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This is a chronological list of important Tibetan writers .
7th-10th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Thonmi Sambhota
7th century
thon mi sam bho ta
-
Inventor of the Tibetan script
Yeshe Tsogyal
757-817
ye shes mtsho rgyal
Princess of Kharchen Great Bliss Queen
A friend of Padmasambhava
Nampar Nangdze Lotsawa
8th century
rnam par snang mdzad lo tsa ba
Vairotsana
Translator of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Tibetan during the first phase of translation
Padmasambhava
8th to 9th century
pad ma 'byung gnas
Guru Rinpoche
Brought Buddhism to Tibet
Yuthok Yonten Gonpo (the Elder)
708–833
g.yu thog yon tan mgon po
-
Author of foundational works on Tibetan medicine (rgyud bzhi , Gyüschi )
Lochen Rinchen Sangpo
957–1055
lo chen rin chen bzang po
-
First translator of Sarma texts
11th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Machig Labdrön
1055–1149
ma gcig lab sgron
Dorje Dudul Chenmo
Famous yogini , promoter of Chöd in Tibet
Marpa Lotsawa
1012–1097
mar pa
-
Important translator of Sarma texts
Milarepa
11th to 12th century
mi la ras pa
Jetsün
Famous yogi , known for his Vajra songs
Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag
1040–1111
ba ri lo tsa ba rin chen grags
2nd Sakya Trizin
Wrote One Hundred Sadhanas of Bari
Langri Tangpa
1054–1123
glang ri thang pa
Geshe
Kadam tradition
Patsab Nyima Drakpa
born 1055
pa tshab lo tsa ba nyi ma grags pa
-
Translated many Madhyamaka texts
Gampopa
1079–1153
sgam po pa
Sönam Rinchen, Dagpo Lhaje, Nyamed Dakpo Rinpoche, Da'od Zhonnu
Founder of Kagyu
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
1092–1158
sa chen kun dga’ snying po
3rd Sakya Trizin
Systematised teachings of the Sakya tradition
12th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Chekawa Yeshe Dorje
1102–1176
'chad ka ba ye shes rdo rje
Geshe Chekhawa
Wrote the Seven Points of Spiritual Training
Phagmo Drupa
1110–1170
phag mo gru pa
Dorje Gyalpo
-
Yuthok Yontan Gonpo the Younger
1126–1202
g.yu thog yon tan mgon po
-
Contributions to Tibetan medicine
Sonam Tsemo
1142–1182
bsod nams rtse mo
4th Sakya Trizin
-
Jigten Sumgön
1143–1217
'jig rten gsum mgon
Drikungpa
Founder of Drigung Kagyu [1]
Drakpa Gyaltsen
1147–1216
grags pa rgyal mtshan
5th Sakya Trizin
Commentator on Asvaghosa 's Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyaltsen
1182–1251
sa skya pandi ta kun dga’ rgyal mtshan
6th Sakya Trizin
-
13th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Karma Pakshi
1204–1283
karma pak shi
2nd Karmapa
Wrote over 100 texts on Buddhism, preserved at Tsurphu Monastery
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa Lodrö Gyaltsen
1235–1279/80
chos rgyal 'phags pa blo gros rgyal mtshan
7th Sakya Trizin
Devised the 'Phags-pa script
Rangjung Dorje
1284–1339
rang byung rdo rje
3rd Karmapa
-
Buton Rinchen Drub
1290–1364
bu ston rin chen grub
11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery
Catalogued thousands of religious and philosophical works
Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen
1292–1361
dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan
-
See also Jonang , Kalacakra
14th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Karma Lingpa
14th century
karma gling pa
Tertön
-
Longchen Rabjam
1308–1364
klong chen rab 'byams
Longchenpa, Tertön
Wrote several texts on Dzogchen and Buddhist philosophy
Orgyen Lingpa
1323 – c. 1360
o rgyan gling pa
Tertön
-
Rolpe Dorje
1340–1383
rol pa'i rdo rje
4th Karmapa
Wrote many dohas
Tsongkhapa
1357–1419
tsong kha pa
1st Ganden Tripa
Reformer of Tibetan Buddhism, founder of the New Kadampa , Gelug
Gyaltsab Je
1364–1432
rgyal tshab rje
Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen, 2nd Ganden Tripa
Wrote a well-known commentary on Shantideva 's Bodhicaryavatara
Khedrup Je
1385–1438
mkhas grub rje
3rd Ganden Tripa, 1st Panchen Lama
-
Gendun Drub
1391–1474
dge 'dun grub pa
1st Dalai Lama
Among other works, Training the Mind in the Great Way
Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel
1392–1481
'gos lo tsa ba gzhon nu dpal
-
Author of the Blue Annals
15th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Gorampa Sönam Senge
1429–1489
go rams pa bsod nams seng ge
-
-
Pema Lingpa
1450–1521
padma gling pa
Tertön
-
Chödrak Gyatso
1454–1506
chos grags rgya mtsho
7th Karmapa
Commentary on Abhisamayalamkara (Mahayana sutras ), and The Ocean of Reasoning , a commentary on Pramana literature
