Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
poet
Siddalingaiah
1954–2021, born Magadi, writes in Kannada, writer
Siddalingaiah was one of the most prominent Kannada poets, writers and social activists in India. He is particularly remembered for his work benefitting the poor, the down-trodden and the marginalised castes to which he himself belonged. He was also one of the founders of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, which is a major political organisation fighting for the rights of the Dalit people since the 1970s. His writings and poetry reflected his own experiences and also through which he conducted his social activism by employing his wit, humour and irony to highlight the cause of the Dalits and their indomitable spirit.
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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)