Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer
Shankar Mokashi Punekar
1928–2004, writes in Kannada, writer
Shankar Mokashi Punekar was a well known writer in the Kannada Language. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Academy award for his novel Avadheshwari. He was considered as one of the major writer in the Modern Kannada Literature. His novel Gangavva Gangamayi was the magnum opus in the history of Kannada Literature. Gangavva Gangamayi, Avadheshwari (Novels), Bilaaskhaan (Story), Maayiya Mooru Mukhagalu (Poem), Sahitya mattu Abhiruchi (Criticism) and Paschyatya Sahitya Vimarshe (Criticism) are major contributions to the Kannada Literature.
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Books on record
On Open Library
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Awards
| 1988 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Avadheshwari |
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)