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.

A

Amarkant (1925–2014), novelist

Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Hindi author and journalist

Amir Khusro (1253–1325 AD), author of pahelis and mukris in the "Hindavi" dialect

Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), author, grammarian and publisher

Abid Surti (1935–), author

Acharya Chatursen Shastri (1891–1960)

Amrita Pritam (1919–2005)

Asghar Wajahat (1946-) Hindi scholar, novelist

B

Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), the "father of modern Hindi literature"

Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan (1905–1988)

Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), author

Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924–2007), poet, writer, satirist

Badri Narain Sinha (1930–1979), poet, critic, journalist

Balendu Dwivedi (1975–), Hindi author

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

Chandrarekha Dhadwal (1951-), Hindi and Pahadi author

Chandrakiran Sonrexa (1920-2009), author of Chandan Chandni

Chirag Jain (1985-) Author of Epic "Purushottam"

Chitra Mudgal (1943–) The first Indian woman to receive the Vyas Samman for her novel "Aavaan".

D

Darchhawna (1936–2023), Hindi writer and Padma Shri awardee

Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861–1913), novelist, author of Chandrakanta

Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997), Hindi poet, playwright

Dushyant Kumar (1931–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

Divya Prakash Dubey (1982–), Hindi author

Doodhnath Singh (1936–2018), Hindi writer, critic, poet and a recipient of Bharat Bharti Samman

G

Ganga Das (1823–1913), author of about fifty kavya-granthas and thousands of padas. He is known as Bhismpitama of the Hindi poetry.

Geetanjali Shree (1957 - ) author of Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi) which won the International Booker Prize in 2022

Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet, lyricist

Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917–1964), modern Hindi poet

Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893–1983), "Wordsworth of India"

Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708), the tenth Guru of Sikhism

Babu Gulabrai (1888–1963), philosopher and Hindi writer

Gopaldas Neeraj (1925–2018), poet and author

Giriraj Kishore (1937–2020), writer

H

Hari Joshi (1943–), satirist, novelist, writer, poet

Harishankar Parsai (1924–1995), satirist

Harivanshrai Bachchan (1907–2003): Madhushala

Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1907–1979), novelist, literary historian

Hetu Bhardwaj, Hindi fiction writer

Hrishikesh Sulabh (1955–)

I

Indira Dangi (1980–), novelist, writer

J

Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj (1922–2013), religious leader

Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya (1950–), spiritual leader, scholar, poet, textual commentator, philosopher and playwright

Jagdish Piyush (1950–2021), author, writer

Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), poet known for Kamayani

Jainendra Kumar (1905–1988), author, short story writer

Janki Ballabh Shastri (1916–2011), poet, author

Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), novelist, short story writer, poet and editor

K

Kabir (1440–1518), poet, figure of the Bhakti movement

Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar who mainly wrote in braj bhasha

Kaka Kalelkar (1885–1961), Gandhian, social reformer, scholar

Kamleshwar (1932–2007), author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kitne Pakistan (2000)

Kashinath Singh (1937–), novelist, short story writer, 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Rehan Par Ragghu (2008), author of Kashi Ka Assi.

Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1986) for Apurva (poetry collection)

Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), modern poet

Keshavdas (1555–1625), Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya

Krishna Sobti (1925–2019), recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zindaginama

Kamta Prasad Guru (1875–1947), grammar expert

Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002)

L

Lallu Lal (1763–1835), author and translator

Laxmi Narayan Mishra (1903–1987), playwright

M

Mirabai (1498–1546/1547), poet

Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477–1542), Avadhi poet; author of Padmawat

Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987), poet, writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award

Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), modern Hindi poet; a pioneer of Khadi boli poetry; author of the epic Saket

Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), poet, playwright, journalist

Mannu Bhandari (1931–2021), novelist

Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), a pioneer of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement

Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864–1938), writer, linguist, translator

Mamta Kalia (1940–), Novelists

Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006), journalist, screenwriter

Mehrunnisa Parvez (1944–), Hindi novelist, short story writer and Padma Shri awardee

Madhur Kapila (1942–), art critic, Hindi writer, recipient of the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for contribution to literature

Mohan Rana (1964–), Hindi poet and philosopher

Mridula Garg (1938–), short story writer and novelist

N

Nagarjun (1911–2002), poet, biographer

Naresh Mehta (1922–2000), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement

Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916–1961), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement

Neelam Saxena Chandra (1969–), poet, fiction

Nirmal Verma (1929–2005), novelist, translator

Narendra Kohli (1940–2021), credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose

Nasira Sharma(1948-) writer, novelist

P

Pandit Narendra Sharma (1913–1989), poet, lyricist

Parmanand Adhir (1939–2013), politician, poet, and writer from Jind district in the northern Indian state of Haryana

Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921–1977), Hindi novelist

Padma Sachdev (1940–2021), poet, novelist in Hindi and Dogri

Pran Kumar Sharma (1938–2014), creator of Chacha Choudhary

Premchand (1880–1936), modern Hindustani literature

Priyamvad (1952–), writer and historian in Hindi.