List of Indian Poets - Bengali

Bengali

See also: List of Bengali-language authors (chronological)

Bengali language names in parentheses

• Abul Bashar (born 1951), poet and writer
• Annadashankar Roy (1905–2002)
• Bharatchandra Ray (Raygunakar, court poet in Krishnanagar)
• Binoy Majumdar (1934–2006) Indian poet
• Bishnu Dey (1909–1982) poet, prose writer, movie critic
• Buddhadeb Basu (also spelled "Buddhadeva Bose") (1908–1974), poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist
• Chandidas (born 1408 CE) refers to (possibly more than one) medieval poet
• Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913) poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for patriotic plays and songs, as well as Hindu devotional lyrics
• Govindadasa, Medieval Vaishanavite poet
• Humayun Kabir (1906–1969), poet, educationalist, politician, writer, philosopher
• Iswarchandra Gupta (1812–1859) poet and writer
• Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948)
• Jatindranath Sengupta (1887–1954), poet and writer
• Jibananda Das (1899–1954)
• Joy Goswami (born 1954), Indian poet
• Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam") (1899–1976) poet, musician, revolutionary, and philosopher
• Krittibas Ojha (; also spelt "Krittivas Ojha"), medieval poet
• Mallika Sengupta (born 1960), poet and writer
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta (also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (1824–1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, poet and dramatist
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Nôbonita Deb Shen) (born 1938) writer and poet
• Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909), poet and writer
• Premendra Mitra (1904–1988) poet, novelist, short-story writer, including thrillers and science fiction
• Purnendu Patri (born 1930) poet, novelist, Artist and Film maker.
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Novelist, poet, painter and Asia's first Nobel laureate
• Ramprasad Sen, Shakta devotee cum poet-composer
• Samar Sen (1916–1987) poet and journalist
• Shakti Chattopadhyay (Shokti Chôţţopaddhae) (born 1934)
• Shankha Ghosh (born 1932), poet and critic
• Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Shubhash Mukhopaddhae) (1919–2003)
• Subodh Sarkar (born 1958), poet
• Sudhindranath Dutta
• Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–1947) poet
• Sukumar Ray (1987–1923) humorous poet, short-story writer and playwright
• Sunil Gangopadhyay(Shunil Gônggopaddhae) (born 1934), Indian poet, novelist
• Syed Kawsar Jamal (born 1950), Indian poet and essayist
• Tarapada Roy (1936–2007), poet, essayist and short-story writer, short stories, and essays, humourist
• Vattacharja Chandan (born 1944), Indian poet, fiction writer, mail artist, editor.