Gujarati literature has a rich tradition of poetry, fiction and essays, alongside Gujarati authors who write in English and Hindi. This page lists authors of Gujarati origin and the books they are known for.
Gujaratipedia lists 162 authors. The list includes Narmadashankar Dave (Narmad), Dalpatram, Govardhanram Tripathi, Kalapi (Surasinhji Gohil), Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt (Kant), Nhanalal Dalpatram Kavi, among others. Entries span Gujarati literature, 20th century, poet, novelist. Every entry is compiled from public sources and verified. Where a detail is unknown, the field is left blank rather than guessed.
← Explore all of GujaratipediaA 19th-century poet, essayist and reformer regarded as a founder of modern Gujarati literature who compiled the first Gujarati dictionary Narmakosh.
A pioneering 19th-century Gujarati poet and social reformer whose verse helped shape the modern Gujarati poetic tradition.
A Gujarati novelist whose four-part epic Saraswatichandra is considered a landmark masterpiece of Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati poet and prince of Lathi state known for his romantic and lyrical verse published as Kalapino Kekarav.
A Gujarati poet and dramatist celebrated for the khandakavya form, best known for his poetry collection Purvalap.
A Gujarati poet and playwright who pioneered the apadya gadya (rhythmic prose) form in Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati novelist, lawyer and freedom fighter who founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and wrote historical novels in Gujarati.
A Gujarati poet, novelist and folklorist honoured by Gandhi as Rashtriya Shayar for collecting Saurashtra's folk literature.
A Gujarati poet and scholar who won the Jnanpith Award in 1967 for his poetry collection Nishith.
A Gujarati novelist who won the Jnanpith Award in 1985 for his rural epic novel Manvi Ni Bhavai.
A Gujarati poet who won the Jnanpith Award in 2001 for his contribution to Gujarati poetry including the collection Dhvani.
A Gujarati novelist, poet and critic who won the Jnanpith Award in 2015 for his contributions to Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati writer and critic regarded as the father of modernism in Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati poet and writer of the Gandhian era known for his socially conscious poetry collection Kavyamangala.
A Gujarati poet and translator active in the early 20th century who contributed lyrical verse to Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati novelist of the early 20th century whose social novels made him one of the most popular writers of his time.
A Gujarati short story writer and novelist regarded as a pioneer of the modern Gujarati short story.
A Gujarati playwright, poet and autobiographer known for his contributions to modern Gujarati theatre.
An author, freedom fighter and educationist who wrote in Gujarati and was called Sahitya Sthapati for his travel and essay writing.
A Gujarati poet and folklorist known as Rashtriya Shayar for his patriotic songs and folk literature of Saurashtra.
A Gujarati novelist, short story writer and playwright known for his rural Saurashtra fiction.
A Gujarati novelist, educationist and thinker who wrote under the pen name Darshak and won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
A Gujarati humorist and essayist regarded as a master of Gujarati comic literature.
A Gujarati writer known for his memoir and essay collection Amasna Tara.
A Gujarati poet of the modernist era known for his urban lyric poetry and the collection Pravaldweep.
A Gujarati poet, novelist and journalist known for his ghazals and the novel Madhav Kyanya Nathi.
A Gujarati poet, editor and columnist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award and edited the poetry journal Kavita.
A Gujarati poet noted for his lyrical nature poetry and refined use of traditional metres.
A Gujarati poet and writer known for his spiritual and mystic verse.
A Gujarati poet, playwright and Ayurvedic physician associated with the modernist and avant-garde movement in Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati poet, playwright and novelist known for his ghazals and experimental theatre.
A Gujarati and Urdu poet celebrated as a leading modern ghazal writer in Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati ghazal poet regarded as one of the finest voices of modern Gujarati ghazal.
A Gujarati poet and lyricist known for his songs, ghazals and children's poetry.
A Gujarati poet and columnist known for his ghazals written under the pen name Miskin.
A Gujarati poet, lyricist and broadcaster popular for his contemporary lyrical poetry.
A Gujarati poet of the Pandit era acclaimed for his khandakavyas including Sagar ane Shashi.
A Gujarati poet and critic credited with introducing the sonnet and blank verse into Gujarati poetry.
A Gujarati writer, poet and critic who wrote poetry under the pen name Shesha and shaped modern Gujarati criticism.
A Gujarati novelist famous for his adventure and maritime historical fiction including Dariyalal.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer known for his social realist fiction set in rural Gujarat.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her feminist novel Sat Pagla Aakashma.
A Gujarati novelist, poet and playwright who won the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and wrote across genres.
A Gujarati novelist and playwright who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her contributions to Gujarati fiction.
