Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer
Beechi
1913–1980, born Harpanahalli, writes in Kannada, essayist
Rayasam Bheemasena Rao (1913–1980) was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language. He preferred to write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi giving first preference to Kannada than English. He was also known as Karnataka’s George Bernard Shaw.
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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)