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Literature & writing

Famous people in Literature & writing

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G. Sankara Kurup Literature & writing G. Sankara Kurup Indian Malayali poet and literary critic (1901-1978) 1901–1978 · Kerala Rabindranath Tagore Literature & writing Rabindranath Tagore Poet · Nobel laureate in Literature 1861–1941 · West Bengal Anamika Literature & writing Anamika Indian writer, poet and literary critic b. 1961 · Bihar Bashir Badr Literature & writing Bashir Badr Indian poet of Urdu 1935–2026 · Uttar Pradesh Bhalchandra Nemade Literature & writing Bhalchandra Nemade Indian writer b. 1938 · Maharashtra Chandrashekhara Kambara Literature & writing Chandrashekhara Kambara Indian writer b. 1937 · Karnataka D. R. Bendre Literature & writing D. R. Bendre Kannada poet (1896–1981) 1896–1981 · Karnataka Irawati Karve Literature & writing Irawati Karve Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970) 1905–1970 Jayakanthan Literature & writing Jayakanthan Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker 1934–2015 · Tamil Nadu K. Shivaram Karanth Literature & writing K. Shivaram Karanth Indian writer (1902-1997) 1902–1997 · Karnataka Kazi Nazrul Islam Literature & writing Kazi Nazrul Islam National poet of Bangladesh 1899–1976 · West Bengal Kedarnath Singh Literature & writing Kedarnath Singh Indian writer 1934–2018 · Uttar Pradesh Krishna Sobti Literature & writing Krishna Sobti Indian writer (1925–2019) 1925–2019 Kuvempu Literature & writing Kuvempu Indian poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994) 1904–1994 · Karnataka Mahadevi Varma Literature & writing Mahadevi Varma Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987) 1907–1987 · Uttar Pradesh Mahasweta Devi Literature & writing Mahasweta Devi Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016) 1926–2016 Mamoni Raisom Goswami Literature & writing Mamoni Raisom Goswami A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature 1942–2011 · Assam Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Literature & writing Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Indian writer (1891–1986) 1891–1986 · Karnataka Mridula Garg Literature & writing Mridula Garg Indian writer b. 1938 · West Bengal Nirmal Verma Literature & writing Nirmal Verma Indian writer (1929–2005) 1929–2005 · Himachal Pradesh Rajmohan Gandhi Literature & writing Rajmohan Gandhi Indian historian, biographer and academic (born 1935) b. 1935 Ravindra Kelekar Literature & writing Ravindra Kelekar Indian author (1925–2010) 1925–2010 · Goa Ronald Ross Literature & writing Ronald Ross British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932) 1857–1932 · Uttarakhand Satyajit Ray Literature & writing Satyajit Ray Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992) 1921–1992 · West Bengal

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