Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
poet
K. S. Narasimhaswamy
1915–2003, born Mandya district, writes in Kannada, writer, poet
Kikkeri Subbarao Narasimhaswamy was an Indian poet who wrote in Kannada language. His most popular collection of poems, Mysooru Mallige, has seen more than thirty-two reprints and is sometimes given to newly married couples in Karnataka. Narasimhaswamy is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Kannada sahitya Academy Award, and the Asian Prize for literature.
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Books on record
Awards
| 1977 | Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada for Tereda Baagilu |
Elsewhere
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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)