21st-century Indian short story writers

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Indian writer of British descent (born 1934)

novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

Indian writer and activist (born 1948)

former Indian diplomat and author

Indian writer

Indian writer and politician

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian (Odia) Writer

D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others.

Indian writer (1936–2023)

Indian writer

Amarkant (1925 – 17 February 2014) was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. His novel Inhin Hathiyaron Se earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007, and Vyas Samman in year 2009. He was awarded Jnanpith Award for the year 2009. Amarkant is considered one of the prominent writers of the story writing tradition of Premchand but certainly is credited to add something better in that tradition by his own individuality.

Indian writer

Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi. She is a writer of fiction, translator, and critic in English and Malayalam. Chandramathi has published four books in English and 20 in Malayalam, including 12 collections of short stories, an anthology of medieval Malayalam poetry, two collections of essays, two memoirs, and five books translated from English. The Malayalam film Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela was based on her book.

Malayalam-language short story writer and poet

Tamil novelist

Indian zoologist and author (1961- ) of both popular science books and sf short stories

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian Bengali writer and civil servant

Indian writer (1938–2023)

Indian poet, novelist, dramatist (1919-2016)

Indian writer

Indian novelist

Indian writer and translator

Indian Malayalam language writer

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Indian writer

Indian poet

Jothimani Sennimalai (born 9 August 1975), also known mononymously as Jothimani, is an Indian politician, writer, and social worker. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Karur, Tamil Nadu in 2019. Having joined politics at a young age, Jothimani served separate terms as the General Secretary and Vice President of Indian Youth Congress and Tamil Nadu Youth Congress respectively.

Indian writer

Indian Odia-language writer (1934-2021)

Indian writer and translator

Indian Malayalam language writer

Indian actor, film director, producer

Indian writer

Indian writer (1941–2014)

Malayalam writer

Indian author

Indian musician

Indian writer, poet, and artist

Indian writer

Indian journalist and poet

Bengali writer

Indian litterateur, short story writer, and sociologist

Indian writer in English and Hindi

Indian writer and graphic novelist

Assamese film director

Indian writer

Malayalam writer

Odia writer

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian Malayalam language writer

Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with Kashmeeram in 1994 and his directorial debut with Thalappavu (2008), which was about Arikkad Varghese and won several awards in 2008.

Bengali writer

South Indian contemporary short story writer