| Poet | Pen Name | Era | Work |
|---|
| Ramai Pandit | | c. 13th century | Best known for his work named Shunyapurana in Middle Bengali. |
| Chandidas | | c. 14th century | Chandidas was the first humanist in Bengali poetry. He asserted "Shobar upor manush shotto tahar upore nai" ("Above all is humanity, none else"). [3] |
| Nur Qutb Alam | | 14th century | Nur Qutb Alam wrote poetry in Middle Bengali using the Persian alphabet. [4] |
| Krittibas Ojha | | c. 1381-1461 CE | He first translated Indian epic the Valmiki Ramayana into Bengali. The Bengali version is known as Krittivasi Ramayana . |
| Shah Muhammad Saghir | | c. 14th century | Considered as the earliest Bengali Muslim poet. His best known work is Yusuf-Zulekha. |
| Maladhar Basu | | c. 15th century | Composed a tale titled Sri Krishna Bijay in Bengali. |
| Zainuddin | | c. 15th century | Composed a fictional tale titled Rasul Bijay, the source of which is said to have been a novel in the Persian language. |
| Vijay Gupta | | c. 15th century | Best known for his version of Manasamangal Kavya . |
| Parameshwar Das | Kavindra (Great Poet) | c. 16th century | He translated the Hindu epic Mahabharata into Bengali language. |
| Kashiram Das | | c. 16th century | He translated the famous Hindu epic Mahabharata into Bengali language. His version of Mahabharata is known as Kashidasi Mahabharata |
| Afzal Ali | | c. 16th century | Best known for his magnum opus, Nasihatnama. |
| Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan | | c. 16th century | Best known for his magnum opus Laily-Majnu which is a thematic Bengali adaptation of Jami's version of the classic tale. |
| Syed Sultan | | c. 16th century | Best known for his magnum opus, the Nabibangsha, which was one of the first translations of the Qisas Al-Anbiya into the Bengali language. |
| Chandravati | | c. 16th century | Considered as the first known female poet of Bengali language. Best known for her women-centered epic Ramayana . |
| Khelaram Chakrabarty | | c. 16th century | One of the earliest poet of Dharmamangal kavya tradition. |
| Manik Datta | | c. 16th century | Earliest poet of the Chandimangal kavya |
| Dwija Madhab or Madhabacharya | | c. 16th century | One of the most significant contributor to Chandimangal kavya tradition. |
| Mukundaram Chakrabarti | Kabikankan (Bracelet of Poets) | c. 16th century | His work, known as the Abhayamangal |
| Daulat Qazi | | 1600-1638 CE | The first Bengali poet to write under the patronage of the Arakan court during the Mrauk-U dynasty. |
| Alaol | Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) | 1607-1680 CE | Well known work is Padmavati , which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. |
| Abdul Hakim | | 1620-1690 CE | Most notable work was Nur Nama (Story of Light), a depiction of the life of Muhammad. |
| Rupram Chakrabarty | | c. 17th century | His work, Anadimangal |
| Muhammad Muqim | | c. 18th century | |
| Rahimunnessa | | 1763–1800 CE | Notable works of her Bengali translation of the Persian Laily Majnu and the poem Payar Chanda. |
| Heyat Mahmud | | 1693–1760 CE | |
| Akinchan Chakrabarty | Kavindra (Great Poet) | c. 18th century | |
| Ghanaram Chakrabarty | | c. 1669-? | |
| Ramprasad Sen | | c. 1723 – 1775 | His bhakti poems, known as Ramprasadi |
| Aju Gossain | | c. 18th century | |
| Bharatchandra Ray | | 1712–1760 CE | Mostly known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal |
