List of Bengali-language authors (chronological)

• Khana (8th—12th century) • Aryadev (9th century) • Bhusukupa (9th century) • Dhendhanpa (9th century) • Dombipa (9th century) • Kahnapa (9th century) • Kukkuripa (9th century) • Luipa (9th century) • Minapa (9th century) • Sarhapa (9th century) • Shabarpa (9th century) ==Middle age==

• Boru Chandidas (14th century) • Ramai Pandit (14th century) • Nur Qutb Alam (14th century) • Shah Muhammad Saghir (14th century) • Bipradas Pipilai (15th century) • Vijay Gupta (15th century) • Zainuddin (15th century) • Krittibas Ojha (1381 — 1461) • Krishnadasa Kaviraja (1496 – 15??) • Chandrabati (16th century) • Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (16th century) • Dom Antonio (16th century) • Kashiram Das (16th century) • Dwija Madhab (16th century) • Syed Sultan (1550–1648) • Alaol (1606–1680) • Afzal Ali (17th century) • Ketakadas Kshemananda (17th century) • Abdul Hakim (17th century) • Daulat Quazi (17th century) • Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century) ==18th century==

• Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760) • Bharatchandra Ray (1712–1760) • Muhammad Muqim • Ramprasad Sen (1720–1781) • Rahimunnessa (1763–1800) • Ramram Basu (1751–1813) ==19th century==

• Ishwar Chandra Gupta (1812–1859) • Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1882) • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) • Lal Behari Dey (1824–1892) • Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–1873) • Rajnarayan Basu (1826–1892) • Dinabandhu Mitra (1830–1873) • Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay (1834–1889) • Girish Chandra Sen (1835/1836-1910) • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838–1894) • Kaliprasanna Singha (1840–1870) • Dwijendranath Tagore (1840-1926) • Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844–1912) • Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912) • Nabinchandra Sen (1847–1909) • Troilokyanath Mukhopadhyay (1847–1919) • Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848–1909) • Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849–1925) • Hara Prasad Shastri (1853–1931) • Hason Raja (1854–1922) • Prasannamoyee Devi (1856–1939) • Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858–1937) • Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859–1931) • Akkhoykumar Boral (1860–1919) • Jaladhar Sen (1860–1939) • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) • Dwijendralal Ray (1863–1913) • Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (1863–1915) • Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) • Ashutosh Mukherjee (1864–1924) • Kamini Roy (1864–1933) • Ramendra Sundar Tribedi (1864–1919) • Rajanikanta Sen (1865–1910) • Dinesh Chandra Sen (1866–1939) • Gaganendranath Tagore (1867–1938) • Pramatha Chowdhury (1868–1946) • Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1869–1953) • Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951) • Priyamvada Devi (1871–1935) • Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940) • Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay (1873–1932) • Kumudini Basu (1873–1942) • Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938) • Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder (1877–1957) • Jatindramohan Bagchi (1878–1948) • Ismail Hossain Shiraji (1880–1931) • Rajshekhar Bose (1880–1960) • Syed Emdad Ali (1880–1956) • Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926) • Satyendranath Dutta (1882–1922) • Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936) • Hemendrakumar Roy (1883–1963) • Kumud Ranjan Mullick (1883–1970) • Nirupama Devi (1883–1951) • Gobindachandra Das (1885–1918) • Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969) • Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (1885–1930) • Nabinkali Devi (fl. 1886) • Jagadish Gupta (1886–1957) • Sukumar Ray (1887–1923) • Eyakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940) • Mohitolal Majumdar (1888–1952) • Kalidas Roy (1889–1975) • Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889–1936) • Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890–1970) • S. Wajid Ali (1890–1951) • Premankur Atorthy (1890–1964) • Sachin Sengupta (1891–1961) • Sahadat Hussain (1893–1953) • Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay (1894–1950) • Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (1894–1987) • Golam Mostofa (1897–1964) • Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999) • Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981) • Abul Mansur Ahmed (1898–1979) • Mahbubul Alam (1898–1981) • Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974) • Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (1898–1971) • Jibanananda Das (1899–1954) • Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970) • Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976) • Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (1899–1979) ==Early 20th century==

