List of Hindi poets

This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

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A

• Aalok Shrivastav
• Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on fastrology
• Agnishekhar (born 1956) real name Kuldeep Sumbly
• Agyeya
• A. M. Turaz
• Amir Khusrow (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
• Asad Zaidi (born 1954), poet, editor, publisher, translator
• Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
• Ashok Vajpeyi
• Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator
• Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay

B

• Balli Singh Cheema (born 1952)
• Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
• Bhagwan Datt Sharma
• Bhai (writer) (1935-2018)
• Bihari (1595–1663), poet, author
• Bhikhari Das (1721–?), poet
• Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
• Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author
• Birbal (1528-1586)

C

• Chand Bardai (1149-1200)
• Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer

D

• Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
• Dinesh Bhramar, Hindi and Bhojpuri poet
• Dhirendra Verma
• Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

G

• Gafil Swami (born 1953), poet and journalist
• Ganga Prasad Vimal
• Geet Chaturvedi (born 1977), poet, short story author and journalist
• Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
• Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems
• Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author
• Girish Tiwari
• Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
• Gulzar (born 1934), poet, lyricist, film director
• Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt'

H

• Hari Shankar Sharma
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
• Hemant Shesh (born 1952), writer, poet and civil servant
• Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552), Braj Bhasha poet-sant and bhakti religious leader

I

• Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Chhayavaad writer and poet
• Ibrahim Ashk (1951-2022)

J

• Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer) (1932-2015)
• Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), novelist, playwright, poet
• Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
• Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
• Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), poet, novelist, short story writer and editor

K

• Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
• Kamlesh Shukla (Socialist)
• Koduram Dalit (1910-1967)
• Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015)
• Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar
• Kaka Hathrasi (1906–1995), satirist and humorist poet
• Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
• Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist
• Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
• Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master (Jagadguru) and a poet-saint
• Kripa Shankar Sharma
• Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
• Krishna Kumar Sharma
• Krishna Kishore
• Kumar Vikal
• Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
• Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
• Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017), poet

L

• Laxmi Shankar Bajpai (born 1955)
• Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher
• Lari Azad (born 1959)

M

• Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
• Mahendra Bhatnagar (1926-2020)
• Mahendra Pratap Singh
• Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
• Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
• Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
• Mohan Rana (born 1964), poet
• Mrityunjay Kumar Singh
• Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (born 1936), poet and educator
• Mahesh Garg Bedhadak, Hindi poet and writer

N

• Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
• Nalin Vilochan Sharma
• Nand Chaturvedi (1923-2014)
• Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
• Narottam Das (1550–1605), the writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of Tulsidas
• Nathuram SharmaShankar (1859–1932), Hindi poet
• Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911–1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
• Neelabh Ashk (1945-2016)
• Nirmal Verma

O

• Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009), poet

P

• Pandit Narendra Sharma
• Pawan Karan (born 1964), poet, writer, editor, journalist, columnist, social and political analyst
• Phoolchand Gupta (born 1958), poet, writer and translator
• Prabha Kiran Jain, poet and writer
• Prabha Thakur, poet, writer, composer and Indian politician
• Prasoon Joshi, advertiser, lyricist, and poet

R

• Ramkumar Verma
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927)
• Ram Vilas Sharma
• Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
• Ramavtar Tyagi
• Rameshraj Tewarikar
• Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (born 1914), scholar, professor, writer and critic of poetry and literature
• Rustam Singh (born 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
• Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969), writer, poet, editor, critic, journalist and author

S

• Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveler
• Samartha Vashishtha
• Satyapal Anand (born 1931)
• Sarvesh Asthana (born 1965)
• Shambhunath Singh
• Shambhu Shikhar
• Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academic
• Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
• Shabab Aalam (born 1984), poet
• Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)
• Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra (1923–1966), poet, lyricist; known for his poetry used in Hindi cinema
• Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), business woman and former actress
• Sitaram Agrahari (born 1957)
• Shiv Prasad Dabral (1912-1999)
• Shrikant Verma
• Shrinivási
• Sri Lal Sukla, author, writer
• Sonroopa Vishal
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet known for her emotionally charged songs
• Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), poet known for his revolutionary writings and protest-poetry
• Sunderdas
• Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional poet
• Surender Sharma
• Suryadev Singh Bareth, advocate and poet
• Sūdan (1700–1753), poet
• Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899–1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
• Suryakumar Pandey (born 1954), poet, writer

T

• Tara Singh, poet
• Teji Grover (born 1955), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
• Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher

U

• Uday Prakash (born 1952), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
• Uday Pratap Singh

V

• Vibudh Shridhar
• Viren Dangwal (1947-2015)
• Virendra Kumar Baranwal (1941-2020)
• Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
• Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
• Vrind (1643–1723), Braj bhasha poet

Misc.Hindi Poets

• Urmilesh Shankhdhar
• Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
• Samapt Saral
• Raghuvir Sahay
• S.R. Harnot
• Rahi Masoom Raza
• Ravindra Kalia
• Raskhan
• Raidhu
• Pankaj Rag
• Balswaroop Raahi
• Nirjhar Pratapgarhi
• Imran Pratapgarhi
• Kavi Pradeep
• Suman Pokhrel
• Prem Kishore Patakha
• Shyam Narayan Pandey
• Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen
• Sandeep Nath
• Kanhaiya Lal Nandan
• N. Chandrasekharan Nair
• Joba Murmu
• Munishree Nagraj
• Dnyaneshwar Mulay
• Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
• Hullad Moradabadi
• Soumitra Mohan
• Narendra Mohan (poet)
• Raghuvir Sharan Mitra
• Verma Malik
• Mirabai
• Malik Muhammad Jayasi
• Shailesh Matiyani
• Susmita Basu Majumdar
• Madan Mohan Malaviya
• Bihari Lal
• Saroj Kumari Gaurihar
• Amir Khusrau
• Chandrakant Devtale
• Sunil Jogi
• Jacinta Kerketta
• Irshad Kamil
• Bhupendra Nath Kaushik
• Arun Kamal
• Mamta Kalia
• Jwalamukhi (poet)
• Motilal Jotwani
• Sharad Joshi
• Rajesh Joshi
• Hemant Joshi
• Hasrat Jaipuri
• Ramesh Chandra Jha
• Prabhakiran Jain
• Nemi Chandra Jain
• Leeladhar Jagudi
• Durbalnath
• Sohan Lal Dwivedi
• Arun Gemini
• Ghananand
• Trilok Chandra Goel
• Adam Gondvi
• Kishorilal Goswami
• Sheila Gujral
• Harikrishna Prasad Gupta Agrahari
• Shyamlal Gupta
• Indira Indu

See also

• List of Hindi-language authors
• List of Indian poets
• List of Indian writers