Poets/Writers From West Bengal
Total: 107
Insha Allah Khan Insha
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Delhi
- Died : Lucknow
One of the most firebrand poets of Lucknow. Contemporary of Meer Taqi Meer. His rivalry with Mushafi is well-recorded. Also wrote Rekhti poetry and 'Raani Ketki ki kahani" in prose
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali polymath who was active as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter during the age of Bengal Renaissance. The only Indian-origin author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
Shreya Ghoshal
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Mumbai
Alka Yagnik
Chitra Singh
Chitra Singh is a renowned Indian ghazal singer and the wife of legendary ghazal maestro, Jagjit Singh. As a duo, they are considered the pioneers of ghazal singing.
Qazi Nazrul Islam
Bengali poet, writer, musician, and is the national poet of Bangladesh
Wahshat Raza Ali Kalkatvi
Prominent later – classical poet from Bengal
Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud
well-known poet of classical tone and tenor
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ezaz Afzal
Firdausi Begum
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : Dhaka
Firdausi Begum was a celebrated singer of India. Her teachers in music were Ustaad Munir Husain Khan, Ustaad Mohammad Husain Khan and Ustaad Mastaan Gama.
Jazib Quraishi
Kaushiki Chakraborty
Khurshid Akram
One of the most prominent contemporary poets known for his unique love-poetry
Munni Begum
- Born : Murshidabad
- Domicile : Chicago
Munni Begum is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer. Her teacher in music was the famous singer Ustad Khwaja Ghulam Mustafa Warsi. She was honored with the
Raunaq Naeem
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Wafa Rashidi
Waheed Arshi
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : Kolkata
Abdul Wadood Uhad
Afzal Husain Afzal
- Born : Kidderpore
- Domicile : Kidderpore
- Died : Kidderpore
Akhtar Riazuddin
Ashhar Hashmi
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Fayyaz Hashmi
Ibraheem Hosh
Javed Naseem
Kumar Mukherjee
Masoom Sharqi
Moid Rasheedi
Prominent upcoming poet and critic, recipient of Sahitya Academy's Yuva Puraskar.
Prabodh Chandra Bagchi
P. C. Bagchi was one of the most notable Sino -Indologists of the 20th century. He was the third Upacharya (Vice-Chancellor) of Visva-Bharati University.
Vijay Sharma
One of the prominent poets of the new generation, a captivating blend of human emotions, the depth of relationships, and the complexities of life in poetry.
Zameer Yusuf
Abdussalam Asim
Alif Ansari
Bilal Sabir
Faizul Amin Faiz
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : Bardhaman
Khawaja Javed Akhtar
One of the most popular poets who died young.
Md Nurul Huda Noor
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Nabil Syed
Nand Kishore Anhad
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : Chandigarh