Poets/Writers From Aligarh

One of the promising younger poets

Prominent Pakistani exponent of new Urdu ghazal, famous for his ghazhal 'Wo ishq jo hum se rooth gaya' sung by many singers.

Leading poet who taught Urdu literature at AMU, Aligarh, also published a literary magazine 'Daairay'

Known for her stories of deeper social concerns

Known for his emotional intensity tinged with irony

One of the most prominent later – classical poets

writer, story critic and translator of the new generation.

One of the younger story writers.

Prominent post-modern poet who went missing in 1996

One of the founders of modern Urdu criticism.