Writing in Kannada

Girish Karnad

1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)

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)

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

1891–1986writer (1891–1986)

S. L. Bhyrappa

1931–2025novelist.philosopher and screenwriter

V. K. Gokak

1909–1992writer (1909–1992)

Vaidehi

b. 1945writer

B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma

1909–2005Sanskrit writer

Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi

b. 1951writer

Chennaveera Kanavi

1928–2022writer

D. V. Gundappa

1887–1975writer

Gopalakrishna Pai

writer

Govindray H. Nayak

1933–2023writer (1933–2023)

H. M. Nayak

1931–2000academic (1931–2000)

H. S. Shivaprakash

b. 1954writer

K. S. Narasimhaswamy

1915–2003poet

K. V. Tirumalesh

1940–2023writer

M. M. Kalburgi

1938–2015writer, scholar

Shantinath Desai

1929–1998writer

Yashwant Vithoba Chittal

1928–2014writer (1928-2014)

Poornachandra Tejaswi

1938–2007writer (1938–2007)

K. V. Narayana

b. 1948writer

Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy

b. 1954poet, activist

U. R. Ananthamurthy

1932–2014writer and critic in the Kannada language

Venkataramiah Sitaramiah

1899–1983writer (1899–1983)

A. K. Ramanujan

1929–1993linguist (1929-1993)

A. N. Murthy Rao

1900–2003writer and activist (1900-2003)

A. R. Krishnashastry

1890–1968writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language (1890-1968)

Bangalore Gundappa Lakshminarayana Swamy

1918–1980writer

D. R. Nagaraj

1954–1998writer, critic

G. S. Shivarudrappa

1926–2013writer (1926-2013)

Geetha Nagabhushan

1942–2020writer (1942-2020)

Gopalakrishna Adiga

1918–1992Kannada poet (1918–1992)

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar

1904–1991writer (1904–1991)

K. V. Subbanna

1932–2005dramatist (1932-2005)

M. V. Seetharamiah

1910–1990academic

P. Lankesh

1935–2000film director (1935-2000)

P. T. Narasimhachar

1905–1998writer (1905–1998)

S. R. Ekkundi

1923–1995poet (1923-1995)

T. R. Subba Rao

1920–1984novelist (1920-1984)

Banu Mushtaq

b. 1948writer and activist (born 1948)

Karanam Pavan Prasad

Kannada author.India

Sudha Murthy

b. 1950writer, philanthropist, author, motivator

Vani

1912–1988writer

Vasudhendra

b. 1969writer

Akka Mahadevi

1130–1101Kannada poet

Anant Shastry

1940–2020historian

Anasuya Shankar

1928–1963novelist

Anupama Niranjana

1934–1991writer

Aryamba Pattabhi

b. 1936novelist

B. K. S. Iyengar

1918–2014yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)

Baraguru Ramachandrappa

b. 1946Kannada writer, thinker and filmmaker (born 1947)

Bengaluru Nagarathnamma

1878–1952singer

C.K.Nagaraja Rao

1915–1998writer (1915-1998)

Deepa Bhasthi

b. 1983writer and translator

G. Venkatasubbaiah

1913–2021lexicographer (1913–2021)

Gauri Lankesh

1962–2017journalist and activist

H. S. Venkateshamurthy

1944–2025writer

Hulikal Nataraj

b. 1962author and teacher

Hunsur Krishnamurthy

1914–1989filmmaker

Javaregowda

1915–2016Kannada writer, folklorist, scholar (1915-2016)

Jayant Kaikini

b. 1955poet

K S Bhagawan

b. 1945critic, rationalist, translator

K Y Narayanaswamy

b. 1965writer

K. Kalyan

b. 1975Lyricist and Music Director

K. Kushalappa Gowda

1931–2022writer

Kamala Hampana

1935–2024writer

Kanakaraj Balasubramanyam

Kannada Author and Film Maker

Kayyar Kinhanna Rai

1915–2015writer

Kum. Veerabhadrappa

b. 1953writer

M. Govinda Pai

1883–1963Kannada poet awarded the title Rashtrakavi; known for lyrical and devotional poetry (1883–1963)

M. K. Indira

1917–1994writer

Mandagere Subbarao Krishnamurthy

b. 1931writer

Na D’Souza

1937–2025novelist. writer

Netha Hussain

b. 1990physician, researcher and Wikimedian

Niranjana

1924–1992writer

P. V. Narasimha Rao

1921–2004Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)

Purandara Dasa

1470–1564musician

Ravi Belagere

1958–2020journalist, writer, editor (1958-2020)

S. R. Ramaswamy

1937–2026Journalist, Writer, Biographer, Translator, Social Activist and Environmentalist

Salil Chowdhury

1925–1995composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)

Shakuntala Devi

1929–2013writer and mental calculator (1929-2013)

Shatavadhani Ganesh

b. 1962writer

Siddalingaiah

1954–2021poet

Simpi Linganna

1905–1993writer

Sumatheendra R Nadig

1935–2018writer (1935–2018)

T. K. Rama Rao

1929–1988writer (1929–1988)

T. N. Srikantaiah

1906–1966writer, scholar (1906–1966)

Yandamuri Veerendranath

b. 1948writer

A. N. Krishna Rao

1908–1971writer (1908-1971)

Beechi

1913–1980writer

Chandrashekhar Patil

1939–2022poet (1939–2022)

G. P. Rajarathnam

1909–1979writer

Hampa Nagarajaiah

b. 1936academic and writer

K. S. Nissar Ahmed

1936–2020writer

N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat

1936–2021Kannada poet, translator

P. V. Acharya

1915–1992poet

Santosh Kumar Gulwadi

1938–2010journalist, novelist (1938–2010)

Sara Aboobacker

1936–2023writer (1936–2023)

T. S. Venkannayya

1885–1939Kannada Professor at University of Mysore and pioneer literary scholar (1885–1939)

T. Sunandamma

1917–2006writer and humorist

Anantha Hudengaja

b. 1978writer from Karnataka

Benet G. Amanna

Kannada, Tulu language author

Chandrashekhar Thalya

b. 1949Poet

Kalyani Neelarambham

1946–2023Telugu translator, story writer

M. Prabhakara Joshy

Writer from Karavali region of India

N K Lolakshi

Poet , Writer

Smitha Amrutha Raj

Kannada writer

T. R. Anantharamu

b. 1949geologist and Kannada science writer

Vijayalakshmi Manapura

b. 1972researcher

Ranganatha Kantanakunte

b. 1974