Pannalal Patel

Pannalal Patel

male, deceased (1989)
Pannalal Nanalal Patel (May 7, 1912 - April 5, 1989) is a Gujarati author. He was the recipient of Jnanpith Award in 1985.
Mahadevi Varma

Mahadevi Varma

female, deceased (1987)
Mahadevi Varma was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. She is widely regarded as the 'modern Meera. She was a major poet of the Chhayavaad...
Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

male, deceased (1976)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (b. 10 September 1895- d. 18 October 1976), popularly known as the "Kavi Samraat" (Emperor of Poetry), was a modern Telugu...
Firaq Gorakhpuri

Firaq Gorakhpuri

male, deceased (1982)
Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri (1896-1982) was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets. He was born in Gorakhpur in a Kayastha family....
Kusumagraj

Kusumagraj

male, deceased (1999)
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (February 27 1912 - March 10 1999), popularly known in Maharashtra, India and in the larger Marathi community as...
Mamoni Raisom Goswami

Mamoni Raisom Goswami

female, 67 years old
Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942-), also Indira Goswami and popularly "Mamoni Baideo", is a well known writer from Assam. She teaches Assamese...
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

male, deceased (1974)
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', a celestial damsel of the court of Hindu mythological god, Indra.
Ashapoorna Devi

Ashapoorna Devi

female, deceased (1995)
Ashapoorna Devi, also Ashapurna Debi or Asha Purna Devi, is a prominent Bengali novelist and poet. She was born in 1909. She has been widely...
Vinda Karandikar

Vinda Karandikar

male, 91 years old
Govind Vinayak Karandikar, better known as Vinda Karandikar is a famous Marathi poet. He is the winner of the 39th Jnanpith Award, India's highest...