Poets/Writers From West Bengal
Total: 139
Rabindranath Tagore
Wahshat Raza Ali Kalkatvi
Prominent later – classical poet from Bengal
Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud
well-known poet of classical tone and tenor
Abdul Ghafoor Nassakh
- Born : Faridpur
- Domicile : West Bengal
Prominent poet of classical mould from Nengal, known for his 'Tazkira 'Sukhan-e-Shoara'.
Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi
Alqama Shibli
Well-known poet from Kolkata, wrote Ghazal, Nazm, and Rubai; published several collections of poetry for children, also edited several literary journals
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ezaz Afzal
- Domicile : Kolkata
Jameel Mazhari
One of the outstanding pre-modern poets known for his radical views.
Mazhar Ali Khan Wila
Raunaq Naeem
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Salik Lakhnavi
Sayad Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz
Translator, Poet and compiler and researcher of the ‘Kulliyat-e-Nazeer’
Waheed Arshi
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : Kolkata
Wakil Akhtar
Abul Kalam Rahamni
- Born : Sheikhpura
- Domicile : Kolkata
Journalist and poet, known for his humour and satire
Abuzar Hashmi
Afzal Husain Afzal
- Born : Kidderpore
- Domicile : Kidderpore
- Died : Kidderpore
Ashhar Hashmi
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Azhar Qadiri
Faragh Rohvi
- Born : Navada Kalan
- Domicile : Kolkata
Fay Seen Ejaz
Apart from active literary journalist, fiction writer, critic and translator and travel writer
Ibraheem Hosh
Masoom Sharqi
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.
Ranjoor Azimabadi
One of the key figures in establishing Azimabad as a School of Urdu Poetry. Earned the coveted titles of 'Shams-ul-Ulema' and 'Khan Bahadur'.
Rohit Soni Tabish
Zafar Uganwi
Zameer Yusuf
Alif Ansari
Bilal Sabir
Kashif Ahsan
- Born : Muzaffarpur
- Domicile : West Bengal
Md Nurul Huda Noor
- Born : West Bengal
- Domicile : West Bengal
Mohammad Irshad Ali
- Domicile : Kolkata