Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer
Niranjana
1924–1992, writes in Kannada, translator, journalist
Kulakunda Shiva Rao, popularly known as Niranjana, was a Kannada playwright, novelist and a freedom fighter. The hardships faced during childhood shaped Niranjana’s later literary career.
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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)