List of Tibetan writers
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
Tertön Sangye Lama 1000-1080 gter ston sangs rgyas bla ma - The first Tertön
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
11th century
This is a chronological list of important Tibetan writers.