From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of authors of
Hindi literature, i.e. people who write in
Hindi language,
its dialects and
Hindustani language.
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Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), the "father of modern Hindi literature"
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Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan (1905–1988)
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Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), author
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Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924–2007), poet, writer, satirist
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Badri Narain Sinha (1930–1979), poet, critic, journalist
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Balendu Dwivedi (1975–), Hindi author
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Bihari (1595–1664), author of
Satasai ("Seven Hundred Verses")
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Banarasidas (1586–1643), author of 'Ardhakathanaka', the first biography in Hindi
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Bhagwati Charan Verma (1903–1981), author of Chitralekha and Sahitya Akademy award winning Bhoole Bisre Chitra
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Darchhawna (1936–), Hindi writer and
Padma Shri awardee
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Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861–1913), novelist, author of
Chandrakanta
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Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997), Hindi poet, playwright
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Dushyant Kumar (1931–1975),
poet of modern
Hindustani
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Divya Prakash Dubey (1982–), Hindi author
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Doodhnath Singh (1936–2018), Hindi writer, critic, poet and a recipient of Bharat Bharti Samman
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Ganga Das (1823–1913), author of about fifty kavya-granthas and thousands of padas, he is known as Bhismpitama of the Hindi poetry.
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Geetanjali Shree (1957 - ) author of
Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi) which won the International Booker Prize in 2022
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Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet, lyricist
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Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917–1964), modern Hindi poet
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Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893–1983), "Wordsworth of India"
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Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708), the tenth Guru of Sikhism
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Babu Gulabrai (1888–1963), philosopher and Hindi writer
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Gopaldas Neeraj (1925–2018), poet and author
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Giriraj Kishore (1937–2020), writer
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Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj (1922–2013), religious leader
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Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya (1950–), spiritual leader, scholar, poet, textual commentator, philosopher and playwright
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Jagdish Piyush (1950–2021), author, writer
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Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), poet known for
Kamayani
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Jainendra Kumar (1905–1988), author, short story writer
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Janki Ballabh Shastri (1916–2011), poet, author
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Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), novelist, short story writer, poet and editor
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Kabir (1440–1518), poet, figure of the
Bhakti movement
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Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar who mainly wrote in braj bhasha
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Kaka Kalelkar (1885–1961), Gandhian, social reformer, scholar
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Kamleshwar (1932–2007), author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for
Kitne Pakistan (2000)
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Kashinath Singh (1937–), novelist, short story writer, 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Rehan Par Ragghu (2008), author of
Kashi Ka Assi etc.
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Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), recipient of the
Sahitya Akademi Award (1986) for Apurva (poetry collection)
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Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), modern poet
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Keshavdas (1555–1625), Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya
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Krishna Sobti (1925–), recipient of
Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zindaginama
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Kamta Prasad Guru (1875–1947), grammar expert
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Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002)
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Mirabai (1498–1546/1547), poet
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Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477–1542),
Avadhi poet; author of Padmawat
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Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987), poet, writer, recipient of the
Jnanpith Award
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Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), modern Hindi poet; a pioneer of Khadi boli poetry; author of the epic Saket
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Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), poet, playwright, journalist
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Mannu Bhandari (1931–), novelist
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Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), a pioneer of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement
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Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864–1938), writer, linguist, translator
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Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006), journalist, screenwriter
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Mehrunnisa Parvez (1944–), Hindi novelist, short story writer and
Padma Shri awardee
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Madhur Kapila (1942–), art critic,
Hindi writer, recipient of the 2011
Sahitya Akademi Award for contribution to literature
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Mohan Rana (1964–), Hindi poet and philosopher
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Mridula Garg (1938–), short story writer and novelist
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Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (1914–1992), writer, literary critic
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Ramesh Chandra Jha (1928–1994), poet, novelist
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Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990), poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist
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Rahi Masoom Raza (1927–1992), writer, lyricist
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Rajkamal Choudhary (1929–1967), poet, short story writer, novelist, critic
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Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963), the "father of Hindi travel literature"
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Ravidas (1398–1448), guru, songwriter
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Rajendra Mishra (1919–1979), Hindi author, critic
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Rajendra Yadav (1929–2013), pioneer of "Nayi Kahani" movement
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Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915–1984), writer, screenwriter
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Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), nationalist poet, essayist
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Ramnarayan Yadavendu (1909–1951), writer, fictionist, essayist and social reformer
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Ram Vilas Sharma (1912–2000), literary critic
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Ramvriksh Benipuri (1899–1968), writer
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Rangeya Raghav (1923–1962), writer
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Raskhan (1533–1618), poet
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Rustam Singh (1955–), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), writer, poet, and musician
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Sahajanand Saraswati (1889–1950), writer, scholar
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Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987) ("Agyeya"), recipient of the
Sahitya Akademi Award, and
Jnanpith Award
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Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927–1983), recipient of the
Sahitya Akademi Award, 1983
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Sharad Joshi (1931–1991), satirist, screenwriter
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Shekhar Joshi (1939–), Hindi author
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Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (1893–1963), writer of novels and prose
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Sri Lal Sukla (1925–2011), satirist
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Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977), Hindi poet
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Surdas (1467–1583), composer
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Sūdan (1700–1753), author and poet
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Shahnaz Fatmi (1949–), writer, scholar
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Shankar Dayal Singh (1937–1995)
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Yagyadutt Sharma (1916–1993), Hindi novelist, writer and poet
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Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet, songwriter
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Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1896–1961), poet and author
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Safdar Hashmi (1889–1954), author, street theatre, activist
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Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907–1991), Hindi poet
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Saadat Hassan Manto (1912–1955), Hindi author
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Surender Mohan Pathak (1940–), Hindi author
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Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), Hindi poet, recipient of 1979
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kal Sunana Mujhe
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Yashpal (1903–1976), novelist, author, Jhutha Sach (The False Truth, 1958–1960)
See also
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