List of Hindi-language poets

This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

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A

• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on astrology
• Amir Khusrow (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
• Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
• Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator

B

• Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
• Bihari (1595–1663), poet, author
• Bhikhari Das (1721–?), poet
• Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
• Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author

C

• Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer

D

• Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
• Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

G

• 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
• Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
• Gulzar (born 1934), poet, lyricist, film director

H

• 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

J

• 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

K

• Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
• 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
• Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
• Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
• Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
• Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017), poet

L

• Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher

M

• Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
• 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
• Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (born 1936), poet and educator

N

• Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
• 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

O

• Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009), poet

P

• 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
• Prasoon Joshi, advertiser, lyricist, and poet

R

• Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
• 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
• Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academician
• Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
• Sri Lal Sukla, author, writer
• 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
• Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional 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

V

• Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
• Vrind (1643–1723), Braj bhasha poet

See also

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