Poets/Writers From Maharashtra
Total: 467
Siraj Aurangabadi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
- Died : Aurangabad
Sufi poet known for his widely sung ghazal 'Khabar-e-tahayyur-e-ishq'
Wali Mohammad Wali
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Gujrat
- Died : Ahmedabad
Trend setter classical poet who helped establish Urdu ghazal in Delhi by inspiring poets to write in Urdu
Ishq Aurangabadi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Mah Laqa Chanda
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Hyderabad
- Died : Hyderabad
Natiq Gulavthi
Prominent pre-modern poet who was also involved in politics. Elected to the Central Assembly in 1936 and remained member of Nagpur Municipal Committee for 20 years.
Qazi Saleem
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Prominent poet of New Nazam in India. Also a political activist and member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
Waheed Akhtar
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aligarh
- Died : Delhi
One of most outstanding modern poets and critics.
Zoe Ansari
Abdul Ahad Saaz
Prominent poet from Mumbai, well-known to connoisseurs of serious poetry.
Akhtar Nazmi
Bashar Nawaz
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
- Died : Aurangabad
One of the prominent progressive poets, critic and lyricist Known for writing lyrics ‘karoge yaad to har baat yaad…’ for ‘Bazaar’.
Hamid Iqbal Siddiqui
Kamil Bahzadi
Khwaja Sajid
Manmohan Talkh
One of prominent modern poets. Disciple of Yas Yagana Changezi.
Manzoor Husain shor
Meena Kumari Naz
Film actress known as "The tragedy queen". She published a book of poetry "Tanha Chaand".
Midhat-ul-Akhtar
- Born : Nagpur
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Mirza Daood Beg
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Rahi Quraishi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Karnataka
Safi Aurangabadi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Hyderabad
Sahar Ansari
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Karachi
Prominent Pakistani scholar, poet & professor of Karachi University who was close to Jaun Eliya. Awarded with Tamgha-e-Imtiyaz
Sayyad Abul Ala Maudoodi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Lahore
- Died : New York
Shahid Kabir
Sikandar Ali Wajd
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Abdur Rauf Urooj
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Karachi
Pakistani poet, author and journalist; authored two important books on Amir Khusrau and Urdu Marsiya
Akbar Rahmani
Arun Kolatkar
Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. Only Indian poet other than Kabir to be featured on the World Classics titles of the New York Review of Books.
Azad Ansari
Well known poet and a prominent disciple of Maulana Hali
Badiuzzaman Khawar
Poet, writer and translator from Maharashtra, also translated Marathi poems into Urdu
Farogh Naqqash
Farooq Shamim
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
Iqbal Ashhar Quraishi
Khaleel Farhat Karanjavi
- Born : Wardha
- Domicile : Maharashtra
Khizr Nagpuri
Mushahid Razvi
Obaid Haris
- Born : Kamptee
- Domicile : Maharashtra
Qaisar Amravatwi
- Born : Maharashtra
- Domicile : Mumbai
Qamar Iqbal
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Aurangabad
- Died : Aurangabad
Sabir
- Born : Maharashtra
- Domicile : Aurangabad