Gendun Gyatso
1475–1542
dge 'dun rgya mtsho
2nd Dalai Lama
Mystical verse and visions
Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup
1497–1557
ngor chen dkon mchog lhun grub
10th Abbot of Ngor Monastery
Author of Three Visions (foundational work of Sakya )
16th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Mikyö Dorje
1507–1554
mi bskyod rdo rje
8th Karmapa
Many works on Sutrayana, instructions on tantra
Pema Karpo
1527–1592
padma dkar po
-
Master of the Drukpa Kagyü
Sonam Gyatso
1543–1588
bsod nams rgya mtsho
3rd Dalai Lama
Stages of the Path: Refined Gold , Lamrim
Wangchuk Dorje
1556–1603
dbang phyug rdo rje
9th Karmapa
Wrote three Mahamudra texts
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen
1570–1662
blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan
4th Panchen Lama
Wrote a famous lamrim
Taranatha
1575–1634
tA ra nA tha
Jonang
Historian of Indian Buddhism and author of Five Teachings of Maitreya
17th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Kelden Gyatso
1607–1677
skal ldan rgya mtsho
Kelden Repa
"Mgur Bum", poetry and songs in the style of Milarepa
Tsele Natsok Rangdröl
1608–?
rtse le sna tshogs rang grol
Tsele Gotsangpa
-
Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso
1617–1682
ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho
5th Dalai Lama
Twenty-five Sealed Teachings
Desi Sangye Gyatso
1653–1705
sangs rgyas rgya mtsho
Desi
Wrote Vaidurya-Karpo and Vaidurya sNgon-po
Tsangyang Gyatso
1682–1706
tshangs dbyangs rgya mtsho
6th Dalai Lama
Many great poems with often worldly subjects are ascribed to him
18th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Chokyi Jungne, Situ Panchen
1700–1774
chos kyi 'byung gnas
8th Tai Situpa
Grammarian
Kelsang Gyatso
1708–1757
skal bzang rgya mtsho
7th Dalai Lama
Explication of the Mandala rituals of Vajra Akshobhya Guhyasamaja
Jigme Lingpa
1729–1798
'jigs med gling pa
Rigzin, Tertön
-
Jamphel Gyatso
1758–1804
'jam dpal rgya mtsho
8th Dalai Lama
-
Getse Mahapandita
1761–1829
dge rtse pan chen
Tsewang Chokdrub
-
Palden Tenpai Nyima
1782–1853
bstan pa'i nyi ma
7th Panchen Lama
Author of Rinjung Lhantab
19th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Jigme Chökyi Wangpo
1808–1887
'jigs med chos kyi dbang po
Patrul Rinpoche
-
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
1813–1899
'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas
Padma Tennyi Yungdrung Lingpa
Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
1820–1892
'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse’i dbang po
-
-
Chokgyur Lingpa
1829–1870
mchog gyur gling pa
Tertön
-
Dudjom Lingpa
1835–1904
bdud 'joms gling pa
Tertön
-
Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso
1846–1912
mi pham 'jam dbyangs rnam rgyal
Mipham Rinpoche
-
Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen
1859–1935
shar rdza bkra shis rgyal mtshan
-
See also Bön
Thubten Gyatso
1876–1933
thub bstan rgya mtsho
13th Dalai Lama
-
Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo
1878–1941
pha bong kha pa bde chen snying po
-
-
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
1893–1959
'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros
-
Rime movement
20th century [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso
1901–1981
blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho
3rd Trijang Rinpoche
Wrote on Gyallu
Gendün Chöpel
1903 or 1905–1951
dge 'dun chos 'phel
-
Author of the and The Tibetan Art of Love
Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje
1904–1987
'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje
2nd Dudjom Rinpoche , 1st leader of the Nyingma
See also Terma
Karma Rangjung Kunchap
1905–1989
kar ma ran byung kun khyab
Kalu Rinpoche
Shangpa Kagyu
Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa
1908–1989
-
Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa
Historian
Dilgo Khyentse
1910–1991
dil mgo mkhyen brtse
From 1987 to 1991, led the Nyingma School
-
Chatral Sangye Dorje
born 1913
bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje
Chatral Rinpoche
-
Geshe Rabten
1920–1986
dge bshes rab brtan
-
Author on Buddhism
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
1920–1996
sprul sku o rgyan
-
-
Thubten Jigme Norbu
1922–2008
thub bstan 'jigs med nor bu
Taktser Rinpoche
-
Tenzin Choedrak
1922–2001
bstan 'dzin chos grags
-
Former doctor of the 14th Dalai Lama
