Poets/Writers From Kolkata
Total: 78
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.
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
Jazib Quraishi
Khurshid Akram
One of the most prominent contemporary poets known for his unique love-poetry
Wafa Rashidi
Abdul Wadood Uhad
Akhtar Riazuddin
Fayyaz Hashmi
Ibraheem Hosh
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.
Zameer Yusuf
Abdussalam Asim
Alif Ansari
Bilal Sabir
Khawaja Javed Akhtar
One of the most popular poets who died young.
Poonam Sonachhatra
Saba Tabish
Sajid Akhtar
Shabbir Ahmed
Shahzada Saleem
Zishan Mustafa
Abdus Sattar Shahidi
Ain Rashid
Alka Yagnik
Auckland Colvin
- Born : Kolkata
- Died : United Kingdom
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.
Dr. Shahid Saaz
- Born : Kolkata
- Domicile : West Bengal
Farida Khanum
Farida Khanum, also known as Malika-e-Ghazal is a classical singer from Pakistan. She has been trained in Khayal, Thumri and Dadra genres by Ustad Aashiq Ali Khan.