Bihari literature

Bihari literature has been produced by a number of writers of Hindi, including Raja Radhika Raman Singh, Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Divakar Prasad Vidyarthy, Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Ram Briksh Benipuri, Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Gopal Singh "Nepali", Ramesh Chandra Jha and Baba Nagarjun. Writer and Buddhist scholar Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan was born in Uttar Pradesh but spent his life in the land of Lord Buddha, i.e., Bihar. Hrishikesh Sulabh is a short story writer, playwright and theatre critic. Arun Kamal and Aalok Dhanwa are poets.

Other regional languages

Different regional languages also have produced some prominent poets and authors. Raza Naqvi Wahi was the preeminent Indian Urdu language poet during his time, was born in Khujwan, Siwan, Bihar, and wrote many Urdu Poetry and also awarded as Ghalib Award.

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, writer in Bengali, resided for some time in Bihar. Indian writer in English Upamanyu Chatterjee also hails from Patna in Bihar. Devaki Nandan Khatri, who at the beginning of the 20th century wrote novels including Chandrakanta and Chandrakanta Santati, was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Vidyapati Thakur is the most renowned poet of Maithili. (c. 14–15th century).Usha Kiran Khan is a renowned Maithili writer

English

• Satyapal Chandra has broken traditionally stereotype in English literature by writing a number of English bestsellers related to various genres
• Amitava Kumar - author, journalist, and professor of English at Vassar College. He was born in Arrah district in Bihar. Author of Husband of a Fanatic, Bombay-London-New York, and Passport Photos
• Siddhartha Chowdhury " Patna Roughcut"
• R. K. Sinha - died in 2003. He was born in Munger district of Bihar. He was a gold medalist for his master of arts degree. He was awarded a D Phil from Oxford University in 1950
• Tabish Khair - poet and novelist, born in Gaya district of Bihar
• Birbal Jha, has written books on usage of the English language and worked to promote education in India
• Uday Sahay "Making News, Media in Contemporary India (edited)" published by Oxford University Press, "Delhi, India in One City" published by Academic Foundation, and "Raj Bhavan of the Rising Arunachal Pradesh" published by SAUV Publication
• Kunal Bhardwaj "Best selling author of English fiction "Love was never Mine", probably the first English fiction author from the younger generation of Siwan. He was ranked as one of the Top 5 romance novel debut author by Rediff"
• Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma: IT Professional and Writer, Born in Bhagalpur District of Bihar. Has written book on Computer Fundamental and Work as an Ad-hoc Lecturer.
• Alok Mishra: Alok Mishra is a poet and author of Being in Love, a book about honour killings. He has interviewed many notable poets and authors, including Kevin Kiely (poet), Candice James, Larry Woiwode and Abhay Kumar. He is the Editor-in-Chief at Ashvamegh.

Women Writers of English Literature

• Nikita Singh - "Love @ Facebook
• Manna Bahadur The Dance of Death published by Penguin India March 2012
• Mallika Nawal The Eleventh Commandment - An Introduction to Religio-Marketing and Religictionary - The A-Z of Religion are international books. Her Business Communication, published by Cengage Learning is a leading management textbook that is prescribed at several universities including Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. Her debut novel I'm a Woman & I'm on SALE was released on 16 December 2013 and has been dedicated to Nirbhaya.