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K Y Narayanaswamy

b. 1965, writes in Kannada, writer, poet, playwright

Kuppur Yalappa Narayanaswamy, also known as KYN, is a popular Kannada poet, scholar, critic, and playwright. He is currently a Kannada professor and Vice-Chancellor (in-charge) in the Maharani Cluster University, Bangalore. He is the author of many popular Kannada plays including Kalavu, Anabhigna Shakuntala, Chakraratna, Huliseere, and Vinura Vema. He has also translated Kuvempu’s Shudra Tapaswi into Telugu. He is credited with adapting Kuvempu’s magnum opus Malegalalli madumagalu into a 9-hour play. He has also written the screenplay for the films Kalavu and Suryakaanti.

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Also writing in Kannada

Kuvempu

1904–1994poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994)