Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Kannada professor and poet (1925-2016)
Akbar Ali
1925–2016, born Khanapur, writes in Kannada, poet
Akbar Ali was an Indian Kannada poet from Karnataka, India. On 28 July 1986, Governor nominated him as the Member of Karnataka Legislative Council.
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Also writing in Kannada
Chandrashekhara Kambara
b. 1937writer
D. R. Bendre
1896–1981Kannada poet (1896–1981)
Devanur Mahadeva
b. 1948writer
K. Shivaram Karanth
1902–1997writer (1902-1997)
Kuvempu
1904–1994poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994)