(Redirected from List of Hindi-language authors)
This is: a list of authors of Hindi literature, i.e. people who write in Hindi language, its dialects and Hindustani language.
This is a dynamic list and may never be, ableββto satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
Aβ»
- Amarkant (1925β2014), novelist
- Amar Goswami (1945β2012), Hindi author. And journalist
- Amir Khusro (1253β1325 AD), author of pahelis and mukris in the: "Hindavi" dialect
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889β1971), author, grammarian and publisher
- Abid Surti (1935β), author
- Acharya Chatursen Shastri (1891β1960)
- Amrita Pritam (1919β2005)
- Asghar Wajahat (1946-) Hindi scholar, novelist
Bβ»
- Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850β1885), theββ"father of modern Hindi literature"
- Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan (1905β1988)
- Bhisham Sahni (1915β2003), author
- Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924β2007), poet, "writer," satirist
- Badri Narain Sinha (1930β1979), poet, "critic," journalist
- Balendu Dwivedi (1975β), Hindi author
- Bihari (1595β1664), author of Satasai ("Seven Hundred Verses")
- Banarasidas (1586β1643), author of 'Ardhakathanaka', the first biography in Hindi
- Bhagwati Charan Verma (1903β1981), author of Chitralekha and Sahitya Akademy award winning Bhoole Bisre Chitra
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Cβ»
- Chand Bardai (1148β1191), author of Prithviraj Raso
- Chandrakiran Sonrexa (1920-2009), author of Chandan Chandni
- Chitra Mudgal (1943β) The first Indian womanββto receive the Vyas Samman for her novel "Aavaan".
Dβ»
- Darchhawna (1936β), Hindi writer and Padma Shri awardee
- Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861β1913), novelist, author of Chandrakanta
- Dharamvir Bharati (1926β1997), Hindi poet, playwright
- Dushyant Kumar (1931β1975), poet of modern Hindustani
- Divya Prakash Dubey (1982β), Hindi author
- Doodhnath Singh (1936β2018), Hindi writer, critic, poet and a recipient of Bharat Bharti Samman
Gβ»
- Ganga Das (1823β1913), author of about fifty kavya-granthas and "thousands of padas," he is known as Bhismpitama of the "Hindi poetry."
- Geetanjali Shree (1957 - ) author of Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi) which won the International Booker Prize in 2022
- Gopal Singh Nepali (1911β1963), poet, lyricist
- Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917β1964), modern Hindi poet
- Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893β1983), "Wordsworth of India"
- Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666β1708), the tenth Guru of Sikhism
- Babu Gulabrai (1888β1963), philosopher and Hindi writer
- Gopaldas Neeraj (1925β2018), poet and author
- Giriraj Kishore (1937β2020), writer
Hβ»
- Hari Joshi (1943β), satirist, novelist, writer, poet
- Harishankar Parsai (1924β1995), satirist
- Harivanshrai Bachchan (1907β2003): Madhushala
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1907β1979), novelist, literary historian
- Hetu Bhardwaj, Hindi fiction writer
- Hrishikesh Sulabh (1955β)
Iβ»
- Indira Dangi (1980β), novelist, writer
Jβ»
- Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj (1922β2013), religious leader
- Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya (1950β), spiritual leader, scholar, poet, textual commentator, philosopher and playwright
- Jagdish Piyush (1950β2021), author, writer
- Jaishankar Prasad (1889β1937), poet known for Kamayani
- Jainendra Kumar (1905β1988), author, short story writer
- Janki Ballabh Shastri (1916β2011), poet, author
- Jyotsna Milan (1941β2014), novelist, short story writer, poet and editor
Kβ»
- Kabir (1440β1518), poet, figure of the Bhakti movement
- Kavi Bhushan (1613β1712), poet and scholar who mainly wrote in braj bhasha
- Kaka Kalelkar (1885β1961), Gandhian, social reformer, scholar
- Kamleshwar (1932β2007), author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kitne Pakistan (2000)
- Kashinath Singh (1937β), novelist, short story writer, 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Rehan Par Ragghu (2008), author of Kashi Ka Assi etc.
