List of Indian Poets - Gujarati

Gujarati

In alphabetical order by last name:

• Akho (1591–1659), poet, Vedantist and radical.
• Dalpatram (1820–1898), father of Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi
• Dayaram (1757–1852)
• Mahadev Desai (1892–1942), writer in English, Gujarati and Bengali.
• Suresh Joshi (1921–1986), novelist, short-story writer, critic, poet and writer
• Umashankar Joshi – see listing under "Umashankar", below
• Kalapi (1874–1900)
• Kavi Kant (1867–1923), writer and poet.
• Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi (નાનાલાલ દલપતરામ કવિ)
• Meerabai (1498–1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai.
• Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947), novelist, poet, short-story writer, folklorist
• Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta (c. 1414 – c. 1481)
• K. M. Munshi (1887–1971), novelist, playwright, writer, politician and lawyer
• Narmad (1834–1886)
• Ravji Patel (born 1939) was a modernist poet and novelist in Gujarati.
• Rajendra Shah (born 1913)
• Rajendra Shukla
• Sundaram (1909–1990), poet, short-story writer, travel writer, biographer and critic
• Govardhanram Tripathi (1855–1907), novelist and poet
• Umashankar Joshi (1911–1988), novelist, poet, playwright, writer and academic; surname: Umashankar