Kannada All time Great Poets

Halegannada Poets

Adikavi Pampa (900 AD)- Vikramārjuna Vijaya
Ranna (900 AD)- Gadhayudha, Ajitanatha Purana Tilakam

Ponna(950 AD)-Shanti Purana,Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya

Nagavarma I(1000 AD) – Loukika & Agamika
Kumara Vyasa (1200 AD)- Gadugina Bharata & Kumaravyasa Bharata

Harihara(1200 AD) – Girijakalyana

Raghavaanka(1200 AD)-Harischandra Kaavya
Nagavarma II (1200 AD)- Grammatical works
Janna(1300 AD) - Yashodhara Charita


Bhakti/Dasa Sahitya

Madhvacharya(1200 AD)also Known as Purna Pragna, Anand Thirtha-Tatva Veda

Purandara Dasa - Purandara Vittala

Kanaka Dasa - Kirtanes & Ugabhoga

Tripadi Sahitya

Sarvajna – Tripadis
Vachana Sahitya

Akka Mahadevi – Vachanas

Basavanna– Vachanas

Allama Prabhu - Allamana Vachana Chandrike

Tatva Pada

Shishunala Sharif - Tatvapada

Kannada Poets of Recent Time (20th Century on-wards)

Aa Na Krishnaraya
Anupama Niranjan
Beechi - Hasya/Critic/Thimmana Taregalu
Betageri Krishna Sharma
B.M. Srikantaiah – Honganasugalu
B R Lakshmana Rao
Bellary Raghava
Belegere Krishnasaarty

Chaduranga-Vyshaakha
Chandrasekar Kambaar
Channaveera Kanavi
Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (D. R. Bendre) – Naaku Tanti, Patargitti, Aralu-Maralu

Dinakara Desai – Chutuka

Prof. Doddarangegowda

Devanoora Mahadeva-Kusuma Baale

Gopalakrishna Adiga - Navodaya Saahitya Chaluvali

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
D. V. Gundappa - Manku Thimmana Kagga
Dr.G S Shivarudrappa
Gourish Kaikini - Avamanavathavaada, Manovignanada Roopureshegalu, 
                              Nasthika Mathu Devaru & Sathyarthi
Gangadevi - Madhura Vijayam
Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah
H S Venkatesh Murthi
Huyilagola Narayanarao
Jayanth Kaikini
Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) - Sri Ramayana Darshanam
K. S. Narasimhaswamy - Mysooru Mallige

K. S. Nissar Ahmed - Bari Maryadastare-Nityotsava

Kum. Veerabhadrappa
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - Kelavu Sanna Kategalu
M. Govinda Pai – Nandadeepa
M.N Vyaasarao
N.S LakshmiNarayana Bhatta

Na Disouza

Pu.ti.Narasimhachaar

Dr. Prabhushankara

S.L Bhyrappa-Vamsha Vriksha, Daatu, Mandra

Siddaiah Puranik
S.V Parameshwara Bhatt
Shantnath Desai
Sa.si. Marulayya

Srikrishna Halanahalli-Bhujangayyana Dashavataara
Subraaya Chokkaadi
Sumateendra Naadig

T.P Kailasam-Play writer, Humour Critic

Ta Ra Subbarao (Ta Ra Su)

Triveni
T. N. Srikantaiah – Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse

U. R. Ananthamurthy – Samskara
V.Seetaramaiah

V. K. Gokak - Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi

Vaidehi - Krauncha Pakshigalu

Yeshvant Chittala

Detective Novels
T K Ramarao
H.K Anantarao