List of Hindi authors
This is a list of authors of Hindi literature, i.e. people who write in Hindi language, its dialects and Hindustani language.
A
- Amarkant, novelist
- Amar Goswami, Hindi author and journalist
- Amir Khusro, author of pahelis and mukris in the "Hindavi" dialect
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran, author, grammarian and publisher
- Abid Surti, author
- Acharya Chatursen Shastri
- Amrita Pritam
- Asghar Wajahat Hindi scholar, novelist
B
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, the "father of modern Hindi literature"
- Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan
- Bhisham Sahni, author
- Bhupendra Nath Kaushik, poet, writer, satirist
- Badri Narain Sinha, poet, critic, journalist
- Balendu Dwivedi, Hindi author
- Bihari, author of Satasai
- Banarasidas, author of 'Ardhakathanaka', the first biography in Hindi
- Bhagwati Charan Verma, author of Chitralekha and Sahitya Akademy award winning ''Bhoole Bisre Chitra''
C
- Chand Bardai, author of Prithviraj Raso
- Chandrarekha Dhadwal, Hindi and Pahadi author
- Chandrakiran Sonrexa, author of Chandan Chandni
- Chirag Jain Author of Epic "Purushottam"
- Chitra Mudgal The first Indian woman to receive the Vyas Samman for her novel "Aavaan".
D
- Darchhawna, Hindi writer and Padma Shri awardee
- Devaki Nandan Khatri, novelist, author of Chandrakanta
- Dharamvir Bharati, Hindi poet, playwright
- Dushyant Kumar, poet of modern Hindustani
- Divya Prakash Dubey, Hindi author
- Doodhnath Singh, Hindi writer, critic, poet and a recipient of Bharat Bharti Samman
G
- Ganga Das, author of about fifty kavya-granthas and thousands of padas. He is known as Bhismpitama of the Hindi poetry.
- Geetanjali Shree author of Tomb of Sand which won the International Booker Prize in 2022
- Gopal Singh Nepali, poet, lyricist
- Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, modern Hindi poet
- Guru [Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt'], "Wordsworth of India"
- Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru of Sikhism
- Babu Gulabrai, philosopher and Hindi writer
- Gopaldas Neeraj, poet and author
- Giriraj Kishore, writer
H
- Hari Joshi, satirist, novelist, writer, poet
- Harishankar Parsai, satirist
- Harivanshrai Bachchan : Madhushala
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, novelist, literary historian
- Hetu Bhardwaj, Hindi fiction writer
- Hrishikesh Sulabh
I
- Indira Dangi, novelist, writer
J
- Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, religious leader
- Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya, spiritual leader, scholar, poet, textual commentator, philosopher and playwright
- Jagdish Piyush, author, writer
- Jaishankar Prasad, poet known for Kamayani
- Jainendra Kumar, author, short story writer
- Janki Ballabh Shastri, poet, author
- Jyotsna Milan, novelist, short story writer, poet and editor
K
- Kabir, poet, figure of the Bhakti movement
- Kavi Bhushan, poet and scholar who mainly wrote in braj bhasha
- Kaka Kalelkar, Gandhian, social reformer, scholar
- Kamleshwar, author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kitne Pakistan
- Kashinath Singh, novelist, short story writer, 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Rehan Par Ragghu, author of Kashi Ka Assi.
- Kedarnath Agarwal, recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Apurva
- Kedarnath Singh, modern poet
- Keshavdas, Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya
- Krishna Sobti, recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zindaginama
- Kamta Prasad Guru, grammar expert
- Kaifi Azmi
L
- Lallu Lal, author and translator
- Laxmi Narayan Mishra, playwright
M
- Mirabai, poet
- Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Avadhi poet; author of Padmawat
- Mahadevi Varma, poet, writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
- Maithili Sharan Gupt, modern Hindi poet; a pioneer of Khadi boli poetry; author of the epic Saket
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi, poet, playwright, journalist
- Mannu Bhandari, novelist
- Mohan Rakesh, a pioneer of the Nai Kahani literary movement
- Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, writer, linguist, translator
- Mamta Kalia, Novelists
- Manohar Shyam Joshi, journalist, screenwriter
- Mehrunnisa Parvez, Hindi novelist, short story writer and Padma Shri awardee
- Madhur Kapila, art critic, Hindi writer, recipient of the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for contribution to literature
- Mohan Rana, Hindi poet and philosopher
- Mridula Garg, short story writer and novelist
N
- Nagarjun, poet, biographer
- Naresh Mehta, one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
- Nalin Vilochan Sharma, one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
- Neelam Saxena Chandra, poet, fiction
- Nirmal Verma, novelist, translator
- Narendra Kohli, credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose
- Nasira Sharma writer, novelist
P
- Pandit Narendra Sharma, poet, lyricist
- Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Hindi novelist
- Padma Sachdev, poet, novelist in Hindi and Dogri
- Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of Chacha Choudhary
- Premchand, modern Hindustani literature
- Priyamvad, writer and historian in Hindi.
- Parichay Das, writer and editor in contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
- Pankaj Prasun, writer and poet of Satire poetry
R
- Ram Ratan Bhatnagar, writer, literary critic
- Ramesh Chandra Jha, poet, novelist
- Raghuvir Sahay, poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist
- Rahi Masoom Raza, writer, lyricist
- Rajkamal Choudhary, poet, short story writer, novelist, critic
- Rahul Sankrityayan, the "father of Hindi travel literature"
- Ravidas, guru, songwriter
- Rajendra Prasad Singh , Hindi author, critic and linguist
- Rajendra Mishra, Hindi author, critic
- Rajendra Yadav, pioneer of "Nayi Kahani" movement
- Rajinder Singh Bedi, writer, screenwriter
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, nationalist poet, essayist
- Ramnarayan Yadavendu, writer, fictionist, essayist and social reformer
- Ram Vilas Sharma, literary critic
- Ramvriksh Benipuri, writer
- Rangeya Raghav, writer
- Raskhan, poet
- Rustam Singh, poet, philosopher, translator and editor
- Rabindranath Tagore, writer, poet, and musician
S
- Sahajanand Saraswati, writer, scholar
- Sachchidananda Vatsyayan , recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, and Jnanpith Award
- Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena, recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, 1983
- Sharad Joshi, satirist, screenwriter
- Shekhar Joshi, Hindi author
- Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, writer of novels and prose
- Sri Lal Sukla, satirist
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi poet
- Surdas, composer
- Sūdan, author and poet
- Shankar Dayal Singh
- Yagyadutt Sharma, Hindi novelist, writer and poet
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, poet, songwriter
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', poet and author
- Safdar Hashmi, author, street theatre, activist
- Shyam Narayan Pandey, Hindi poet
- Saadat Hassan Manto, Hindi author
- Surender Mohan Pathak, Hindi author
- Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil', Hindi poet, recipient of 1979 Sahitya Akademi Award for ''Kal Sunana Mujhe''
T
- Teji Grover, poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
- Tulsidas, author of ''Shrī Rāmcharitmānas''
U
- Usha Priyamvada, novelist, short-story writer, translator
V
- Vidyapati, a prominent poet of Eastern dialects
- Vishnu Prabhakar, recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Ardhanarishvara
- Vibhuti Narain Rai, novelist
- Viveki Rai, novelist
- Vrindavan Lal Verma, historical novelist
- Vidya Niwas Mishra, scholar, journalist
- Vrind, Braj bhasha poet
Y
- Yashpal, novelist, author, ''Jhutha Sach''