This list of Indian poets consists of poets of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry either born in India or emigrated to India from other regions of the world.

Assamese

Bengali

Bengali language names in parentheses

Indian poets writing in English

In alphabetical order by first name:

Gujarati

In alphabetical order by last name:

Hindi

Kannada

Kashmiri

Konkani

Maithili

  • Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili" (c. 1352 – c. 1448), Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer
  • Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, 23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974,poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic
  • Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), littérateur, grammarian, publisher and poet
  • Jayamant Mishra (1925–2010), Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet

Malayalam

Medieval poets

Renaissance Poets

Romantic Poets

Neo-Romantic Poets

Modernist Poets

Postmodern Poets

Manipuri

Marathi

Nepali

See also: List of Nepali-language poets

Odia

Punjabi

Rajasthani

Sanskrit

Ancient poets

Classical poets

Medieval poets

Early modern poets

Modern Poets

Sindhi

Tamil

Sangam poets (c. 300 BC to 300 AD)

see also Sangam literature

Post-Sangam poets (200 AD to 1000 AD)

Bakthi period poets (700 to 1700 AD)

Patriots and British period poets

Modern

Telugu

Medieval poets
Rennaissance poets
Modern poets

Urdu

In alphabetical order by last name:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Science Fiction Poetry Association". sfpoetry.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.