# List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical)

This article provides an alphabetical list of Bengali language authors. For a chronological list, see List of Bengali language authors.

## Pre-partition Bengal
### A

* Abdul Hakim (1620–1690)
* Afzal Ali (16th-century)
* Alaol (1606–1680)
* Akkhoykumar Boral (1860–1919)

### B

* Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–94)
* Bharatchandra Ray (1712–60)
* Begum Rokeya (1880–1932)

### D

* Daulat Qazi (1600–1638)
* Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (16th-century)
* Dinesh Chandra Sen (1866–1939)
* Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913)

### E

* Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940)
* Eyakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940)

### G

* Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844–1912)
* Girish Chandra Sen (1835/36-1910)
* Gobindachandra Das (1885–1918)

### H

* Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760)

### I

* Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931)
* Ishwar Chandra Gupta (1812–59)
* Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–91)

### K

* Krittibas Ojha (1443-15??)

### M

* Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–73)
* Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889–1936)
* Muhammad Muqim (18th-century)

### N

* Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909)
* Nabinkali Devi (fl. 1886)
* Nur Qutb Alam (died 1416)

### P

* Pramatha Chowdhury (1868–1946)
* Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1873–1932)

### R

* Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
* Rahimunnessa (1763–1800)
* Rajanikanta Sen (1865–1910)

### S

* Sarasibala Basu (1886–1929)
* Satyendranath Dutta (1882–1922)
* Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923)
* Shah Muhammad Saghir (14th-century)
* Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938)
* Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936)
* Sukumar Ray (1887–1923)
* Swami Nigamananda (1880–1935)
* Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902)
* Swarnakumari Devi, (1855–1932)
* Syed Sultan (1550–1648)

### T

* Troilokyanath Mukhopadhyay (1847–1919)

### U

* Upendrakishore Ray (1863–1915)

### Z

* Zainuddin (15th-century)

## West Bengal
### A

* Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951)
* Abul Bashar (b. 1951)
* Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903–76)
* Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (1918–2001)
* Amiya Chakravarty (1901–86)
* Anil Ghorai (b. 1957)
* Annadashankar Roy (1904–2002)
* Arun Mitra (1909–2000)
* Ashapoorna Devi (1909–95)
* Ashutosh Mukherjee (1920–89)
* Atin Bandyopadhyay (1934–2019)

### B

* Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (1899–1979)
* Bani Basu (b. 1939)
* Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (1894–1950)
* Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (1894–1987)
* Bijon Bhattacharya (1917–78)
* Bimal Kar (1921–2002)
* Bimal Mitra (1912–91)
* Binoy Majumdar (1934–2006)
* Bishnu Dey (1909–82)
* Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–74)
* Buddhadeb Guha (b. 1936)

### D

* Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder (1877–1957)
* Dibyendu Palit (b. 1939)
* Dinesh Das (1913–85)

### E

* Ekram Ali (b. 1950)

### H

* Hemendrakumar Roy (1888–1963)

### J

* Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957)
* Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948)
* Jatindranath Sengupta (1880–1954)
* Jibanananda Das (1899–1954)
* Joy Goswami (b. 1954)

### K

* Kalidas Roy (1889–1975)
* Kamal Kumar Majumdar (1914–79)
* Kamini Roy (1864–1933)
* Kumud Ranjan Mullick (1883–1970)

### L

* Leela Majumdar (1908–2007)

### M

* Mahasweta Devi (b. 1926)
* Malay Roy Choudhury (b. 1939)
* Mani Shankar Mukherjee (b. 1933)
* Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–56)
* Mohit Chattopadhyay (b. 1934)
* Moniruddin Khan (b. 1974)
* Moti Nandi (1931–2010)
* Mohitolal Majumdar (1888–1952)
* Maniklal Sinha (1916–1994)

### N

* Nabanita Dev Sen (b. 1938)
* Nabarun Bhattacharya(1948–2014)
* Narayan Debnath (b. 1926)
* Narayan Gangopadhyay (1918–70)
* Narayan Sanyal (1924–2005)
* Narendranath Mitra (1916–75)
* Nihar Ranjan Gupta (1911–86)
* Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999)
* Nirupama Devi (1883–1951)

### P

* Prabir Ghosh (b. 1945)
* Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921–1990)
* Premendra Mitra (1904–88)
* Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1855–1947)
* Protiva Bose (1915–2006)

### R

* Rajsekhar Bose (1880–1960)

### S

* Sachin Sengupta (1891–1961)
* Samaresh Majumdar (b. 1944)
* Samir Roychoudhury (b. 1933)
* Sandipan Chattopadhyay (1933–2005)
* Sanjib Chattopadhyay (b. 1936)
* Satyajit Ray (1921–92)
* Shamik Ghosh (b. 1983)
* Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021)
* Shakti Chattopadhyay (1933–95)
* Shaktipada Rajguru (b. 1922)
* Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970)
* Shibram Chakraborty (1902–80)
* Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (b. 1935)
* Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1919–2003)
* Subodh Ghosh (1909–80)
* Sudhindranath Dutta (1901–1960)
* Sudhir Chakravarti (1934–2020)
* Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–47)
* Sukumar Sen (1900–92)
* Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934–2012)
* Syed Kawsar Jamal (b. 1950)
* Syed Mustafa Siraj (b. 1930)

