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 (1925–2014), novelist
 * Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Hindi author and journalist
 * Amir Khusro (1253–1325 AD), author of pahelis and mukris in the "Hindavi" dialect
 * Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), author, grammarian and publisher
 * Abid Surti (1935–), author
 * Acharya Chatursen Shastri (1891–1960)
 * Amrita Pritam (1919–2005)
 * Asghar Wajahat (1946-) Hindi scholar, novelist

B
Writer
 * Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), the "father of modern Hindi literature"
 * Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan (1905–1988)
 * Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), author
 * Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924–2007), poet, writer, satirist
 * Badri Narain Sinha (1930–1979), poet, critic, journalist
 * Balendu Dwivedi (1975–), Hindi author
 * Bihari (1595–1664), author of Satasai ("Seven Hundred Verses")
 * Banarasidas (1586–1643), author of 'Ardhakathanaka', the first biography in Hindi
 * Bhagwati Charan Verma (1903–1981), author of Chitralekha and Sahitya Akademy award winning Bhoole Bisre Chitra
 * [[ Bhagavanta Anamola](1990-2012)

C

 * Chand Bardai (1148–1191), author of Prithviraj Raso
 * Chandrakiran Sonrexa (1920-2009), author of Chandan Chandni
 * Chitra Mudgal (1943–) The first Indian woman to receive the Vyas Samman for her novel "Aavaan".

D

 * Darchhawna (1936–), Hindi writer and Padma Shri awardee
 * Devaki Nandan Khatri (1861–1913), novelist, author of Chandrakanta
 * Dharamvir Bharati (1926–1997), Hindi poet, playwright
 * Dushyant Kumar (1931–1975), poet of modern Hindustani
 * Divya Prakash Dubey (1982–), Hindi author
 * Doodhnath Singh (1936–2018), Hindi writer, critic, poet and a recipient of Bharat Bharti Samman

G

 * Ganga Das (1823–1913), author of about fifty kavya-granthas and thousands of padas, he is known as Bhismpitama of the Hindi poetry.
 * Geetanjali Shree (1957 - ) author of Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi) which won the International Booker Prize in 2022
 * Gopal Singh Nepali (1911–1963), poet, lyricist
 * Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917–1964), modern Hindi poet
 * Guru Bhakt Singh 'Bhakt' (1893–1983), "Wordsworth of India"
 * Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708), the tenth Guru of Sikhism
 * Babu Gulabrai (1888–1963), philosopher and Hindi writer
 * Gopaldas Neeraj (1925–2018), poet and author
 * Giriraj Kishore (1937–2020), writer

H

 * Hari Joshi (1943–), satirist, novelist, writer, poet
 * Harishankar Parsai (1924–1995), satirist
 * Harivanshrai Bachchan (1907–2003): Madhushala
 * Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (1907–1979), novelist, literary historian
 * Hetu Bhardwaj, Hindi fiction writer
 * Hrishikesh Sulabh (1955–)

I

 * Indira Dangi (1980–), novelist, writer

J

 * Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj (1922–2013), religious leader
 * Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya (1950–), spiritual leader, scholar, poet, textual commentator, philosopher and playwright
 * Jagdish Piyush (1950–2021), author, writer
 * Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), poet known for Kamayani
 * Jainendra Kumar (1905–1988), author, short story writer
 * Janki Ballabh Shastri (1916–2011), poet, author
 * Jyotsna Milan (1941–2014), novelist, short story writer, poet and editor

K

 * Kabir (1440–1518), poet, figure of the Bhakti movement
 * Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712), poet and scholar who mainly wrote in braj bhasha
 * Kaka Kalelkar (1885–1961), Gandhian, social reformer, scholar
 * Kamleshwar (1932–2007), author, screenwriter, 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kitne Pakistan (2000)
 * Kashinath Singh (1937–), novelist, short story writer, 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for Rehan Par Ragghu (2008), author of Kashi Ka Assi etc.
 * Kedarnath Agarwal (1911–2000), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1986) for Apurva (poetry collection)
 * Kedarnath Singh (1934–2018), modern poet
 * Keshavdas (1555–1625), Sanskrit scholar, Hindi poet, author of Rasik Priya
 * Krishna Sobti (1925–), recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Zindaginama
 * Kamta Prasad Guru (1875–1947), grammar expert
 * Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002)

L

 * Lallu Lal (1763–1835), author and translator
 * Laxmi Narayan Mishra (1903–1987), playwright

