Poets/Writers From Kanpur
Total: 61
Nushur Wahidi
1912 - 1983
Prominent poet of romantic-sufistic persuasion with lyrical tone.
Zeb Ghauri
1928 - 1985
One of the most remarkable modernist Indian poets.
- Domicile : Kanpur
- Domicile : Kanpur
Fana Nizami Kanpuri
1922 - 1988
One of the most popular poets, famous for his particular tarannum (melodious way of recitation).
Fazal Husain Sabir
1884 - 1962
Hasan Aziz
1942
- Domicile : Kanpur
Meer Tahir Ali Rizvi
1840 - 1911
- Born : Kanpur
- Domicile : Farrukhabad
- Died : Farrukhabad
Mohammad Ahmad Ramz
1932 - 2010
Prominent New Ghazal poet
Syed Abul Khair Kashfi
1932 - 2008
Farhat Kanpuri
1905 - 1952
Farooq Jaiasi
1952
Ishrat Zafar
1944
- Domicile : Kanpur
Kausar Jayasi
1916 - 2005
Matin Niazi
1913 - 1993
Nami Ansari
1932
Nazir Siddiqi
1936
- Domicile : Kanpur
Rais Siddiqui
1957
Sarshar Siddiqui
1926 - 2008
Sarshar Siddiqui was a prolific writer, critic and poet born during the pre-independence era.
Sohan Lal Dwivedi
1906 - 1988
Syed Mohammad Abdullah
1906 - 1986
Anand Panday Tanha
1957
Ashraf Baqri
1944
Jamaluddin Nawaz
1988
Reshma Zaidi
1978
Supriya Swapnil
1981
Tauseef Ahmad
1984
Yawar Warsi
1957
Akmal Adeeb
1941
- Domicile : Kanpur
Anita Maurya Anushri
1978
- Domicile : Kanpur
Chandni Pandey
1974
- Domicile : Kanpur
- Domicile : Kanpur
Mahlaqa Ejaaz
1945
Mayank Awasthi
1964
Meer Tahir Ali Tahir Farrukhabadi
1840 - 1911
- Born : Kanpur
- Born : Kanpur
Mumtaz Aziz Nazan
1964
- Born : Kanpur
Munshi Daya Narayan Nigam
1882 - 1942
Nazar Kanpuri
1948
- Born : Kanpur
Nudrat Kanpuri
1969
- Born : Kanpur
Piyush Awasthi
1957
- Born : Kanpur
- Domicile : Greater Noida
Pragya Sharma
1981
- Born : Kanpur
