20th-century Indian poets

Indian writer and poet (1909-1982)

Indian musician and activist (1871-1934)

Indian writer

Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. With over 5,000 lyrics, 6,000 poems, and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet "Kaviarasu" ("king of poets") and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, Arthamulla Indhu Mat

Indian singer (1915-1998)

Indian poet

Arudra (born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry; 31 August 1925 – 4 June 1998) was an Indian author, poet, lyricist, translator, publisher, dramatist, playwright, and an expert on Telugu literature. He is also known for his works in Telugu cinema as a lyricist, dialogue writer, and story writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

Punjabi poet (1936–1973)

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Pakistani marxist writer and organiser

Indian writer (1926–2013)

Indian English-language writer and poet (1938–2004)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1889–1976)

Urdu author (1914–1976)

Gummadi Vittal Rao (31 January 1949 – 6 August 2023), known as Gaddar, was an Indian poet, singer, and communist revolutionary. Gaddar was active in the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, as well as the movement for Telangana's statehood.

Indian writer (born 1941)

Indian politician and writer (1915–1977)

Indian writer (1864-1938)

Indian academic and scholar

Indian journalist, author, poet

Indian writer and poet (1908-1956)

Indian writer (1916-1970)

Indian writer and film director

Indian writer (1918-2004)

Indian writer (1932–2012)

Indian poet (1949–2001)

Indian writer (1873–1924)

Telugu poet and lyricist (1910–1983)

Indian poet (1952–2024)

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Bengali writer

Bengali writer

writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)

Indian writer

Indian poet and critic (1930-2006)

Indian poet of Urdu

Indian writer

Punjabi poet (1876-1954)

Indian academician and musician (1935–2023)

Marathi-language writer (1942-2003)

Indian politician (1914-1996)

Indian writer

writer from Odisha, India

Indian writer (1926-2013)

Indian writer

Kannada poet (1918–1992)

Indian writer (1905–1998)

Indian politician

Indian writer (1908–1974)

Indian dramatist, director and poet (1928–2016)

Indian writer (1940-2017)

Indian Bengali writer and poet (1939–2023)

Indian writer (1938–2007)

Indian poet and writer (1931–1991)

Indian (Odia) Writer.

Indian writer (1913-1998)

Indian writer, etymologist (1902–1981)

Hindi poet and painter

Indian poet, novelist, dramatist (1919-2016)