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Writer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as writer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Razia Butt
May 19, 1924 – October 4, 2012
Writer (1924-2012)
Modern era
Nanak Singh
July 4, 1897 – December 28, 1971
Indian writer (1897–1971)
Modern era
Bhai Vir Singh
December 5, 1872 – June 10, 1957
Indian poet, scholar and theologian (1872–1957)
Modern era
Dhani Ram Chatrik
October 4, 1876 – December 18, 1954
Punjabi poet and typographer (1876–1954)
Modern era
Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
1895 – August 20, 1971
Punjabi writer
Modern era
Bhartendu Harishchandra
September 9, 1850 – January 6, 1885
Indian Hindi writer, poet and dramatist (1850–1885); father of modern Hindi literature
Modern era
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
May 15, 1864 – December 21, 1938
Indian writer (1864-1938)
Modern era
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
February 21, 1896 – October 15, 1961
Indian Hindi poet and novelist (1896–1961); pioneer of free verse in Hindi; Chhayavaad pillar
Modern era
Sumitranandan Pant
May 20, 1900 – December 28, 1977
Indian writer
Modern era
Makhanlal Chaturvedi
April 4, 1889 – January 30, 1968
Indian writer (1889-1968)
Modern era
Phanishwar Nath Renu
March 4, 1921 – April 11, 1977
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977)
Modern era
Mir Mosharraf Hossain
November 13, 1847 – 1912
Bengali novelist, essayist and playwright
Modern era
Dinabandhu Mitra
1830 – November 1, 1873
Bengali dramatist (1830–1873)
Modern era
Girish Chandra Ghosh
February 28, 1844 – February 8, 1912
Bengali actor, director, and writer
Modern era
Sukanta Bhattacharya
August 15, 1926 – May 13, 1947
Bengali poet (1926–1947)
Modern era
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
September 12, 1894 – November 1, 1950
Indian Bengali author (1894–1950)
Manik Bandopadhyay
Indian Odia-language writer
Modern era
Ashapurna Devi
January 8, 1909 – July 12, 1995
Indian writer (1909–1995)
Modern era
Mahasweta Devi
January 14, 1926 – July 28, 2016
Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)
Modern era
Sufia Kamal
June 20, 1911 – November 20, 1999
Bangladeshi writer
Modern era
Jasimuddin
January 1, 1903 – March 13, 1976
Bangladeshi poet, writer, and lyricist (1903–1976)
Modern era
Syed Mujtaba Ali
September 13, 1904 – February 11, 1974
Bengali author and scholar
Modern era
Shamsur Rahman
October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006
Bangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006)
Modern era
Shahidullah Kaiser
February 16, 1927 – December 14, 1971
Bengali novelist and journalist (1927-1971)
Modern era
Zahir Raihan
August 19, 1935 – January 30, 1972
Bangladeshi novelist, writer & filmmaker (1935-1972)
Modern era
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
January 21, 1908 – July 5, 1994
Indian author (1908–1994)
Modern era
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
April 17, 1912 – April 10, 1999
Novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language (1912–1999)
Modern era
Kumaran Asan
April 12, 1873 – January 16, 1924
Indian writer (1873–1924)
Modern era
Vallathol Narayana Menon
October 16, 1878 – March 13, 1958
Indian poet (1878-1958)
Modern era
Kalki Krishnamurthy
September 9, 1899 – December 5, 1954
Indian writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899–1954)
Modern era
Fakir Mohan Senapati
January 13, 1843 – June 14, 1918
Indian Odia author (1843–1918)
Modern era
D. R. Bendre
January 31, 1896 – October 21, 1981
Kannada poet (1896–1981)
Modern era
Gurram Jashuva
September 28, 1895 – July 24, 1971
Indian Telugu poet (1895-1971), Padma Bhushan recipient
Modern era
Makhdoom Mohiuddin
February 4, 1908 – February 15, 1969
Indian activist and writer (1908–1969)
Early Modern era
Habba Khatoon
1554 – 1609
16th century Kashmiri poet-empress
Rasul Mir
d. 1870
Kashmiri poet
Modern era
Lakshminath Bezbaroa
1868 – 1938
Assamese writer (1868–1938)
Modern era
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
June 17, 1903 – January 17, 1951
Playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker (1903–1951)
Modern era
Bulbul Chowdhury
January 1, 1919 – May 17, 1954
Bengali dancer
Modern era
Abanindranath Tagore
August 7, 1871 – December 5, 1951
Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)
Modern era
Nandalal Bose
December 3, 1882 – April 16, 1966
Indian artist (1882-1966)
Modern era
Benode Behari Mukherjee
February 7, 1904 – November 11, 1980
Indian artist (1904-1980)
Modern era
Abbasuddin Ahmed
October 27, 1901 – December 30, 1959
Bengali singer
Contemporary era
Ahmad Zahir
June 14, 1946 – June 14, 1979
Afghan singer (1946-1979)
Early Modern era
Nazo Tokhi
1651 – 1717
Afghan poet and writer (1651–1717)
Modern era
Mirza Ibrahim
October 15, 1911 – December 17, 1993
Azerbaijani writer (1911-1993)
Modern era
Hyder Bux Jatoi
October 7, 1901 – May 21, 1970
Pakistani politician and peasant leader
Modern era
Sobho Gianchandani
May 3, 1920 – December 8, 2014
Pakistani social scientist
Modern era
Zamir Niazi
1932 – 2004
Pakistani journalist (1932–2004)
Modern era
Ajmal Khattak
September 15, 1925 – February 7, 2010
Pakistani writer and politician (1925–2010)
Modern era
Godavari Parulekar
August 14, 1907 – October 8, 1996
Indian independence activist, writer, and social activist
Modern era
Ponnambalam Arunachalam
September 14, 1853 – January 9, 1924
Sri Lankan politician (1853–1924)
Modern era
Yogmaya Neupane
1860 – 1941
One Nepali poet
Modern era
B. P. Koirala
September 8, 1914 – July 21, 1982
Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)
Modern era
Parijat (writer)
1937 – 1993
Nepalese Writer (1937-1993)
Modern era
Khalilullah Khalili
1907 – May 4, 1987
Persian language writer and poet (1907–1987)
Modern era
Abdul Hai Habibi
1910 – May 9, 1984
Afghan writer and historian (1910–1984)
Contemporary era
Meena Keshwar Kamal
February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987
Afghan activist (1956–1987)
Luke the Evangelist
d. 84 CE
One of the four evangelists
Medieval era
Gregory the Great
540 CE – March 12, 604 CE
6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the Church