List of Hindi poets

This is a List of notable Hindi language poets:

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## A[edit]

* Aalok Shrivastav
* Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
* Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on fastrology
* Agnishekhar (born 1956) real name Kuldeep Sumbly
* Agyeya
* A. M. Turaz
* Amir Khusrow (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet
* Asad Zaidi (born 1954), poet, editor, publisher, translator
* Akshay Chandra Sharma
* Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951), author and poet
* Ashok Vajpeyi
* Atal Bihari Vajpai (1924–2018), author, poet and orator
* Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay

## B[edit]

* Balli Singh Cheema (born 1952)
* Banarsidas (1586–1643), poet, businessman
* Bhagwan Datt Sharma
* Bhai (writer) (1935-2018)
* Bihari (1595–1663), poet, author
* Bhikhari Das (1721–?), poet
* Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), novelist, poet, playwright
* Bhawani Prasad Mishra (1913–1985), poet and author
* Birbal (1528-1586)

## C[edit]

* Chand Bardai (1149-1200)
* Choudhari Mulkiram (1910–1954) poet, philosopher and writer

## D[edit]

* Dharmveer Bharti (1926–1997), poet, author, playwright and a social thinker
* Dinesh Bhramar, Hindi and Bhojpuri poet
* Dhirendra Verma
* Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975), poet of modern Hindustani

## G[edit]

* Gafil Swami (born 1953), poet and journalist
* Ganga Prasad Vimal
* Geet Chaturvedi (born 1977), poet, short story author and journalist
* Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet of Hindi literature and lyricist of Bollywood
* Gopal Prasad Vyas (1915–2005), poet, known for his humorous poems
* Gopaldas Neeraj (born 1924), poet and author
* Girish Tiwari
* Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), poetry including some in Urdu and English
* Gulzar (born 1934), poet, lyricist, film director
* Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt'

## H[edit]

* Hari Shankar Sharma
* Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003), poet of Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge)
* Hemant Shesh (born 1952), writer, poet and civil servant
* Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu (1502–1552), Braj Bhasha poet-sant and bhakti religious leader

## I[edit]

* Indra Bahadur Khare (1922–1953), Chhayavaad writer and poet
* Ibrahim Ashk (1951-2022)

## J[edit]

* Jagdish Chaturvedi (writer) (1932-2015)
* Jagdish Gupt (1924–2001), Chhayavaad literary movement poet
* Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), novelist, playwright, poet
* Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter
* Jwalamukhi (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
* Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), poet, novelist, short story writer and editor

## K[edit]

* Kabir (1440–1518), mystic poet and saint of India
*   * Kamlesh Shukla (Socialist)
* Koduram Dalit (1910-1967)
* Kailash Vajpeyi (1936–2015)
* Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar
* Kaka Hathrasi (1906–1995), satirist and humorist poet
* Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), Hindi language poet and littérateur
* Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), poet, critic and essayist
* Keshavdas (1555–1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
* Kripalu Maharaj (1922–2013), spiritual master (Jagadguru) and a poet-saint
* Kripa Shankar Sharma
* Krishan Kumar Sharma "Rasik" (born 1983), Hindi, Punjabi, English and Urdu poet and writer
* Krishna Kumar Sharma
* Kumar Vikal
* Kumar Vishwas (born 1970), poet and professor
* Kunwar Bechain (1942–2021), professor and poet
* Kunwar Narayan (1927–2017), poet

## L[edit]

* Laxmi Shankar Bajpai (born 1955)
* Laxminarayan Payodhi (born 1957), poet and researcher
* Lari Azad (born 1959)

## M[edit]

* Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
* Mahendra Bhatnagar (1926-2020)
* Mahendra Pratap Singh
* Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), poet, politician, dramatist, translator
* Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist
* Meera (1498–1547), mystic singer and composer of Bhajans
* Mohan Rana (born 1964), poet
* Mrityunjay Kumar Singh
* Murari Lal Sharma Neeras (born 1936), poet and educator
* Mahesh Garg Bedhadak, Hindi poet and writer

## N[edit]

* Nagarjun (1911–1998), poet, writer, essayist, novelist
* Nalin Vilochan Sharma
* Nand Chaturvedi (1923-2014)
* Naresh Mehta, poet and playwright
* Narottam Das (1550–1605), the writer of 'Sudama Charitra' and contemporary of Tulsidas
* Nathuram SharmaShankar (1859–1932), Hindi poet
* Nawal Kishore Dhawal (1911–1964), writer, poet, proof reader, editor, critic, journalist and author
* Neelabh Ashk (1945-2016)
* Nirmal Verma

