Poets/Writers From Bihar

One of the prominent 18th-century poets / contemporary to Mir Taqi Mir.

Noted story writer and novelist, known for his treatment of communal riots in India.

Prominent contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir, writing poetry at far-off Azimabad in Delhi style.

Son and crown prince of the last Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah.

A symbol of accountability in research and editing, whose logical and reasoned style granted scientific objectivity to Urdu scholarship

"A saviour of the ghazal by imparting it with a new mellowness stimulating perception and lyrical realism", as described by Urdu Scholar Ali Jawad Zaidi. He excelled in Ghazal and Marsiya compositions.

A representative critic of Eastern thought and a scholar of Iqbal studies

Prominent critic, scholar, fiction writer, and poet, also known for his romantic poetry.

Famous for his trend-setting book on criticism, 'Kaashif-ul-Haqaaiq'.

One of the outstanding pre-modern poets known for his radical views.

Poet and short story writer, known for reviving the shared cultural heritages in his works.

A Sufi poet associated with a renowned Sufi order from Bihar.

A researcher and critic, author of History of Urdu Literature and Tarikh-e-Adabiyat-e-Alam

Renowned Urdu essayist and journalist

One of the most prominent later–classical poets.

Poet and author with a book on the Urdu novel after Independence, was Urdu faculty at Patna University.

Distinguished poet and renowned writer, known for his political and symbolic poems.

Renowned Urdu poet and journalist, best known for his Qat'aat-e-Taareekh-Navesi

A prominent progressive poet.

Noted journalist and editor of the literary magazine 'Suhail'

A Distinguished Islamic scholar, thinker, and community leader of India

Renowned Poet

Renowned poet and journalist, known for giving the poetic form of Sulasi (three-line verse) a new direction, widespread popularity, and literary prestige

One of the most prominent poets of humour and satire in Urdu.

A distinguished religious scholar, muhaddith, jurist

A renowned Urdu poet, critic, and researcher deeply rooted in both classical and modern literary traditions.

Son of Hazrat Shah Akbar Danapuri and the Sajjada-Nashin (spiritual successor/custodian) of Khanqah Sajadia Abulolaiya, Danapur