List of Hindi poets

This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

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
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

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