Poets/Writers From West Bengal

Bengali poet, dramatist, and the only Indian litterateur to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Begum Akhtar, also known as Mallika-e-Ghazal, was an eminent multi-genre Hindustani classical music singer. She was posthumously honored with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

Notable author associated with the prestigious Fort William College also laid the foundation of modern Urdu prose.

Prominent later–classical poet from Bengal.

Well-known poet of classical tone and tenor.

Prominent poet of classical mould from Nengal, known for his 'Tazkira 'Sukhan-e-Shoara'.

Renowned poet from Kolkata, a poet of ghazal, nazm, and rubai, author of several poetry collections for children, and editor of several literary magazines

Distinguished Urdu poet and litterateur, known for writing Qat'aat on contemporary issues

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

Kamla Jharia was a royal singer at the court of Maharaja Shiv Prasad of Jharia, Dhanbad, in India. Later, she also sang for HMV music company.

Prominent poet of New Nazm.

A progressive poet and storyteller, actively involved in the politics of the movement.

A distinguished Bengali fiction writer and author of the novel 'Devdas'

Prominent prose writer, translator, and poet of Fort William College

Translator, poet, and compiler and researcher of the ‘Kulliyat-e-Nazeer’.

Critic and translator of Urdu and Bengali language and literature

Renowned linguist, litterateur, and poet

Poet, writer, teacher, and painter from Bengal

Poet and writer, known for his critical work on children's literature.

Journalist and poet, known for his humour and satire.

An important name in modern Urdu ghazal

Apart from active literary journalist, fiction writer, critic, translator, and travel writer.

Renowned Urdu poet

Poet, critic, journalist, and honorary editor of the literary magazine "Tmseel-e-Nau.".

Renowned poet, writer, and compiler

A poet from West Bengal known for his simple, graceful, and deceptively effortless style of poetry

Renowned writer, researcher, and critic

Renowned poet and Nazim-e-Mushaira from West Bengal

Renowned writer, critic, and translator