Indian male novelists

Indian writer, novelist

Indian writer (1898-1969)

Indian writer and poet (1908-1956)

Indian writer and poet

Akilandam (1922–1988), better known by his pen name Akilan, was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Tamil. He was attracted by Gandhian philosophy during his school days and he discontinued his college education at Pudukkottai to join the freedom struggle. Later, after Indian independence, he joined the Railway Mail Service, after which he joined the All India Radio and became a full-fledged writer. His stories began to appear mostly in small magazines.

Indian writer (1903-1981)

Indian writer and film director

Indian writer (1929-2013)

Bengali scholar and author (1853-1931)

Indian writer

Indian Gujarati-language writer and philosopher (1858–1898)

Indian writer (1889–1976)

Bengali writer

Indian philosopher

Indian writer (1908–1974)

Indian writer (1938–2007)

Indian Bengali writer and poet (1939–2023)

Indian writer (1942–2019)

Indian writer

Indian writer (1932-2021)

Indian folklorist and writer of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi literature

Indian poet, novelist, dramatist (1919-2016)

Indian poet and writer

Indian writer

British anthropologist (1902-1964)

Indian writer (1897–1971)

Journalist and writer

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian writer, novelist (1910–1996)

Indian writer

Hindi writer

Assamese writer

British writer

Bengali writer (1912–1991)

author and journalist

Indian author

Punjabi writer

Sanskrit writer

Bengali writer (1924-1988)

Malayalam novelist

Indian writer

Indian writer (1928-2014)

Bengali writer

author and poet of Gujarati literature from India

Indian writer

George Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions.

Indian writer

Sahitya Akademi Award winner Punjabi writer/novelist/poet (1932–2010)

Indian writer, newspaper editor

Bengali writer (1898–1994)

Indian writer and film director (1939-)

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian poet and translator

Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist (1897–1980)

Indian Sindhi language poet, activist

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian poet (1927–1992)