Category
page 520th-century Indian novelists
Anand
Indian writer
Basanta Kumari Patnaik
Indian Odia-language writer (1923-2013)
Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen
Journalist, writer
B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma
Sanskrit writer
Anasuya Shankar
Indian novelist
Syed Mustafa Siraj
Bangali Writer (1930–2012)
Samaresh Majumdar
Indian Bengali writer (1944–2023)
Dimbeswar Neog
Assamese Poet, Writer and Educator (1899-1966)
Uroob
Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishnan Karunakara Menon, popularly known by his pen name Uroob (1915 – 1979) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Along with Basheer, Thakazhi, Kesavadev, and Pottekkatt, Uroob was counted among the progressive writers in Malayalam during the twentieth century. He was known for his novels such as Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum and Ummachu, short stories like Rachiyamma and the screenplays of a number of Malayalam films including Neelakuyil, the first Malayalam feature film to receive the National Film Award. He was a recipient of several honours inclu
Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
author and poet of Gujarati literature from India
Kakkanadan
George Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions.
Rama Mehta
Indian sociologist and writer
Advaita Mallabarmana
Bengali writer (1914–1951)
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal
Indian writer (1928-2014)
Kottayam Pushpanath
Malayalam novelist
Narendra Kohli
Indian author
Shibnath Shastri
Indian Academics, social reformer, philosopher, writer, translator, historian (1847–1919)
Ramesh Chandra Jha
Indian Writer, Poet, Journalist, Freedom Fighter
Samaresh Basu
Bengali writer (1924-1988)
Srutimala Duara
Indian writer
Raj Kamal Jha
Indian writer, newspaper editor
R. Chudamani
Tamil Writer
Naresh Chandra Sengupta
Indian lawyer and writer
Ved Mehta
Indian-American writer (1934–2021)
Surendra Verma
Indian writer
Imran Shah
Assamese writer, poet, novelist, and scholar
Nagen Saikia
Indian writer
Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham
Blind Telugu poet, novelist, and playwright
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi
Indian writer
Anish Deb
Bengali writer
Paul Zacharia
Indian writer
Jyotsna Milan
Indian writer (1941–2014)
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
writer (1899–1970)
M. K. Sanu
Indian writer
Maitreyi Pushpa
Indian writer
Chinu Modi
Gujarati-language poet and writer from India
Meera Mukherjee
Indian sculptor and writer
Kunal Basu
Indian author
Unnikrishnan Puthoor
Indian writer (1933-2014)
C. V. Sreeraman
Indian writer
Bhabani Bhattacharya
Indian writer
Gokulananda Mahapatra
Indian writer and scientist (1922-2013)
Kabita Sinha
Indian writer
Sukhbir
Punjabi writer (1925-2012)
Ram Panjwani
Indian writer, folk singer, and educationist
Dhrubajyoti Bora
Indian writer
Baldev Singh
writer
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani
Indian writer (1940-2018)
Komala Varadan
Indian classical dancer of Bharatnatyam
Subodh Ghosh
Bengali writer, journalist (1909–1980)
Akbar Kakkattil
Indian writer (1954-2016)
Kirat Babani
Indian Sindhi language poet, activist
Labhshankar Thakar
Gujarati language author from India
Sreekumari Ramachandran
Indian writer
Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi
Indian writer
Mu. Varadarajan
writer
Manubhai Pancholi
Indian Gujarati language author and politician (1914-2001)
N. P. Mohammed
Indian writer
Indira Parthasarathy
Indian writer
Tripuraneni Gopichand
Telugu novelist, rationalist and Sahitya Akademi Award winner