• Ekramuddin Ahmad (1872–1940) • Sajanikanta Das (1900–1962) • Aroj Ali Matubbar (1900–1985) • Sukumar Sen (1900–1992) • Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986) • Sudhindranath Dutta (1901–1960) • Manoj Basu (1901–1987) • Abul Fazal (1903–1983) • Benojir Ahmed (1903–1983) • Achintyakumar Sengupta (1903–1976) • Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980) • Jasimuddin (1903–1976) • Motaher Hussain Chowdhury (1903–1956) • Premendra Mitra (1904–1988) • Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974) • Annada Shankar Ray (1904–2002) • Abdul Quadir (1906–1984) • Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) • Satinath Bhaduri (1906–1965) • Abu Sayeed Ayyub (1906 - 1982 ) • Bande Ali Mia (1907–1979) • Satyen Sen (1907–1981) • Manik Bandyopadhyay (1908-1956) • Nurul Momen, Natyaguru (1908–1990) • Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974) • Dewan Mohammad Azraf (1908–1999) • Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956) • Gajendra Kumar Mitra (1908–1994) • Leela Majumdar (1908–2007) • Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995) • Bishnu Dey (1909–1982) • Arun Mitra (1909–2000) • Subodh Ghosh (1909–1980) • Nihar Ranjan Gupta (1911–1986) • Abujafar Shamsuddin (1911–1989) • Begum Sufia Kamal (1911–1999) • Jyotirindranath Nandi (1912–1982) • Bimal Mitra (1912–1991) • Dinesh Das (1913–1985) • Adwaita Mallabarman (1914–1951) • Kamal Kumar Majumdar (1914–1979) • Protiva Bose (1915–2006) • Narendranath Mitra (1916–1975) • Samar Sen (1916–1987) • Khudiram Das (1916–2002) • Maniklal Sinha (1916-1994) • Ahsan Habib (1917–1985) • Akbar Hossain (1917–1981) • Bijan Bhatacharya (1917–1978) • Dinesh Chandra Chattopadhyay (1917–1995) • Shawkat Osman (1917–1998) • Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār (1918–2001) • Farrukh Ahmed (1918–1974) • Narayan Gangopadhyay (1918–1970) • Sarder Jayenuddin (1918–1986) • Sikandar Abu Zafar (1919–1975) • Abu Rushd (1919–2010) • Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1919–2003) • Nilima Ibrahim (1921–2002) • Ahmed Sharif (1921–1999) • Satyajit Ray (1921–1992) • Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921–1990) • Bimal Kar (1921–2003) • Ramapada Chowdhury (1922–2018) • Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002) • Syed Waliullah (1922–1971) • Shaktipada Rajguru (1922–2014) • Gour Kishore Ghosh (1923–2000) • Samaresh Basu (1924–1988) • Narayan Sanyal (1924–2005) • Badal Sarkar (1925–2011) • Munier Chowdhury (1925–1971) • Rashid Karim (1925–2011) • Ritwik Ghatak (1925–1976) • Shahed Ali (1925–2001) • Narayan Debnath (1925-2022) • Abu Ishaque (1926–2003) • Romena Afaz (1926–2003) • Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016) • Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971) • Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997) • Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–1947) • Manindra Gupta (1926 – 2018 ) • Lokenath Bhattacharya (1927–2001) • Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury (1927–2007) • Shahidullah Kaiser (1927–1971) • Anwar Pasha (1928–1971) • Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996) • Jahanara Imam (1929–1994) • M. R. Akhtar Mukul (1929–2004) • Shamsur Rahman (1929–2006) • Utpal Dutt (1929–1993) • Abdullah-Al-Muti (1930–1998) • Syed Mustafa Siraj (1930–2012) • Moti Nandi (1931–2010) • Sailen Ghosh (1931–2016) • Kabita Sinha (1931–1999) • Nimai Bhattacharya (1931–2020) • Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2006) • Muhammad Mohar Ali (1932–2007) (King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 2000) • Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021) • Nikhil Sarkar (Sripantha) (1932–2004) • Adrish Bardhan (1932–2019) • Mani Shankar Mukherjee (1933-2026) • Amartya Sen (born 1933) • Anil Kumar Dutta (1933–2006) • Sandipan Chattopadhyay (1933–2005) • Samir Roychoudhury (1933–2016) • Alokeranjan Dasgupta (1933–2020) • Purnendu Patri (1933–1997) • Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (1934-2022) • Atin Bandyopadhyay (1934-2019) • Sudhir Chakravarti (1934–2020) • Binoy Majumdar (1934–2006) • Mohit Chattopadhyay (1934–2012) • Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934–2012) • Shakti Chattopadhyay (1934–1995) • Prafulla Roy (1934–2025) • Zahir Raihan (1935–1972) • Rabeya Khatun (1935–2021) • Shahid Akhand (born 1935) • Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born 1935) • Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016) • Abubakar Siddique (1936–2023) • Al Mahmud (1936–2019) • Amiya Kumar Bagchi (1936–2024) • Bashir Al Helal (1936–2021) • Buddhadeb Guha (1936–2021) • Dilara Hashim (1936–2022) • Jatin Sarker (1936–2025) • Razia Khan (1936–2011) • Tarapada Roy (1936–2007) • Sanjib Chattopadhyay (born 1936) • Debesh Roy (1936–2020) • Hosne Ara Shahed (1937–2022) • Dilwar Khan (1937–2013) • Tahrunessa Abdullah (born 1937) • Makbula Manzoor (1938-2020) • Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938–2019) • Malay Roy Choudhury (1939–2023) • Abdullah Abu Sayeed (born 1939) • Bani Basu (born 1939) • Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019) • Hasan Azizul Huq (1939–2021) • Hasnat Abdul Hye (born 1939) • Iffat Ara (born 1939) • Rizia Rahman (1939–2019) • Bipradash Barua (born 1940) • Rahat Khan (1940–2020) • Sasthipada Chattopadhyay (1941–2023) • Abdul Mannan Syed (1943–2010) • Ahmed Sofa (1943–2006) • Akhtaruzzaman Elias (1943–1997) • Asad Chowdhury (1943–2023) • Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (1944–2024) • Samaresh Majumdar (1944–2023) • Nirmalendu Goon (born 1945) • Aveek Sarkar (born 1945) • Prabir Ghosh (1945–2023) • Haripada Datta (born 1947) • Humayun Azad (1947–2004) • Taradas Bandyopadhyay (1947–2010) • Selina Hossain (born 1947) • Tapan Bandyopadhyay (born 1947) • Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948–2014) • Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012) • Abul Bashar (born 1949) • Mohammad Nurul Huda (born 1949) ==Late 20th century==

• Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2015) • Anish Deb (1950–2021) • Ekram Ali (born 1950) • Manoranjan Byapari (born 1950) • Abul Bashar (1951) • Amar Mitra (1951) • Swapnamoy Chakraborty (born 1951) • Shahidul Zahir (1953 – 2008) • Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 1952) • Joy Goswami (born 1954) • Imdadul Haq Milan (born 1955) • Anita Agnihotri (Born 1956) • Anil Ghorai (born 1957) • Moinul Hassan (born 1958) • Moinul Ahsan Saber (born 1958) • Subodh Sarkar (born 1958) • Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri • Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay (born 1958) • Chinmoy Guha (born 1958) • Tarun Mandal (1959) • Mallika Sengupta (1960–2011) • Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) • Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962) • Taslima Nasrin (born 1962) • Prachet Gupta (born 1962) • Humayun Kabir Dhali (born 1964) • Chandril Bhattacharya (1965) • Tilottama Majumdar (1966) • Rashid Askari (1965) • Baby Halder (born 1973) • Sourav Mukhopadhyay (1973) • Moniruddin Khan (born 1974) • Srijato (born 1975) • Smaranjit Chakraborty (born 1976) • Subhro Bandopadhyay (born 1978) • Afsar Amed (1959 – 2018) • Sadat Hossain (Born 1984) • Mimi Mondal (Born 1988) • Mohammad Nazim Uddin • == References ==