20th-century Indian poets

Playwright, lyric and story writer

Hindi Poet (1913-1985)

Indian politician, Telugu language poet (1885-1945)

Indian poet (1923-1995)

Indian writer (1884-1956)

Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader, scientist, writer and poet (1937–2006)

Indian politician and poet

Indian film director

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1887-1984)

Urdu author

Punjabi poet

Indian writer (1901-1982)

Indian researcher and poet

poet, dramatist

Kannada author, newspaper editor, and publisher (1887–1982)

Pulavar Pulamaipithan (6 October 1935 – 8 September 2021) was an Indian scholar, poet and lyricist who got recognition through the song "Naan yaar nee yaar" which was featured in the Tamil film Kudiyirundha Koyil in 1968. He briefly served as the presidium chairman of AIADMK from 2002 to 2003, when he resigned citing ill-health.

Indian writer

writer, poet

Indian writer

Indian writer

Bengali writer (1860–1919)

social worker and writer from Maharashtra, India (1929-2017)

Urdu poet, writer (1934–1996)

Indian composer and writer (1914–1990)

Indian Urdu poet

Indian writer

Indian poet, journalist, essayist, literary critic, lecturer (1901–1960)

Indian poet

Malayalam poet, actor

Bengali poet and writer

Kosaraju Raghavayya (23 June 1905 – 27 October 1987), known mononumously by his surname Kosaraju, was an Indian lyricist and poet known for his works in Telugu cinema. He wrote about 3,000 songs in 350 films. His lyrics are steeped in Telugu folklore and rural idiom. He was awarded the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the Government of Andhra Pradesh for his contribution to Telugu cinema in 1984.

Indian poet, lyricist and dramatist who wrote in Assamese language

Avtar Singh Sandhu (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988), who wrote under the pen name Pash, was an Indian poet, one of the major poets in Punjabi of the 1970s. He was killed by Sikh extremists on 23 March 1988. His strongly left-wing views were reflected in his poetry.

Indian writer

Indian poet

poet (1868–1913)

Punjabi poet

Indian Odia-language writer

Gujarati poet and folk singer from Gujarat, India

poet from Odisha, India

Gujarati poet (1908-1991)

Indian Sanskrit scholar and writer (1906–2006)

Indian academician, writer

Punjabi poet (1913-1994)

Indian journalist and poet

Bengali poet (1933-2020)

Urdu author

Indian poet

Indian writer and humorist

Bengali Poet, literary critic and essayist

Indian poet and broadcaster (1940–2024)

poet

Indian writer

Renowned Hindi literature poet and writer

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic (1936 – 2022)

Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as Cherukad, was a Malayalam-language playwright, novelist, poet and political activist, associated with the Communist movement in Kerala state, India.

Indian literary critic

Indian writer, scholar (1906–1966)

Indian Hindi and Urdu language poet (1924-2007)

Gujarati poet