M

 * Mirabai (1498–1546/1547), poet
 * Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477–1542), Avadhi poet; author of Padmawat
 * Mahadevi Varma (1907–1987), poet, writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
 * Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886–1964), modern Hindi poet; a pioneer of Khadi boli poetry; author of the epic Saket
 * Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), poet, playwright, journalist
 * Mannu Bhandari (1931–), novelist
 * Mohan Rakesh (1925–1972), a pioneer of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement
 * Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (1864–1938), writer, linguist, translator
 * Mamta Kalia (1940–), Novelists


 * Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006), journalist, screenwriter
 * Mehrunnisa Parvez (1944–), Hindi novelist, short story writer and Padma Shri awardee
 * Madhur Kapila (1942–), art critic, Hindi writer, recipient of the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for contribution to literature
 * Mohan Rana (1964–), Hindi poet and philosopher
 * Mridula Garg (1938–), short story writer and novelist

N

 * Nagarjun (1911–2002), poet, biographer
 * Naresh Mehta (1922–2000), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
 * Nalin Vilochan Sharma (1916–1961), one of the pioneers Nakenwad movement
 * Neelam Saxena Chandra (1969–), poet, fiction
 * Nirmal Verma (1929–2005), novelist, translator
 * Narendra Kohli (1940–2021), credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose
 * Nasira Sharma(1948-) writer, novelist

P

 * Pandit Narendra Sharma (1913–1989), poet, lyricist
 * Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921–1977), Hindi novelist
 * Padma Sachdev (1940–), poet, novelist in Hindi and Dogri
 * Pran Kumar Sharma (1938–), creator of Chacha Choudhary
 * Premchand (1880–1936), modern Hindustani literature
 * Parichay Das (1964–), writer and editor in contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
 * Pankaj Prasun (1984–), writer and poet of Satire poetry

R

 * Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (1914–1992), writer, literary critic
 * Ramesh Chandra Jha (1928–1994), poet, novelist
 * Raghuvir Sahay (1929–1990), poet, translator, short-story writer and journalist
 * Rahi Masoom Raza (1927–1992), writer, lyricist
 * Rajkamal Choudhary (1929–1967), poet, short story writer, novelist, critic
 * Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963), the "father of Hindi travel literature"
 * Ravidas (1398–1448), guru, songwriter
 * Rajendra Mishra (1919–1979), Hindi author, critic
 * Rajendra Yadav (1929–2013), pioneer of "Nayi Kahani" movement
 * Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915–1984), writer, screenwriter
 * Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908–1974), nationalist poet, essayist
 * Ramnarayan Yadavendu (1909–1951), writer, fictionist, essayist and social reformer
 * Ram Vilas Sharma (1912–2000), literary critic
 * Ramvriksh Benipuri (1899–1968), writer
 * Rangeya Raghav (1923–1962), writer
 * Raskhan (1533–1618), poet
 * Rustam Singh (1955–), poet, philosopher, translator and editor
 * Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), writer, poet, and musician

S

 * Sahajanand Saraswati (1889–1950), writer, scholar
 * Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911–1987) ("Agyeya"), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, and Jnanpith Award
 * Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927–1983), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, 1983
 * Sharad Joshi (1931–1991), satirist, screenwriter
 * Shekhar Joshi (1939–), Hindi author
 * Acharya Shivpujan Sahay (1893–1963), writer of novels and prose
 * Sri Lal Sukla (1925–2011), satirist
 * Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977), Hindi poet
 * Surdas (1467–1583), composer
 * Sūdan (1700–1753), author and poet
 * Shahnaz Fatmi (1949–), writer, scholar
 * Shankar Dayal Singh (1937–1995)
 * Yagyadutt Sharma (1916–1993), Hindi novelist, writer and poet
 * Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), poet, songwriter
 * Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (1896–1961), poet and author
 * Safdar Hashmi (1889–1954), author, street theatre, activist
 * Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907–1991), Hindi poet
 * Saadat Hassan Manto (1912–1955), Hindi author
 * Surender Mohan Pathak (1940–), Hindi author
 * Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' (1936–1975), Hindi poet, recipient of 1979 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kal Sunana Mujhe

T

 * Teji Grover (1955–), poet, fiction writer, translator and painter
 * Tulsidas (1532–1623), author of Shrī Rāmcharitmānas

U

 * Usha Priyamvada (1930–), novelist, short-story writer, translator

V

 * Vidyapati (1352–1448), a prominent poet of Eastern dialects
 * Vishnu Prabhakar (1912–2009), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Ardhanarishvara
 * Vibhuti Narain Rai (1951–), novelist
 * Viveki Rai (1924–2016), novelist
 * Vrindavan Lal Verma (1889–1969), historical novelist
 * Vidya Niwas Mishra (1926–2005), scholar, journalist
 * Vrind (1643–1723), Braj bhasha poet

Y

 * Yashpal (1903–1976), novelist, author, Jhutha Sach (The False Truth, 1958–1960)