Top 11 Indian Writers

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Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Rank #1 :: Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Mitti ka tan, masti ka man, kshan-bhar jivan — mera parichay........
Born on on 27 November 1907 in a Srivastava Kayastha family in the district of Pratapgarh, U.P. near Allahabad Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a gre...

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Rank #2 :: Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

simhasan hil uthe, rajavanshon ne bhrikuti tani thi,
boodhhe bharat mein aayi, phir se nayi jawaani thi,
gumi hui azadI ki keemat sab ne pahachani thi,
door firangi ko karne ki sab ne man mein thani thi. <...

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

Rank #3 :: Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

A famous poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' born on February 21, 1899 in a Brahmin family of Midnapore in Bengal. He was a also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan.Nirala's...

Vikram Seth

Rank #4 :: Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta. His family lived in many cities including the Bata Shoe Company town of Batanagar, Danapur near Patna, and in London.
Born in Calcutta, India,...

Mahadevi Verma
Rank #5 :: Mahadevi Verma

An outstanding Hindi poet, was a freedom fighter, woman's activist, modern Meera and educationist from India, Mahadevi Verma born on 26 March 1907 n Farrukhabad, United Provinces in a family of lawyers.Mahadevi Varma...

Munshi Premchand
Rank #6 :: Munshi Premchand

The very Well known and the milestone of Hindi foremost Hindi-Urdu writer of the early twentieth century.He born on July 31, 1880 in the village Lamhi near Varanasi in a Kayastha family to Munshi Ajaib Lal, a postal cler...

Amit Chaudhuri

Rank #7 :: Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri is an English Indian Writer and Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.Born in 1962 Calcutta. He is internationally recognized writer.
His Major and Famous Novels are: ...

Arundhati Roy

Rank #8 :: Arundhati Roy

Born on 24 November 1961, winner of Booker Award, writer of many screen plays and the most controversial writer from India Arundhati Roy is also a women's rights activist.Yet she has won the Booker award but her most...

Jhumpa Lahiri

Rank #9 :: Jhumpa Lahiri

Famous Indian American Author Jumpa Lahiri was born on July 11, 1967 in an Bangali Indian family and is winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Lahiri is a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanitie...

Anita Desai

Rank #10 :: Anita Desai

Born 24 June 1937,was a German.She grew up speaking German at home and Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English outside the house. She first learned to read and write in English at school and as a result it became her "liter...

Sumitranandan Pant
Rank #11 :: Sumitranandan Pant

Sumitranandan Pant was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. He is considered one of the major poets of the Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature. Pant mostly wrote in Sanskritized Hindi.He is considered one of the...

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