21st-century Indian translators

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic

Indian novelist and epidemiologist

Indian writer

Indian Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024)

Indian writer (1936–2023)

Malayalam-language short story writer and poet

Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi. She is a writer of fiction, translator, and critic in English and Malayalam. Chandramathi has published four books in English and 20 in Malayalam, including 12 collections of short stories, an anthology of medieval Malayalam poetry, two collections of essays, two memoirs, and five books translated from English. The Malayalam film Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela was based on her book.

Award winning Santhali writer

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Indian writer

Indian Roman Catholic Bishop

Indian Bengali poet, writer and editor

Populariser of science and toy-maker young IIT engineer

Indian poet, critic, and academician

Islamic scholar

Renowned Linguist and Sanskrit/ English Scholar

Indian actress

Bengali poet (1933-2020)

Indian writer in English and Hindi

British writer and translator (1935-2016)

Bengali poet (1939–2015)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian novelist and translator

Indian writer and poet

Hridayakumari (1930 – 8 November 2014) was an Indian writer, educator, scholar, translator, and orator. She wrote primarily in the Malayalam language, and in 1991, was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for her book, Kalpanikatha.

Indian poet and translator

poet

Indian writer and translator

Indian poet and translator