20th Century Indian Poets

[Andreas Schuettler]

  Dear Andy Mc Cord,
  you may want to take the following reference books into consideration: 
  For Indian Writers in general: 
  Who's Who of Indian Writers: 1983, New Delhi, Sahitya Akademi, 1983,
  731p. 
  (Contains biographical and bibliographical information about nearly
  6000 living writers in 22 indian languages including English.)
  Who's Who of Indian Writers, Supplementary Volume: 1990, New
  Delhi, Sahitya Akademi, 1993, 249p. 
  (Contains biographical and bibliographical information about nearly
  1800 living writers in 22 indian languages including English.)
  Sahitya Akademi Awards, Books and Writers 1955-1978, New Delhi,
  Sahitya Akademi, 1990, 546p. 
  For Tamil Writers in particular: 
  Kamil V. Zvelebil, Lexicon of Tamil Literature, Leiden, New York, Koeln,
  E. J. Brill, 1994, 783p. 
  S.V. Subramanian, N. Ghadigachalam, ed., The Tamil Writers Directory,
  Madras, International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1981, 256p. 
  (Contains 1417 Tamil Writers and more than 3000 titles.)