1. Jaishankar Prasad (1889)

Indian Writer

Though also a writer of short stories and novels, this prominent 20th-century Hindi literary figure is best remembered for his historical and mythological plays and romantic poems. His most famous...

2. Bharathidasan (1891)

Indian Writer

Indian Tamil poet and author whose work addressed social and political themes and popularized the Dravidian (Self-Respect) Movement. His literary works include Thamizhachi Kathi, Kudumba Vilakku, and Saumiyan.

3. Nanak Singh (1897)

Indian Writer

A Pakistani author who wrote in the Punjabi language, he is best known for his 1942 novel, Pavitar Paapi. He was arrested by the British government in the early 1920s...

4. Shakeel Badayuni (1916)

Indian Writer

Urdu-language poet and lyricist who won three Filmfare Best Lyricist Awards during the early 1960s. His acclaimed songs include "Chaudvin ka chand ho" and "Kahin deep jale kahin dil."

5. Shivani (1923)

Indian Writer

Remembered for her novel Krishnakali, her autobiographical work Sunhu Taat Yeh Akath Kahani, and her numerous short stories, she was a 1982 recipient of India's prestigious Padma Shri.

6. Kannadasan (1927)

Indian Writer

Over the course of his career, he penned lyrics for thousands of songs featured in Tamil films and published over 5,000 poems and numerous novels, religious-themed essays and works of...

7. Chetan Bhagat (1974)

Indian Writer

Bestselling Indian writer who is known for such works as Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center, and What Young India Wants. Many of his works, including 2...

8. Barun Sengupta (1934)

Indian Writer

Founder and editor of the Bartaman newspaper. He was known for his political criticism, and was very popular among Bengali readers.

9. Preeti Shenoy (1971)

Indian Writer

Most famous for her bestselling novels Life Is What You Make It and Tea For Two and a Piece of Cake, this Indian writer also published poetry and nonfiction and...

10. Vikram Seth (1952)

Indian Writer

An Indian writer and poet, he won a 1999 Crossword Book Award for An Equal Music. He is also known for The Humble Administrator's Garden, a poetry collection.

11. Amish Tripathi (1974)

Indian Writer

Indian author known for writing the Shiva Trilogy, which is made up of The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, and The Oath of Vayaputras. He released Scion...

12. Yaseen Anwer (1989)

Indian Writer

Recipient of the Indian Poetry Society's 2012 Young Poet Award and founder of the Poets Corner Group.

13. Sarmistha Pritam (1985)

Indian Writer

Sarmistha Pritam is an assamese writer born on 18 December 1985 at Phuloguri Nagaon Assam.

14. Altaf Tyrewala (1977)

Indian Writer

Altaf Tyrewala is an Indian English-language author. He lives in Mumbai. Altaf studied advertising and marketing in New York he earned a BBA from Baruch College in 1995 before returning...

15. Tishani Doshi (1975)

Indian Writer

Tishani Doshi is an Indian poet journalist and dancer based in Chennai. Born in Madras India to a Welsh mother and Gujarati father she received an Eric Gregory Award in...

16. Ashapoorna Devi (1909)

Indian Writer

Ashapoorna Devi also Ashapurna Debi or Asha Purna Devi is a prominent Bengali novelist and poet. She was born in 8 January 1909. She has been widely honoured with a...

17. Neeta Shah (1981)

Indian Writer

Neeta Shah is an Indian author & currently she is freelancing as a Marketing & Strategy Consultant. Shah is the author of Bollywood Striptease. IndiaToday.

18. M. K. Indira (1917)

Indian Writer

M. K. Indira was a well known novelist in the Kannada language. She has written novels like Phaniyamma which has won many awards. She started writing novels only after...

19. Vishwas Mudagal (1981)

Indian Writer

Vishwas Mudagal is an Indian author and entrepreneur. Losing My Religion is his debut novel.

20. M. K. Binodini Devi (1922)

Indian Writer

Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi was an Indian writer from Manipur a Southeast Himalayan state in North-east India and a member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur. She was notable...

21. Shantabai Kamble (1923)

Indian Writer

Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble is a Marathi writer and Dalit activist. She wrote first Dalit woman autobiography. She was from the community which economically and socially deprived class. But her family...

22. Indra Soundar Rajan (1958)

Indian Writer

Indra Soundar Rajan is the pen name of P. Soundar Rajan a well-known Tamil author of short stories novels television serials and screenplays. He lives in Madurai. He is something...

23. David Davidar (1958)

Indian Writer

David Davidar is an Indian novelist and publisher. He is the author of three published novels The House of Blue Mangoes The Solitude of Emperors and Ithaca. In parallel to...

24. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1926)

Indian Writer

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri popularly known as Akkitham is a Malayalam language poet. He was born in 1926 at Kumaranallur in Palakkad district of the southern Indian state of Kerala and...

25. Pattukkottai Prabakar (1958)

Indian Writer

Pattukkottai Prabakar is a prolific writer of Tamil crime and detective fiction.

