Poets/Writers From Delhi

One of the most prominent modern poets with wide popular appeal, well-known film lyricist, and prose writer. Famous for his ghazal 'Kabhi kisi ko mukammal Jahan nahin milta…'.

One of the most prominent classical Urdu poets who wrote extensively on Indian culture & festivals, contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir, famous for his poems on Holi, Diwali, and Lord Krishna.

Prominent master of parody, skillfully employing the styles of Ghalib, Iqbal, and Faiz for sharp social satire.

Naseem Dehlavi, a prominent Delhi poet, migrated to Lucknow due to family disputes, where he worked with Nawal Kishor Press and translated 'Alif-Laila' in verse.

He is a mathematician of international repute and a poet with his own unique style. This is an example of rare interdisciplinarity.

Prominent Urdu poet known for his 'Qataat'.

Noted fiction writer, translator, and literary journalist.

One of the earliest poets at Delhi who laid the foundations of Urdu poetry. He witnessed the destruction of Delhi during Nadir Shah's invasion.

Important female fiction writer who drew upon sensitive social issues.

One of the prominent poets of the new generation, counted among the new voices of ghazal, poetry with a tone distinct from tradition.

Professor in the Islamic Studies Department of Jamia Millia Islamia.