Writers from Prayagraj

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

Indian politician and journalist (1912-1960)

Indian Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)

Indian educator and politician

former Indian diplomat and author

Indian writer (born 1927)

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian Poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer

poet (1846-1921)

writer, novelist (1926–1997)

Jaddanbai (1 April 1892 – 8 April 1949) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She along with Bibbo and Saraswati Devi were one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema. She was the mother of actor Anwar Hussain and the well-known Hindi film actress Nargis, and the maternal grandmother of Priya Dutt and Sanjay Dutt.

Indian social activist (1967-2010)

Ibn-e-Safi, also spelt Ibne Safi, was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (, 26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980), a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, and poet who wrote in Urdu. The name Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression meaning “Son of Safi,” with Safi translating to “chaste” or “righteous.”

Anthropologist, bureaucrat, scholar, writer

Hindi writer

Indian novelist

Indian writer and translator

Indian academic and writer

Indian scientist

Urdu poet from Pakistan

British writer and actor (1862–1934)

Pakistani scholar of Islamic studies (1932–2016)