A Gujarati essayist, columnist and educationist known for his popular reflective essays and columns.
A Gujarati novelist, short story writer and columnist known for his bold, provocative prose and popular newspaper columns.
A Gujarati novelist celebrated for his gripping thriller and adventure novels serialized widely in Gujarati magazines.
A Gujarati journalist and columnist known for decades of widely read newspaper columns on wide-ranging subjects.
A Gujarati humorist, essayist and biographer known for his witty columns and comic literature.
A Gujarati humorist and columnist known for his satirical and comic essays.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically probing fiction about women's inner lives.
A beloved Gujarati humorist whose long-running column inspired the hit TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
One of the most-read living Gujarati authors and a popular public speaker.
A contemporary poet and playwright, also a screenwriter for Gujarati cinema.
An acclaimed Gujarati poet celebrated for his ghazals and lyric poetry.
A major modern Gujarati poet, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Shri.
A short-lived but influential modern Gujarati poet of rural sensibility.
A popular Gujarati novelist and long-time editor of the magazine Chitralekha.
A modern Gujarati poet and lyricist known for his gentle, musical verse.
A noted modern Gujarati poet and academic known for his lyric and narrative poetry.
A 17th-century Gujarati poet and Bhakti-era mystic known for his satirical Chhappa verses attacking hypocrisy and ritualism.
A 18th-19th century Gujarati poet of the Pushtimarg tradition celebrated as the last great medieval poet for his Krishna-devotional Garbis.
A 15th-century Gujarati saint-poet regarded as the first poet (Adi Kavi) of Gujarati literature, author of the bhajan Vaishnav Jan To.
A 17th-18th century Gujarati poet regarded as the master of the akhyana narrative-verse form in medieval Gujarati literature.
An 18th-century Gujarati poet known for his narrative verse tales and didactic riddling couplets in medieval Gujarati literature.
A medieval Gujarati poet credited with pioneering the akhyana form and adapting Banabhatta's Kadambari into Gujarati verse.
A 12th-century Jain scholar and polymath whose grammar of Apabhramsha laid a foundation for the Gujarati language.
A 16th-century Bhakti saint-poet whose Krishna-devotional songs are cherished across Gujarati and other Indian literary traditions.
An early 20th-century Gujarati poet known for his ornate Sanskritized lyric poetry celebrating women and nature.
A 19th-century Gujarati poet, playwright and philosopher of the Pandit era known for the play Kanta and Vedantic essays.
A Parsi Gujarati poet of the early 20th century known for his patriotic and philosophical verse.
A Gujarati poet, novelist and educationist credited with introducing the haiku form into Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati poet, playwright and journalist known for his modern poetry and his study of Gandhian non-violence.
A Gujarati poet of the Gandhian era known for his refined lyric and sonnet poetry.
A Gujarati poet and critic known for his nature-rooted lyric poetry of the Panchmahal region.
A Gujarati poet known for his sonnets and gentle lyric verse in the mid-20th century.
A Gujarati poet and lyricist known for his musical lyric poetry and geets.
A Gujarati poet celebrated as a master of the modern Gujarati ghazal under the pen name Befam.
A Gujarati ghazal poet often called the Ghalib of Gujarati for his intense and evocative ghazals.
A Gujarati poet regarded as a foundational figure of the modern Gujarati ghazal tradition.
A Gujarati ghazal poet known for his accessible and widely quoted ghazals in the 20th century.
A Gujarati ghazal poet, lyricist and novelist known for his popular ghazals and film songs.
A Gujarati ghazal poet known for his romantic ghazals, notably the character-poems of Leela.
A Gujarati poet known for his introspective modern ghazals.
A Gujarati poet, lyricist and psychiatrist known for his ghazals and popular film and stage songs.
A Gujarati poet associated with the experimental and avant-garde movement of modern Gujarati poetry.
A short-lived modern Gujarati poet remembered for his fresh imagery and lyric intensity.
A Gujarati poet and essayist known for his geets and lyrical prose who won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
A contemporary Gujarati poet known for her stark, feminist free-verse poetry.
A contemporary Gujarati poet and columnist known for his ghazals and lyric poetry.
A contemporary Gujarati poet, lyricist and anchor popular for his ghazals and film songs.
A modern Gujarati poet known for his lyrical and imagistic verse.
A Gujarati poet, critic and translator known for her spare modern poetry.
A Gujarati poet and critic, one of the notable women writers of early modern Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati scholar, essayist and editor of the journal Vasant known for his writings on culture and philosophy.
A Gujarati writer and social reformer whose satirical novel Bhadrambhadra is a classic of Gujarati humour.