### T

* Tarapada Roy (b. 1936)
* Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (1898–1971)

### U

* Utpal Dutt (1929–93)

## Bangladesh
### A

* Abdullah Abu Sayeed (b. 1939)
* Abdullah-Al-Muti (1930–1998)
* Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (b. 1934)
* Abdul Mannan Syed (b. 1943)
* Abdul Kadir (1906–84)
* Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1869–1953)
* Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996)
* Abu Ishaque (1926–2003)
* Abu Rushd
* Abubakar Siddique (b. 1936)
* Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911–89)
* Abul Kashem (1920–1991)
* Abul Mansur Ahmed (1898–1979)
* Ahmed Sharif (1921–1999)
* Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001)
* Ahsan Habib (1917–1985)
* Ahsan Habib (cartoonist)
* Akhteruzzaman Elias (1943–97)
* Akbar Hossain (1917–1981)
* Alauddin Al-Azad (b. 1932)
* Al Mahmud
* Ali Imam
* Anwar Pasha (1928–1971)
* Anisul Hoque (b. 1965)
* Aroj Ali Matubbar
* Asad Chowdhury
* A. T. M. Shamsuddin

### B

* Baby Halder (b. 1973)
* Bande Ali Mia (1906–82)
* Bashir Al Helal (b. 1936)
* Benojir Ahmed (1903–1983)
* Bipradash Barua (b. 1940)

### D

* Datta, Haripada (b. 1947)
* Dewan Mohammad Azraf (1908–1999)
* Dilara Hashem (b. 1936)

### E

* Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (b. 1940)

### F

* Farrukh Ahmed

### G

* Golam Mostofa (1897–1964)
* Nirmalendu Goon

### H

* Hasan Azizul Huq (b. 1939)
* Hasnat Abdul Hye (b. 1939)
* Humayun Ahmed (b. 1948)
* Humayun Azad (1947–2004)

### I

* Imdadul Haq Milon (b. 1955)

### J

* Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957)
* Jahanara Imam (1929–1994)
* Jasimuddin
* Jatin Sarker (b. 1936)

### K

* Kazi Abdul Odud (1894–1970)
* Kazi Nazrul Islam (1898–1976)
* Khondakar Ashraf Hossain

### M

* Mahbubul Alam (1898–1981)
* Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury (b. 1927)
* Mir Mosharraf Hossain
* Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974)
* Mohammad Nurul Huda (b. 1949)
* Mohammad Rafiq (b. 1943)
* Moinul Ahsan Saber (b. 1958)
* Mokbula Manzoor (b. 1938)
* Motaher Hussain Chowdhury (1903–1956)
* Muhammad Mohar Ali (1932–2007)
* M. R. Akhtar Mukul (1929–2004)
* Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971)
* Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (b. 1948)
* Muhammad Habibur Rahman (b. 1935)
* Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969)
* Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (b. 1952)
* Munier Chowdhury (1925–1971)
* Muntasir Mamun

### N

* Nurul Momen (Sobriquet:- Natyaguru) (1908–1990)
* Nasreen Jahan (b. 1964)
* Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002)

### Q

* Qazi Anwar Hussain
* Qazi Imdadul Haq
* Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981)
* Qazi Nazrul Islam

### R

* Rabeya Khatun (b. 1935)
* Rafiq Azad
* Rahat Khan (b. 1940)
* Rakib Hasan
* Rashid Askari (b.1965)
* Rashid Haider
* Rashid Karim (b. 1925)
* Razia Khan
* Rezauddin Stalin
* Rizia Rahman(b. 1939)
* Romena Afaz (1926–2003)
* Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1992)

### S

* Salimullah Khan
* Sardar Fazlul Karim
* Sarder Jayenuddin (1918–1986)
* Selim Al-Deen (1949–2008)
* Selina Hossain (b. 1947)
* Sezan Mahmud (b. 1967)("NC 1988")
* Sen, Satyen (1907–81)
* Shah Muhammad Sagir (?)
* Shahadat Hussain (1893–1953)
* Shahed Ali (b. 1925)
* Shahid Akhand (b. 1935)
* Shahidul Zahir (1953–2008)
* Shahidullah Kaiser (1926–1971)
* Shahriyar Kabir
* Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–97)
* Shamsunnahar Mahmud (1908–1964)
* Shamsur Rahman
* Shaukat Osman (1917–98)
* Sirajul Islam Chowdhury
* Sufia Kamal (1911–99)
* Syed Ali Ahsan
* Syed Abul Maksud
* Syed Emdad Ali (1880–1956)
* Syed Manzoorul Islam
* Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–74)
* Syed Shamsul Haque (1934)
* Syed Waliullah (1922–71)

### T

* Tahmima Anam (b. 1975)
* Taslima Nasrin (b. 1962)

### W

* Wasi Ahmed (b. 1954)

### Z

* Zahir Raihan (1935–1972)