Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
musician
Purandara Dasa
1470–1564, born Thirthahalli, writes in Kannada, poet
Purandara Dasa (IAST: Purandara Dāsa; was a composer, singer and a Haridasa philosopher from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a follower of Madhvacharya’s Dvaita philosophy, and one of the chief founding proponents that shaped modern Carnatic music. In honor of his contributions to Carnatic music, he is referred to as the Pitamaha of Carnatic music. According to a legend, he is considered as an incarnation of Narada.
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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)