of the morning prayer song "Ahe Dayamaya Vishwa Vihari" sung in all Odia schools
Pratibha Satpathy (born ), poet, editor and winner of Sahitya Akademi Award
Ramakant Rath (born ), author of epic "Shri Radha", winner of Padma Bhusan, Saraswati Samman and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born ), author of Kalahandi and winner of Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award
Sachidananda Routray (), winner of Jnanapith Award, author of "Baji Rout", "Pratima Nayak", "Pallishri" and "Chhota Mora Gaan"
Rabi Singh (), freedom fighter and Marxist writer of revolutionary poems
Upendra Bhanja (), known as Kavi Samrat (King of Poets), author of epics like "Vaideheesha Vilasa", "Prema Sudhanidhi", "Lavanyavati" etc

Punjabi

Main article: List of Punjabi language poets

Rajasthani

Dursa Arha ( – ), 'First Nationalist Poet Of India' 16th-century warrior and Rajasthani poet
Suryamal Misran ( – ), 19th century Rajkavi (State Poet & Historian) of Bundi State
Mahatma Isardas ( – ), Rajasthani saint-poet
Narharidas Barhath ( – ), Rajasthani saint-poet
Brahmanand Swami ( – ), saint of the Swaminarayan Sampraday and as one of Swaminarayan's Paramahamsa
Chand Bardai, Court poet of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Kaviraj Bankidas Asiya, 18th-century Raj-Kavi (State Poet & Historian) of Jodhpur State
Kanhaiyalal Sethia ( – ), Rajasthani and Hindi poet
Sanwar Daiya
Sawai Singh Dhamora ( – )
Kriparam Khidiya, author of "Rajiya ra Sortha"
Fateh Karan Charan, Rajasthani poet & leader of the Bijolia Movement
Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat ( – ), Indian author and politician
Shakti Dan Kaviya ( – ), Sahitya Akademi Award recipient- poet, writer, and scholar of Rajasthani, Dingal, Brajbhasha, & Hindi
Narayan Singh Bhati ( – ), founder of Rajasthani Research Institute (Chopasani, Jodhpur)
Vijaydan Detha ( – ), Padma Shri & Sahitya Akademi Award recipient noted Rajasthani poet & writer
Arjun Deo Charan (born ), Rajasthani poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator
Chandra Prakash Deval, Rajasthani poet and translator, convener of Rajasthani Advisory Council of Sahitya Akademi.
Bhanwar Singh Samaur (born ), Sahitya Akademi Award recipient, writer, poet, historian, and social worker
Kaviraja Shyamaldas (19th century), Rajkavi (State Poet & Historian) of Udaipur State
Swarupadas (–), Dadu Panthi poet
Thakur Akshay Singh Ratnu ( – ), Rajasthani, Brajbhasha and Hindipoet
Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath (–), Indian revolutionary leader & poet

Sanskrit

Sindhi

Main article: List of Sindhi language poets

Tamil

Sangam poets (c.

BC to AD)

Telugu

Medieval poets

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
Tikkana also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (–), poet and member of Kavi Trayam
Errana also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (fl.

14th century).
Gona Budda Reddy – 13th-century poet
Annamacharya (–), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugupada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
Sri Krishnadevaraya, Vijayanagar Emperor, Telugu language patron, Telugu language poet
Allasani Peddana, 15th century poet and known as foremost of Asthadiggajas (Eight elite Telugu poets under Sri Krishnadevaraya)
Nandi Thimmana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Madayyagari Mallana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Dhurjati, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Pingali Surana, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Ramarajabhushanudu, a member of Ashtadiggajas
Tenali Ramakrishna, poet, scholar, thinker and a special advisor in the court of Sri Krishnadevaraya, nicknamed Vikatakavi
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (–), poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Potana, born Bammera Pothana (–), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
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
Vemana (fl.
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14th century), poet

Bhadrachala Ramadasu, 17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music.

Rennaissance poets

Kandukuri Veeresalingam (–), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
Gurajada Apparao (–), poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
Gurram Jashuva (–), a dalit poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India, known for poetry on social evils
Sri Sri, Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (–), marxist poet notable for his work Maha Prasthanam
Jwalamukhi, pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (–), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (–), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")
Balijepalli Lakshmikantham (–), poet and dramatist
Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, poet and scholar
Devulapalli Krishna Sastry (–), poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
Rayaprolu Subba Rao
C.

R. Reddy

Modern poets

C. Narayana Reddy (born ), poet, academic and songwriter
Aarudhra, pen name of Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry (–), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
Ismail, popular name of Mohammad Ismail (born )
Suravaram Pratap Reddy, writer and historian from Telangana
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, poet from Rayalaseema
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma (–), also known as Yuga Kavi
Papineni Sivasankar, poet and critic from Andhra Pradesh
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, popular poet and lyricist
Ramesh Karthik Nayak, poet who writes in Telugu, Banjara and English from Telangana

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