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
born 1924
-
Abt des Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
-
Lopön Tenzin Namdak
born 1926
bstan 'dzin rnam-dag
Lopön
See also Bön
Lobsang Gyatso (monk)
1928–1997
blo bzang rgya mtsho
Geshe
Founder of the Dharmshala , murdered in 1997
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
1930–2002
-
Rinpoche
-
Kelsang Gyatso
born 1931
bskal bzang rgya mtsho
Geshe
Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition
Thinley Norbu
born c. 1931
phrin las nor bu
Dungsé Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
son of Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje, 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
1932–1999
-
Nyoshul Khenpo
-
Ani Pachen
1933–2002
-
-
Autobiography
9th Thrangu Rinpoche
born 1933
-
Khenchen
-
Palden Gyatso
born 1933
dpal ldan rgya mtsho
-
Autobiography
Tarthang Tulku
born 1934
-
-
-
Tenzin Gyatso
born 1935
bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho
14th Dalai Lama, Geshe
Wide range of works on Buddhism
Thubten Yeshe
1935–1984
thub bstan ye shes
-
Founder of the FPMT
Tashi Tsering
born 1937
bkra shis tshe ring
Geshe
-
Namkhai Norbu
born 1938
nam mkha'i nor bu
Chögyal
Writings on Dzogchen
Lobsang Tenzin
born 1939
blo bzang bstan 'dzin
5th Samdhong Rinpoche , Kalon Tripa of the 13th Kashag of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Akong Rinpoche
born 1939
-
-
-
Loden Sherab Dagyab
born 1940
-
-
-
Bokar Rinpoche
1940–2004
-
-
Contributions on Bardo
Chögyam Trungpa
1940–1987
chos rgya drung pa
11th Trungpa Tulku from Surmang
-
Khenchen Palden Sherab
1941–2010
mkhan chen dpal ldan shes rab
-
Several Nyingma translations in English
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
born 1946
-
Lama
Founder of the FPMT
Sogyal Rinpoche
born 1948
bsod rgyal rin po che
-
Author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
born 1951
chos kyi nyi ma
-
Son of Tulku Urgyen, contributions on Bardo
Mipham Chökyi Lodrö
born 1952
mi pham chos kyi blo gros
14th Shamarpa
-
Dhondup Gyal
1953–1985
don grub rgyal
-
A founder of modern Tibetan literature
Tashi Tsering (London)
born 1958
bkra shis tshe ring
Geshe
-
Alai (author)
born 1959
-
-
Chinese writer
Tashi Dawa
born 1959
bkra shis zla ba
-
Author of A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong
Khyentse Norbu
born 1961
mkhyen brtse nor bu
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
-
Tenzin Wangyal
born 1961
bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal
-
See also Bön
Sakyong Mipham
born 1963
-
-
Son of Chögyam Trungpa
Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen
born 1965
-
7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche , Abbot of Dzogchen Monastery
-
Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso
born 1966
ngag dbang tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho
3rd Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Son of Tulku Urgyen
Tsering Woeser
born 1966
-
-
-
Khandro Rinpoche
born 1967
mkha' 'gro rin po che
-
Daughter of Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
born 1969
tshe ring dbang mo sdom pa
-
Female poet
Tenzin Tsundue
born 1975
-
-
-
7th Yongey Mingyur
born 1975
yongs dge mi 'gyur
Dorje Rinpoche
Youngest son of Tulku Urgyen
20th century (cont. alphabetically) [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Other names
Notes
Jamyang Norbu
-
'jam dbyangs nor bu
-
-
Tsering Döndrub
-
tshe ring don grub
Ancestor, ra lo
Novelist
Tsering Namgyal
-
tshe ring rnam rgyal
-
Writer of Little Lhasa and other different articles in various newspaper
Tsering Shakya
-
tshe ring sha kya
Tsering Wangdu Shakya
Historian
Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa
-
-
-
poet and writer
Foreign writers with Tibetan names [ ]
Name
Dates
Wylie transliteration
Original name
Notes
Erik Pema Kunsang
-
Erik pad ma kun bzang
Erik Hein Schmidt
Translator and author, founder of
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
born 1939
-
Alyce Zeoli
Enthroned 1988, Palyul
Lama Chökyi Nyima
-
bla ma chos kyi nyi ma
Richard Barron
-
Pema Chödrön
born 1936
pad ma chos sgron
Deirdre Blomfield-Brown
-
Gyurme Dorje
-
'gyur med rdo rje
-
-
Geshe Ngawang Wangyal
1901–1983
ngag dbang dbang rgyal
-
-
Thubten Chodron
born 1950
thub bstan chos sgron
Cherry Greene
-
Tsultrim Allione
born 1947
tshul khrims Allione
Joan Rousmanière Ewing
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