INDEX OF Poets

World-renowned Urdu fiction writers. Known for masterpieces like Thanda Gosht, Khol Do, Toba Tek Singh etc.

Contemporary fiction writer; known for underscoring the current socio-political issues.

Renowned Urdu fiction writer, novelist and one of the pioneers of the Progressive writers’ movement in the subcontinent.

Major contemporary fiction writer known for his stories of the subaltern. Also noted as a translator of stories from several Indian languages.

One of the most prominent modern Urdu critics. Famous for his promotion of the Anti-ghazal trend of poetry and anti-modernism views.

Nazm poet living in USA / Known for views against ghazal poetry

Prominent scholar, linguist, translator and poet who rendered Oxford Dictionary into Urdu

One of the most prominent modern critics and scholar of Indian culture

Poet, fiction writer and one of the leading Urdu critics

Prominent humour writer, novelist, journalist, columnist who enjoyed wide popularity in the subcontinent. Honoured with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

One of the founders of Urdu literary criticism, great historian, religious scholar, political thinker and poet famous for his work on Persian poetry Sher-ul-Ajam.

Eminent intellectual, statesman and educationist,founder of Aligarh Muslim University

Celebrated poet, acclaimed for his priceless contributions to the realms of Persian and Punjabi literature, alongside his mastery of Urdu

One of the most prominent literary critics associated with Progressive Movement.