List of Hindi authors

This is a list of authors of Hindi literature, i.e. people who write in Hindi language. its dialects and Hindustani language.

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A

• Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Hindi author & journalist
• Abnish Singh Chauhan (1979-), lyricist, poet, writer, editor

B

• Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), the "father of Hindi literature"
• Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), author, screenwriter of 'Tamas'
• Bihari (1595–1664), author of Satasai ("Seven Hundred Verses")
• Banarasidas (1586–1643), author of 'Ardhakathanaka',the first biography in Hindi
• Bhagwati Charan Verma(1903-1981), author of 'Chitralekha' and Sahitya Akademy award winning 'Bhoole Bisre Chitra'

C

• Chand Bardai (1148–1191), author of 'Prithviraj Raso'

D

• Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' or just Dhoomil (1936–1975), Hindi poet, recipient of 1979 Sahitya Akademi Award for "Kal Sunana Mujhe".
• Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861–1913), novelist, author of Chandrakanta
• Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997), Hindi poet
• Dushyant Kumar (1931–1975), poet of modern Hindustani literature

G

• Gopal Singh Nepali, poet, lyricist
• Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917–1964), modern Hindi poet
• Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt', "Wordsworth of India"
• Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708), the tenth Guru of Sikhism
• Babu Gulabrai (1888-1963), Philosopher and Hindi Writer
• Gopaldas Neeraj, poet and author

H

• Harishankar Parsai, satirist
• Hari Joshi, satirist, novelist, writer, poet
• Harivanshrai Bachchan (1907–2003): Madhushala (मधुशाला) 1935; Sahitya Akademi Award 1969 and Padma Bhushan 1976 Agni path 1991.
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian

J

• Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), poet known for Kamayani
• Jainendra Kumar, author, short story writer
• Janki Ballabh Shastri, poet, autho

K

• Kabir (1440–1518), poet, figure of the Bhakti movement
• Kaka Kalelkar (1885–1961), Gandhian, social reformer, scholar
• Kamleshwar, author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kitne Pakistan (2000)
• Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1986) for Apurva (Poetry collection).
• Kedarnath Singh, modern poet
• Keshavdas (1555–1625), Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya
• Krishna Sobti (b. 1925-), recipient Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for the novel Zindaginama
• Kamta Prasad Guru, grammar expert
• Kaifi Azmi, Poet, Lyricist

L

• Laxmi Narayan Mishra (1903-1987), playwright

M

• Mirabai (1504–1560), poet
• Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1540), Avadhi poet Author of 'Padmawat'.
• Mahadevi Varma, poet,writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
• Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), modern Hindi poet A Pioneer of 'Khadi boli poetry'& the author of the epic 'Saket'
• Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), poet, playwright, journalist
• Mannu Bhandari (born 1931-), novelist
• Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), a pioneer of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement
• Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864–1938), writer, linguist, translator
• Manohar Shyam Joshi, journalist, screenwriter
• Mohan Rana (b. 1964) Hindi poet and philosopher
• Munshi Premchand (1880-1936) Modern Hindustani literature
• Mridula Garg (Born: 1938 -) Author: Short Story Writer & Novelist (Hindi & English)

N

• Nagarjun (1911–2002), poet, biographer
• Naresh Mehta (1922–2000), Poet
• Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916–1961) started the Nakenwad movement in Hindi literature
• Neelam Saxena Chandra (b 1969), poet, fiction
• Nirala, Suryakant Tripathi (1896–1961), poet, novelist
• Nirmal Verma (1929–2005), novelist, translator

P

• Parichay Das (1964) writer and editor in contemporary Bhojpuri poetry.
• Premchand (1880–1936), Hindustani writer (GODAN)
• Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921–1977), Hindi novelist
• Padma Sachdev (b. 1940), poet, novelist (Hindi & Dogri)
• Pran Kumar Sharma (b.1938) Written Chacha Choudhary

R

• Raghuvir Sahay, (1929–1990), poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist
• Rahi Masoom Raza, writer, lyricist
• Rahul Sankrityayan, the "father of Hindi travel literature"
• Raidas (1398–1448), Guru, songwriter
• Rajinder Singh Bedi, writer, screenwriter
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), a nationalist poet, essayist
• Ram Vilas Sharma, literary critic
• Ramvriksh Benipuri, writer
• Rangeya Raghav, writer
• Raskhan (1533–1618), poet

S

• Sahajanand Saraswati, writer, scholar
• Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), ("Agyeya") recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, and others
• Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927–1983), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, 1983
• Sharad Joshi (1931–1991), satirist, screenwriter
• Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Hindi author
• Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, writer of novels and prose
• Sri Lal Sukla (1925–2011), satirist
• Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya Hindi author and journalist
• Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977), Hindi poet
• Surdas (1467–1583), composer
• Shankar Dayal Singh (1937–1995)
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, poet, songwriter
• Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, poet and author
• Safdar Hashmi, Author, Street Theatre, Activist
• Shyam Narayan Pandey, Hindi Poet

T

• Tulsidas (1532–1623), author of Shrī Rāmcharitmānas

V

• Vishnu Prabhakar (1912–2009), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Ardhanarishvara
• Vrindavan Lal Verma, historical novelist
• Vidya Niwas Mishra, scholar, journalist
• Vrind (1643 - 1723), Braj bhasha court poet, Kishangarh

Y

• Yashpal (1903–1976), novelist, author Jhutha Sach (The False Truth, 1958–1960)

See also

• List of Hindi language poets

• List of Urdu language authors