26. Nayantara Sahgal (1927)

Indian Writer

Nayantara Sahgal is an Indian writer in English. Her fiction deals with India's elite responding to the crises engendered by political change; she was one of the first female Indian...

27. Anasuya Shankar (Unknow)

Indian Writer

Anasuya Shankar popularly known by her pen name as Triveni was a writer of modern Kannada fiction. She advocated the woman's point of view and was among the first...

28. Urvashi Vaid (1958)

Indian Writer

Urvashi Vaid is an Indian-American LGBT rights activist.

29. Gopi Chand Narang (1931)

Indian Writer

Gopi Chand Narang is an India-based theorist literary critic and scholar writing in Urdu and English. His work in Urdu literary criticism has incorporated a range of modern theoretical frameworks...

30. Nahar Singh Jasol (1936)

Indian Writer

Thakur Nahar Singh Jasol is an Indian author of Hindi English and Rajasthan language works on subjects such as folk tales history and rajasthani literature. He is also a translator...

31. T. Ramachandran (1944)

Indian Writer

T. Ramachandran better known as T. R. his initials under which he wrote fiction is considered a harbinger of high modernism in Malayalam. He was born in Thrippunithura and his...

32. Sagar Sarhadi (1933)

Indian Writer

Sagar Sarhadi is an Indian short story and play writer and a writer director and producer for film.. He began writing short stories and then continued as a playwright.

33. Bhagwati Charan Verma (Unknow)

Indian Writer

Bhagwati Charan Verma was one of the leading writers in Hindi. He wrote many novels but his magnum opus was Chitralekha which was made into two successful Hindi...

34. Srinu Pandranki (1987)

Indian Writer

Srinu Pandranki is an Indian author short film maker and a screenplay writer. He is mostly famous for directing the critically acclaimed short films Pink Slip and Hour Glass.

35. Chandrashekhara Kambara (1937)

Indian Writer

Chandrashekhara Kambara is a prominent poet playwright folklorist film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. He is known for his effective usage of...

36. C. Radhakrishnan (1939)

Indian Writer

C. Radhakrishnan is a writer and film director in Malayalam language from Kerala state South India. He has been honoured by both the National Literary Academy of India and...

37. Kanwal Bharti (1953)

Indian Writer

Kanwal Bharti is an Indian Dalit writer and columnist. Untouchable Fictions: Literary Realism and the Crisis of Caste Toral Jatin Gajarawala Ford ham University Press p. 362 ISBN 978-08232-4524-6

38. Prabodhankar Thackeray (1885)

Indian Writer

Keshav Sitaram Thackeray commonly known by his pen name Prabodhankar Thackeray was an Indian politician social activist and author. He was one of the key leaders of the Samyukta Maharashtra...

39. Susham Bedi (1945)

Indian Writer

Susham Bedi is a leading South Asian author of novels short stories and poetry currently living in the United States. She was a professor of Hindi language and literature at...

40. Akshaykumar Kale (1953)

Indian Writer

Dr. Akshaykumar Malharrao Kale born 27 July 1953 is a critic of modern Marathi poetry and is Professor and Head of Marathi Department in RTM Nagpur University Nagpur India. In...

41. Potturi Vijayalakshmi (1953)

Indian Writer

Potturi Vijayalakshmi is a Telugu writer well known for her humorous short stories.

42. Kabilan Vairamuthu (1982)

Indian Writer

Kabilan Vairamuthu is a writer and lifotainment freelancer. Lifotainment is a seamless blend of life and entertainment – a term coined by the writer himself. Program design scripting lyric writing...

43. Neelam Jain (1954)

Indian Writer

Dr. Neelam Jain is a prominent woman in Jain society. She is the editor of Jain Mahiladarsh.

44. R. Radhakrishnan (1975)

Indian Writer

Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan commonly known as R. Radhakrishnan is Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California Irvine and is considered one of the leading postcolonial theorists...

45. Akbar Kakkattil (1954)

Indian Writer

Akbar Kakkattil is a prominent short-story writer and novelist from Kerala state South India. His works are known for their unique narrative style which has an undertone of unfailing humour....

46. P. K. Pokker (1954)

Indian Writer

P. K. Pokker is a Professor of Philosophy in Calicut University and former Director of State Institute of Languages Keralabhasha Institute Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India. The first book Aadhunikotharathayude Keraleeya Parisaram...

47. Om Prakash Valmiki (1950)

Indian Writer

Om Prakash Valmiki was an Indian Dalit writer and poet. well known for his autobiography Joothan considered a milestone in Dalit literature. He was born at the village of...

48. Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950)

Indian Writer

Suchitra Bhattacharya is an Indian novelist.

49. Haldhar Nag (Unknow)

Indian Writer

Haldhar Nag is a Kosali/Sambalpuri poet and writer from Kosal India. Nag has been compared to Gangadhar Meher. The BBC made a documentary film about his life and works. Initially...

50. Rahamat Tarikere (1959)

Indian Writer

Dr Rahamat Tarikere is a Kannada critic. Currently he is a Professor in Kannada University at Hampi. He is well known for his sharp insights and celebrated for his critical...