Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer
Chandrashekhara Kambara
b. 1937, born Gokak, writes in Kannada, writer, poet, playwright, translator
Chandrashekhara Basavanneppa Kambara is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country’s premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993). He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, and poems, in a similar style as in the works of D.R. Bendre.
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Books on record
Awards
| 2010 | Jnanpith Award |
| 1991 | Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada for Sirisampige |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Kannada
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)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
1891–1986writer (1891–1986)