List of Indian Poets - Marathi

Marathi

For Konkani poets, see "Konkani" section, above

• Samarth Ramdas – He has written Manache Shlok. Also, known as the Guru of Shivaji Maharaj.
• Sant Dnyaneshwar also known as "Sant Jñāneshwar" and "Jñanadeva" (1275–1296) saint, poet, philosopher and yogi
• Eknath or Eknāth; (1533–1599), poet and scholar
• Tukaram(birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650)
• Keshav Pandit, also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit (died 1690), religious official under Chhatrapati Shivaji, poet and Sanskrit scholar
• Raghunath Pandit
• Suresh Bhat 1932–2003), known as Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of that form
• Namdeo Dhasal (born 1949), poet, writer, journalist, editor and Dalit activist
• Manohar Oak (born 1933), poet and novelist
• Arun Kolatkar (born 1931 or 1932), poet who wrote both in Marathi and English; also a graphic designer
• Bahinabai Chaudhari (1880–1951), illiterate poet whose son wrote down her poems for her
• Tryambak Bapuji Thombre "Balkavi"
• Vilas Sarang (born 1942), writer, critic, translator and poet
• Kusumagraj pen name of Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar (1912–1999), poet, writer and humanist
• P. S. Rege (1910–1978), poet, playwright, fiction writer and academic
• Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), poet, journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, writer of children's literature
• Hemant Divate (born 1967), poet, editor of Abhidhanantar magazine, translator
• Manya Joshi (born 1972), Marathi poet
• Mangesh Narayanrao Kale (born 1966), poet, editor, critic and translator
• Shridhar Tilve (born 1964), poet and critic
• Saleel Wagh (born 1967), poet, translator, critic
• G. D. Madgulkar popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by his initials, Ga Di Ma (1919–1977), poet, lyricist, writer and actor; older brother of writer Venkatesh Madgulkar
• Poet Borkar Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar and also known as "Baki-baab" (1910–1984) wrote mostly in Marathi but with numerous works in Konkani
• Varjesh Solanki (born 1967), an award winning Marathi poet,
• Vasant Abaji Dahake (born 1942), poet, novelist, playwright, artist, and critic
• Bhau Panchbhai, poet and dalit activist.
• Mangesh Padgaonkar (born 1929), Marathi poet and recipient Maharahtra Bhushan Award.