List of Indian Poets - Indian Poets Writing in English

Indian Poets Writing in English

In alphabetical order by first name:

• A. K. Ramanujan (1929–1993), Indian poet, writer, academic, philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright who wrote in English and Kannada.
• Abhay K (born 1980), Poet, Diplomat, Writer and Artist.
• Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949, New Delhi – 8 December 2001, Amherst, Massachusetts) Indian poet writing in English.
• Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), author and poet writing in English.
• Keki N. Daruwalla, author and poet writing in English.
• Amol Redij (born 1977) is an English poet and writer.
• Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004), Indian poet writings in English and Marathi.
• Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English.
• Dilip Chitre (1938-2009) Indian poet writing in English and Marathi also a painter and filmmaker.
• Dilip Sankarreddy
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004), Goan writer, poet and columnist writing in English.
• Eunice De Souza (also "Eunice de Souza" (born 1940)) Indian poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English.
• G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000), author and poet writing in English .
• Gieve Patel (born 1940), Indian poet, playwright and painter who practiced to be a general physician writing in English.
• Gopi Kottoor (born 1956), Indian poet, playwright, translator writing in English.
• Hemant Mohapatra, poet writing in English.
• Henry Derozio (1809–1831).
• Indira Goswami (1942-2011), also known as "Mamoni Raisom Goswami" and, popularly, "Mamoni Baideo", poet, novelist and academic writing in English.
• Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1924) poet, critic, arts scholar, and curator writing in English.
• Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born 1934), writer and poet in English and Malayalam.
• Keki Daruwalla Indian poet writing in English.
• Makarand Paranjape (born 1960) is an Indian poet writing in English.
• Mani Rao (born 1965) is an Indian woman poet writing in English.
• Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is a writer, poet, translator and an activist
• Michael Madhusudan Dutt
• Nissim Ezekiel(1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English.
• Nandini Sahu (1973), Indian poet, writer, and critic writing in English
• P. Lal (1929-2010), Indian poet, translator, professor and publisher; also the founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta, India.
• Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936), Indian poet writing in English.
• Rukmini Bhaya Nair Indian poet writing in English.
• Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English.
• R. Parthasarathy is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English.
• Rafey Habib is an Indian-born poet and scholar of literature.
• Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English.
• Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English.
• Robin S Ngangom. Indian poet writing in English.
• Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). Indian woman poet writing in English .
• Shiv Kumar is Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
• Smita Agarwal (born 1958) Indian poet, critic, educator, she was also a singer.
• Som Ranchan (born 1932), Indian poet and novelist writing in English.
• Sri Aurobindo (Sri Ôrobindo) (1872–1950) Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English.
• Subhash Misra (born 1955)
• Tabish Khair (born 1966), poet, novelist and essayist
• Tishani Doshi (born 1975)
• Sudeep Sen, Indian poet and editor writing in English .
• Vikram Seth (born 1952), is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
• Ram Sharma (1837–1918), Indian poet and journalist writing in English .
• Arundhathi Subramaniam is a woman poet and writer and web editor writing in English.
• C. P. Surendran, poet, novelist and editor writing in English.
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Shreekumar Varma (born 1955), newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English.
• T.K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan), (1921–2007), poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
• Toru Dutt (1856–1877). Indian woman poet wrote in English and French .
• Yaseen Anwer (born 1989), Poet, founder & managing editor, Poets' Corner.
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) poet, editor and translator, writes in English.