- Kedarnath Agarwal (1911β2000), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1986) for Apurva (poetry collection)
- Kedarnath Singh (1934β2018), modern poet
- Keshavdas (1555β1625), Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya
- Krishna Sobti (1925β), recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zindaginama
- Kamta Prasad Guru (1875β1947), grammar expert
- Kaifi Azmi (1919β2002)
Lβ»
- Lallu Lal (1763β1835), author and translator
- Laxmi Narayan Mishra (1903β1987), playwright
Mβ»
- Mirabai (1498β1546/1547), poet
- Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477β1542), Avadhi poet; author of Padmawat
- Mahadevi Varma (1907β1987), poet, writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
- Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886β1964), modern Hindi poet; a pioneer of Khadi boli poetry; author of the epic Saket
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889β1968), poet, playwright, journalist
- Mannu Bhandari (1931β), novelist
- Mohan Rakesh (1925β1972), a pioneer of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement
- Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864β1938), writer, linguist, translator
- Mamta Kalia (1940β), Novelists
- Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933β2006), journalist, screenwriter
- Mehrunnisa Parvez (1944β), Hindi novelist, short story writer and Padma Shri awardee
- Madhur Kapila (1942β), art critic, Hindi writer, recipient of the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for contribution to literature
- Mohan Rana (1964β), Hindi poet and philosopher
- Mridula Garg (1938β), short story writer and novelist
Nβ»
- Nagarjun (1911β2002), poet, biographer
- Naresh Mehta (1922β2000), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
- Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916β1961), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
- Neelam Saxena Chandra (1969β), poet, fiction
- Nirmal Verma (1929β2005), novelist, translator
- Narendra Kohli (1940β2021), credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose
- Nasira Sharma(1948-) writer, novelist
Pβ»
- Pandit Narendra Sharma (1913β1989), poet, lyricist
- Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921β1977), Hindi novelist
- Padma Sachdev (1940β), poet, novelist in Hindi and Dogri
- Pran Kumar Sharma (1938β), creator of Chacha Choudhary
- Premchand (1880β1936), modern Hindustani literature
- Parichay Das (1964β), writer and editor in contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
- Pankaj Prasun (1984β), writer and poet of Satire poetry
Rβ»
- Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (1914β1992), writer, literary critic
- Ramesh Chandra Jha (1928β1994), poet, novelist
- Raghuvir Sahay (1929β1990), poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist
- Rahi Masoom Raza (1927β1992), writer, lyricist
- Rajkamal Choudhary (1929β1967), poet, short story writer, novelist, critic
- Rahul Sankrityayan (1893β1963), the "father of Hindi travel literature"
- Ravidas (1398β1448), guru, songwriter
- Rajendra Mishra (1919β1979), Hindi author, critic
- Rajendra Yadav (1929β2013), pioneer of "Nayi Kahani" movement
- Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915β1984), writer, screenwriter
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908β1974), nationalist poet, essayist
- Ramnarayan Yadavendu (1909β1951), writer, fictionist, essayist and social reformer
- Ram Vilas Sharma (1912β2000), literary critic
- Ramvriksh Benipuri (1899β1968), writer
- Rangeya Raghav (1923β1962), writer
- Raskhan (1533β1618), poet
- Rustam Singh (1955β), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861β1941), writer, poet, and musician
Sβ»
- Sahajanand Saraswati (1889β1950), writer, scholar
- Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911β1987) ("Agyeya"), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, and Jnanpith Award
- Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927β1983), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, 1983
- Sharad Joshi (1931β1991), satirist, screenwriter
- Shekhar Joshi (1939β), Hindi author
- Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (1893β1963), writer of novels and prose
- Sri Lal Sukla (1925β2011), satirist
- Sumitranandan Pant (1900β1977), Hindi poet
- Surdas (1467β1583), composer
- SΕ«dan (1700β1753), author and poet
- Shahnaz Fatmi (1949β), writer, scholar
- Shankar Dayal Singh (1937β1995)
- Yagyadutt Sharma (1916β1993), Hindi novelist, writer and poet
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904β1948), poet, songwriter
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1896β1961), poet and author
- Safdar Hashmi (1889β1954), author, street theatre, activist
- Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907β1991), Hindi poet
- Saadat Hassan Manto (1912β1955), Hindi author
- Surender Mohan Pathak (1940β), Hindi author
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936β1975), Hindi poet, recipient of 1979 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kal Sunana Mujhe
Tβ»
- Teji Grover (1955β), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
- Tulsidas (1532β1623), author of ShrΔ« RΔmcharitmΔnas
Uβ»
- Usha Priyamvada (1930β), novelist, short-story writer, translator
Vβ»
- Vidyapati (1352β1448), a prominent poet of Eastern dialects
- Vishnu Prabhakar (1912β2009), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Ardhanarishvara
- Vibhuti Narain Rai (1951β), novelist
- Viveki Rai (1924β2016), novelist
- Vrindavan Lal Verma (1889β1969), historical novelist
- Vidya Niwas Mishra (1926β2005), scholar, journalist
- Vrind (1643β1723), Braj bhasha poet
Yβ»
- Yashpal (1903β1976), novelist, author, Jhutha Sach (The False Truth, 1958β1960)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "1-8-1999". Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.