Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer
Vaidehi
b. 1945, born Kundapura, writes in Kannada, writer, poet, children's writer
Janaki Srinivasa Murthy, popularly known by her penname Vaidehi, is an Indian feminist writer and well-known writer of modern Kannada language fiction. Vaidehi is one of the most successful women writers in the language and a recipient of prestigious national and state-level literary awards. She has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of short stories, Krauncha Pakshigalu in 2009.
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Books on record
On Open Library
Gulabi Talkies and Other Stories2006
Language, Memory and Remembering2018
Bodies and language2009
Language Policies and Citizenship2013Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Awards
| 2009 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Krauncha Pakshigalu |
| Sahitya Akademi Award |
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)