Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer (1929–1988)
T. K. Rama Rao
1929–1988, born Hosadurga, writes in Kannada, novelist
T. K. Rama Rao was an Indian novelist of Kannada literature. He became popular in the early 1970s when his book Bangaaradha Manushya was made into a hit movie in the Kannada film industry. It inspired many youths to leave the city and return to their villages to look after their ancestral land. He won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. award. Many of his works are detective novels, which sold millions of copies.
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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)