A 19th-century Gujarati writer, journalist and reformer known for his campaigns against religious malpractice.
A 19th-century Gujarati writer and reformer who wrote one of the earliest social novels in Gujarati.
A Gujarati writer, translator and Gandhi's personal secretary whose diaries are a major record of the freedom struggle.
A Gujarati writer and Gandhian monk known for his vivid prose portraits and memoirs.
A Gujarati writer and Gandhian thinker known for his lucid essays on ethics and social philosophy.
A Gujarati novelist whose Sahitya Akademi-winning novel Angaliyat depicted the lives of the Dalit community.
A Gujarati novelist and playwright known for his innovative fiction and popular stage plays.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his fiction rooted in Kutch.
A Gujarati novelist, poet and journalist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Asuryalok.
A Gujarati novelist and columnist known for his historical and biographical fiction, including a novel on Gandhi and his son.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer known for his historical fiction and Jain-themed narratives.
A Gujarati novelist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Akhepatar.
A Gujarati novelist and short story writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her feminist fiction.
A Gujarati short story writer regarded as a master of the modern Gujarati short story.
A prolific Gujarati novelist known for his historical and social novels serialized in Gujarati magazines.
A Gujarati novelist and poet known for his prolific historical and folk-based fiction.
A Gujarati novelist and journalist who founded the popular magazine Chitralekha.
A Gujarati and Hindi writer, painter and cartoonist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award and created the comic Dabuji.
A popular Gujarati novelist known for his prolific output of suspense and horror fiction.
A Gujarati novelist, journalist and editor known for his columns and popular fiction.
A popular contemporary Gujarati columnist and author known for his newspaper columns on culture and youth.
A Gujarati humorist and columnist known for his long-running comic newspaper columns.
A Gujarati humorist and essayist known for his gentle comic essays.
A Gujarati humorist known for his comic essays and popular stage humour performances.
A Gujarati writer and scholar known for his children's books, biographies and works on Jainism.
A Gujarati children's author who created beloved characters like Miyan Fuski and Chhako-Mako.
A prolific Gujarati children's author who wrote hundreds of books for young readers.
A Gujarati children's author who created the famous comic character Bakor Patel.
A Gujarati author known for popular science and nature writing for young readers.
A Gujarati children's and young-adult author known for his adventure and biography books for youth.
A Gujarati poet, children's author and Gandhian constructive worker known for his songs for children.
A Gujarati playwright, director and theatre historian known for his contribution to modern Gujarati drama.
A Gujarati playwright and novelist known for his stage dramas and fiction.
A Gujarati playwright, director and theatre scholar known for reviving traditional dramatic forms.
A pioneering figure of Gujarati theatre known by the stage name Sundari for his female roles and dramatic contributions.
A Gujarati playwright of the Parsi-Gujarati theatre era known for his popular stage dramas.
A Gujarati playwright, scholar and critic known for his plays and literary scholarship.
A Gujarati critic and scholar known for his literary criticism and history of Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati critic and essayist known for his literary criticism and biographical writing.
A Gujarati critic, essayist and editor known for his literary criticism and journals.
A Gujarati scholar and critic known for his research on ancient literature and criticism.
A Gujarati linguist, scholar and critic known for his research on Apabhramsha and Gujarati literature.
A Gujarati critic, essayist and travel writer who won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
A Gujarati novelist, poet and critic known for his experimental novel Fero and literary criticism.
A Gujarati critic, short story writer and editor associated with the modernist movement.
A Gujarati scholar, translator and author known for her work on translation and Partition narratives.
A 19th-century Parsi Gujarati poet, journalist and social reformer known for his poetry and reform writing.
A contemporary Gujarati short story writer and screenwriter who won the Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award.
One of the first women graduates of Gujarat and a Gujarati writer and translator active in social reform.
A Gujarati writer known for her short stories and essays in the early 20th century.
A Gujarati writer, translator and social reformer, one of the earliest women graduates of Gujarat.
A Gujarati writer, educationist and reformer who wrote fiction and children's literature.
A Gujarati writer and naturalist known for his nature writing and folk literature.
A Gujarati monk and author known for his rationalist essays on religion, society and philosophy.
Gujaratipedia lists 162 verified authors in its Gujarat directory. Classic to contemporary Gujarati literary figures, from Narmad to the Jnanpith winners.
The listing includes entries such as Narmadashankar Dave (Narmad), Dalpatram, Govardhanram Tripathi, Kalapi (Surasinhji Gohil), Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt (Kant), Nhanalal Dalpatram Kavi, among others.
Yes. Every entry is compiled from public sources and nothing is invented. Where a detail is unknown, the field is left blank rather than guessed.