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Seraiki literature is the literature if the Seraiki language (sometimes written as Siraiki) which is mostly spoken in central Pakistan. There are some 40 million people for whom it is their first language. Seraiki has a very rich tradition of oral literature but rather less of it was historically committed to writing.

Contents 1 Poetry 2 Novels 3 Authors 3.1 Fiction writers 3.2 Critics 3.3 Linguists 3.4 Poets 3.5 Drama Writers 4 See also

Historically, the most celebrated poet in the Siraiki language is Khawaja Farid (1845 – 1901). His poems were written in a form of verse known as Kafi, a form rooted in a tradition of singing of poetry. Kafi should unite sound, imagery, feeling and subject matter. The following is an English translation of a few lines of one of Farid's poems:

The beloved's intense glances call for blood

The dark hair wildly flows The Kohl of the eyes is fiercely black

And slays the lovers with no excuse

My appearance in ruins, I sit and wait

While the beloved has settled in Malheer I feel the sting of the cruel dart

My heart the, abode of pain and grief A life of tears, I have led Farid

In Sindh, the most famous poet of Siraiki is Sachal Sarmast, the well known poet of seven languages. Recently, the famous sufi poet Hazrat Pir Mitha has also written a vast collection of religious poetry in Siraiki. Of the contemporary poets, most notables are 'Ashu Lal Faqir', ' Rifat Abbas' and 'Shakir Shujabadi'. Their poetry is immensely popular in the Saraiki region of Pakistani Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rahim Yar Khan Regions.

In the present day, Ismail Ahmedani is probably the most celebrated novelist and fiction writer. Ahmedani has done much to promote the Siraiki language as a language for modern fiction writing.

1. Dr.Ghazala Ahmadani B.Ds & her son Muhammad Hamza Sani.
2. Habib Faiq
3. Ghulam Hussan Haidrani
4. Hafeez Khan
5. Tahseen Sabaiwalwi
6. Ismail Ahmedani
7. Batool Rahmani
8. Musrat Klanchvi
9. Zafar Lashari
10. Ghazala Ahmadani
11. Deshad Kalanchvi
12. Sohail Ahmad Talpur.
13. Habib Monana

1. Habib Faiq
2. Delshad Kalchvi
3. Ismail Ahmedani
4. DrMehr Abdu Haq
5. Hafeez Khan
6. Aslam Rasoolpuri
7. Muhammad Kaleem Ullah Dina

1. Habib Faiq
2. Zami Bahawalpuri
3. Dr mehr Abdul Haq
4. Shaukat Mughal
5. Aslam Rasoolpuri
6. Delshad Kalanchvi
7. Sajaad Haider Pervaiz
8. Aslam Awan, Daily Musharaq Peshawar, Takbeer Karachi

1. Khwaja Ghulam Fareed
2. Hazrat Sachal Sarmast
3. Hamal Faqeer Leghari
4. Hazrat Pir Mitha
5. Habib Faiq
6. Bedal Sindhi
7. Akbar Shah
8. Khurum Bahawalpuri
9. Refat Abbas
10. Khalid Iqbal
11. Latif Bhutti
12. Ashiq Buzdar
13. Imtiaz Faridi
14. Shakir Shujabadi
15. Ashu lal
16. Safeer Lashari
17. Tanweer-e-Sahar
18. Anjum Lashari
19. Sidique Tahir
20. Sarwar Karbalai
21. Malik Sona Khan Bewas
22. Hazoor Bux Rind

1. Hafeez Khan
2. Mussarat Kalanchvi

• Seraikistan
• Seraiki people
• Seraiki
• Pakistani literature