Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer and translator
Deepa Bhasthi
b. 1983, born Madikeri, writes in Kannada, English, writer, translator, journalist
Deepa Bhasthi is an Indian writer, literary translator and journalist from the southern state of Karnataka. She gained international recognition for her translation of the short story collection Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, for which, in 2025, she became the first translator from India to win the International Booker Prize.
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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)