## O[edit]

* Om Prakash Aditya (1936–2009), poet

## P[edit]

* Pandit Narendra Sharma
* Pawan Karan (born 1964), poet, writer, editor, journalist, columnist, social and political analyst
* Phoolchand Gupta (born 1958), poet, writer and translator
* Prabha Kiran Jain, poet and writer
* Prabha Thakur, poet, writer, composer and Indian politician
* Prasoon Joshi, advertiser, lyricist, and poet

## R[edit]

* Ramkumar Verma
* Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927)
* Ram Vilas Sharma
* Rambhadracharya (born 1950), religious leader and educationist.
* Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), poet, essayist and academic
* Ramavtar Tyagi
* Rameshraj Tewarikar
* Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (born 1914), scholar, professor, writer and critic of poetry and literature
* Rustam Singh (born 1955), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
* Ravindra Prabhat (born 1969), writer, poet, editor, critic, journalist and author

## S[edit]

* Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987), poet, writer, novelist, journalist, traveler
* Samartha Vashishtha
* Satyapal Anand (born 1931)
* Sarvesh Asthana (born 1965)
* Shambhunath Singh
* Shambhu Shikhar
* Shivmangal Singh Suman (1915–2002), poet and academician
* Shail Chaturvedi (1936–2007), poet, humorist, lyricist, actor
* Shabab Aalam (born 1984), poet
* Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)
* Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra (1923–1966), poet, lyricist; known for his poetry used in Hindi cinema
* Sheetal Agashe (born 1977), business woman and former actress
* Sitaram Agrahari (born 1957)
* Shiv Prasad Dabral (1912-1999)
* Shrikant Verma
* Shrinivási
* Sri Lal Sukla, author, writer
* Sonroopa Vishal
* Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet known for her emotionally charged songs
* Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), poet known for his revolutionary writings and protest-poetry
* Sunderdas
* Surdas (1467–1583), composer and devotional poet
* Surender Sharma
* Suryadev Singh Bareth, advocate and poet
* Sūdan (1700–1753), poet
* Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1975), Chhayavaad poetry, verse plays and essays
* Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1899–1961), poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
* Suryakumar Pandey (born 1954), poet, writer

## T[edit]

* Tara Singh, poet
* Teji Grover (born 1955), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
* Tulsidas (1497/1532–1623), poet-saint, reformer and philosopher

## U[edit]

* Uday Prakash (born 1952), scholar, poet, journalist, translator and short story writer
* Uday Pratap Singh

## V[edit]

* Vibudh Shridhar
* Viren Dangwal (1947-2015)
* Virendra Kumar Baranwal (1941-2020)
* Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
* Vishnu Khare (1940–2018), Hindi journalist, translator and poet
* Vrind (1643–1723), Braj bhasha poet

## Misc.Hindi Poets[edit]

* Urmilesh Shankhdhar
* Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
* Samapt Saral
* Raghuvir Sahay
* S.R. Harnot
* Rahi Masoom Raza
* Ravindra Kalia
* Raskhan
* Raidhu
* Pankaj Rag
* Balswaroop Raahi
* Nirjhar Pratapgarhi
* Imran Pratapgarhi
* Kavi Pradeep
* Suman Pokhrel
* Prem Kishore Patakha
* Shyam Narayan Pandey
* Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen
* Sandeep Nath
* Kanhaiya Lal Nandan
* N. Chandrasekharan Nair
* Joba Murmu
* Munishree Nagraj
* Dnyaneshwar Mulay
* Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
* Hullad Moradabadi
* Soumitra Mohan
* Narendra Mohan (poet)
* Raghuvir Sharan Mitra
* Verma Malik
* Mirabai
* Malik Muhammad Jayasi
* Shailesh Matiyani
* Susmita Basu Majumdar
* Madan Mohan Malaviya
* Shreeraj Kurup
* Bihari Lal
* Saroj Kumari Gaurihar
* Amir Khusrau
* Chandrakant Devtale
* Sunil Jogi
* Jacinta Kerketta
* Irshad Kamil
* Bhupendra Nath Kaushik
* Arun Kamal
* Mamta Kalia
* Jwalamukhi (poet)
* Motilal Jotwani
* Sharad Joshi
* Rajesh Joshi
* Hemant Joshi
* Hasrat Jaipuri
* Ramesh Chandra Jha
* Prabhakiran Jain
* Nemi Chandra Jain
* Leeladhar Jagudi
* Durbalnath
* Sohan Lal Dwivedi
* Arun Gemini
* Ghananand
* Trilok Chandra Goel
* Adam Gondvi
* Kishorilal Goswami
* Sheila Gujral
* Harikrishna Prasad Gupta Agrahari
* Shyamlal Gupta
* Indira Indu

## See also[edit]

* List of Hindi-language authors
* List of Indian poets
* List of Indian writers

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