20th-century Indian novelists

Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature

Indian writer (1897–1971)

Indian writer (1912–2009)

Indian writer

Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic

Indian social worker, activist, writer

Indian comics artist (1929–2011)

poet, litterateur, social reformer and freedom fighter from Gujarat, India

Indian writer

Indian author, TV producer and filmmaker

Indian writer (1926–2002)

Hindi writer

Gujarati poet, critic and translator from Gujarat, India

Indian (Odia) Writer

Assamese writer

Indian writer (1867–1940)

Indian film director (1932–2003)

Indian novelist

Indian writer of Urdu literature

Indian writer

Indian Jewish author, artist and sculptor

Indian writer

Thakkathu Amayankottu Rajalakshmi (June 2, 1930 – January 18, 1965), better identified as Rajalakshmi, was an Indian novelist, short story writer and poet of Malayalam literature. She was the author of three novels, two poetry anthologies and a short story anthologies. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded her their annual award for novel in 1960, making her the third recipient of the award. Her novel, Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum, has been adapted into a tele-series as well as into a play by the All India Radio.

Indian writer (1927-2020)

Indian writer, journalist and novelist

Indo-Anglian writer

Indian author

Indian writer and translator

Punjabi writer

Indian writer

Indian novelist

Indian writer

Writer Novelist, historian, philosophical and political person

Indian novelist and poet

Assamese scholar and writer

Indian writer

Feminist Telugu writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner

Indian writer

Indian writer, novelist (1910–1996)

Indian psychologist and writer (1938–2024)

Bengali writer (1912–1991)

Indian politician

Indian Bengali writer

Kandanisseri Vattamparambil Velappan Ayyappan (9 July 1923 – 2 June 2010) or V. V. Ayyappan, better known by his pen name Kovilan, was an Indian Malayalam language novelist and freedom fighter from Kerala. He is considered one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Indian literature. In all, he had authored 11 novels, 10 collections of short stories, three essays and a play.

Bengali poet

Indian writer

Gujarati writer

Indian social worker

Indian writer

Indian actor (1925–1979)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1923-1962)

Indian writer and film director (1939-)

Poomani (born 1947) is an Indian writer and novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2014 in the Tamil language category for his novel Agnaadi.

Goan writer

Sahitya Akademi Award winner Punjabi writer/novelist/poet (1932–2010)

Sociologist and Fiction Writer

Indian writer

Bengali writer (1898–1994)

Indian writer