Indian male poets

Kannada poet

Indian poet and songwriter (1919–2002)

Bilhana was a 11th-century Sanskrit-language poet from Kashmir. He traveled to different parts of India, and received royal patronage from the Kalachuri king Lakshmi-karna, the Chaulukya king Karna, and the Kalyani Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI.

poet (1846-1921)

Indian Urdu poet and Hindi language lyricist (1919-2000)

Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012)

thumb|A 19th-century Amarakosha manuscript with Newar language commentary from [[Nepal.]] Amarasimha (IAST: '''''', ) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," and according to the evidence of Xuanzang, this is the Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) who flourished about CE 375. Other sources describe him as belonging to the period of Vikramaditya of 7th century. Most of Amarasiṃha's works were lost, with the exception of the celebrate

Indian poet and lyricist (1930–2002)

Indian writer (1850-1885)

Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet (1950–2020)

Jnanpith Award recipient in Sanskrit. Indian academic

Indian poet

Kannada poet (1896–1981)

Indian writer (1931–2016)

Indian Malayali poet and literary critic (1901-1978)

Ānandavardhana (c. 820 – 890 CE) was a Kashmiri court poet and literary critic, honored with the title of Rajanak during King Avantivarman's reign. Anandavardhana authored the Dhvanyāloka, or A Light on Suggestion (dhvani), a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion" (dhvani, vyañjanā).

Indian linguist (1929-1993)

Indian author

Urdu writer from India (1913-2000)

author of Cilappatikaram, the oldest Tamil epic

Indian writer (1809-1831)

Bogar, Bhogar, or Boganathar was a Tamil Shaivite Siddhar. He was a disciple of the great siddhar Kalangi Nathar. Kalangi Nathar initiated him Jnana yoga (supreme self-knowledge). There are 18 Siddhars popularly known in Tamil literature. He is the one among the 18 Siddhars. They are described as experts in Yoga, alchemy, literature, and philosophy, and as having the ability to move their souls to and from the bodies of others.

writer, novelist (1926–1997)

writer

Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer

Indian writer from Odisha

Indian writer (1926–2020)

Tallapaka Annamacharya (; 9 May 1408 – 23 February 1503), also known as Annamayya, was a Telugu composer and Hindu saint. Born in Thallapaka, he composed devotional songs known as saṁkīrtanas in praise of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu. He is the earliest known Indian musician to utilize this song form.

Manikkavacakar was a 3rd-century Tamil saint and poet who wrote Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar, books of Shaiva hymns. Tamil scholars and researchers share that he was a minister to the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan II (3rd Century CE) and lived in Madurai (or) he was a minister to the Pandya king Arikesari (6th Century CE).

Gujarati poet, scholar and writer. (1911-1988)

Indian philosopher, musician and poet

Indian Writer who won Jnanpith award in 2012

Tamil poet

poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi

Indian academic and writer (1936–2012)

Urdu Poet

Malayalam devotional poet

Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He ha

Indian writer (1924-2006)

Indian poet

Vishakhadatta ( was an Indian Sanskrit poet and playwright. Although Vishakhadatta furnishes the names of his father and grandfather as Maharaja Bhaskaradatta and Maharaja Vateshvaradatta in his political drama Mudrārākṣasa, we know little else about him. Only two of his plays, the Mudrārākṣasa and the Devichandraguptam are known to us. His period is not certain but he probably flourished in or after the 6th century CE. Some scholars such as A. S. Altekar, K. P. Jayaswal and Sten Konow theorized that Vishakhadatta was a contemporary of Chandragupta II, and lived in late 4th century to early 5t

Indian writer (1889-1968)

Punjabi poet (1920-2002)

Indian writer and poet (1909-1982)

Gujarati novelist from India

Indian poet (1924–2004)

Indian writer (1919–2003)

Indian politician and writer (1913–1982)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1916-1970)

Indian writer and poet (1908-1956)

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 writer and film director

Urdu author (1914–1976)

poet

Indian academic and scholar

Indian singer (1915-1998)

Punjabi poet (1936–1973)

Indian writer

Poet, playwright and dramatist