POETS

Kannada Poets (Alphabetical Order)

Aa Na Krishnaraya
Anupama Niranjan
Aravind Adiga
Beechi - Hasya/Critic/Thimmana Taregalu
Betageri Krishna Sharma
B.M. Srikantaiah – Honganasugalu
B R Lakshmana Rao
BeeChi (Rayasam Bhimsenarao)
Bellary Raghava
Belegere Krishnasaarty
S.L.Bhyrappa

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

Prof. Doddarangegowda

Devanoora Mahadeva-Kusuma Baale
Govinda Pai
Gopalakrishna Adiga - Navodaya Saahitya Chaluvali

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
D. V. Gundappa - Manku Thimmana Kagga
Dr.G S Shivarudrappa
G.P Raajaratnam
Girish Karnaad
Gourish Kaikini - Avamanavathavaada, Manovignanada Roopureshegalu,Sathyarthi
Gangadevi - Madhura Vijayam
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
P.Lankesh
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - Kelavu Sanna Kategalu, Kavanagalu
M. Govinda Pai – Nandadeepa
M.N Vyaasarao
N.S LakshmiNarayana Bhatta
R.K Narayan (Malgudi Days)
K.P Poornachandra Tejasvi (Poo.Chan.Te) Chidambara rahasya, Jugari Cross..

Na Disouza

Pu.ti.Narasimhachaar
Pandit Puttaraja Gawaayi

Dr. Prabhushankara

S.L Bhyrappa-Vamsha Vriksha, Daatu, Mandra

Dr. Shivarama Kaaranth (Mookajjiya kanasugaLu)

Siddaiah Puranik
S.V Parameshwara Bhatt
Shantnath Desai  (Mukti, Vikshepa, Om Namo)
Sa.si. Marulayya

Srikrishna Halanahalli-(Bhujangayyana Dashavataara-Made Film)
Subraaya Chokkaadi
Sumateendra Naadig

T.P Kailasam-Play writer, Humour Critic, Poems
Ta Ra Subbarao (Ta Ra Su) Durgaastamaana

Triveni
T. N. Srikantaiah – Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse

U. R. Ananthamurthy – Samskara
V.Seetaramaiah

V. K. Gokak - Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi
Prof G Venkatasubbaiah (Kannada-Kannada-English Nighantu(Dictionary)

Vaidehi - Krauncha Pakshigalu

Yeshvant V. Chittala

Detective Novelists
T K Ramarao
H.K Anantarao

Halegannada Poets
Amoghavarsha-1(850 AD) Kaviraja Marga

Shivakotiacharya((900 AD)- Vaddaraadhane
Adikavi Pampa (941 AD)-Aadipurana, Vikramārjuna Vijaya
Ranna (900 AD)-Saahasabhima Vijaya Gadhayudha, Ajitanatha Purana Tilakam

Ponna(950 AD)-Shanti Purana,Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya
Nagavarma I(1000 AD) – Chandombhudi, Loukika & Agamika
SriVijaya

Chandraraja(1000 AD) Madanatilaka
Chavundaraaya-II(1000 AD)(Lokopakara)
Durgasimha(1000 AD)Panchatantra
SridharaCharya (1000 AD)Chandraprabha Charite, Jatakatilaka
Rajaditya(1100 AD)Vyavaharaganita, Kshetraganita,Lilavati
Prince Kritivarma(1100 AD) Govaidya
Jagadalla Somanath(1150 AD)Karnataka Kalyanakaraka
Rudrabhatta(1150 AD) Jagannatha Vijaya
Kumara Vyasa (1200 AD)- Gadugina Bharata & Kumaravyasa Bharata

Harihara(1200 AD) – Girijakalyana

Raghavaanka(1200 AD)-Harischandra Kaavya
Nagavarma II (1200 AD)- Grammatical works
Mallikarjuna(1200 AD)Suktisudharnava
Kesiraaja(1250 AD)Shabdamanidarpana
Janna(1300 AD) - Yashodhara Charita
RattaKavi(1300)Rattasutra
Mangaraja(1350 AD)Khagendramanidarpana
Kumaravyasa(1400 AD)Gadugina Bharata
Narahari(Kumara Valmiki(1500 AD)Torave Ramayana
Brahmavara Vishnu(1500 AD)Virata Parva
Singaraaya(1600 AD)Mitravinda Govinda
Govinda Vaidya(1600 AD) Kanthirava Narasaraja Vijaya
Tirumalaraaya(1600 AD) Chikkadevaraja Vamshavali 

18th Century Poets
Kempu Narayana (1800 AD) Mudramanjusha 
Krishnaraaja Wodeyer (1800 AD)Saugandhika Parinaya
Kempu Narayana (1800 AD) Mudramanjusha 
C.Seshagirirao(1800 AD)Shakuntala
Basavappa Shaastry(1800 AD)Shurasena Charite (Othello)
Muddana (1800 AD)Adbhuta Ramayana
Laxmana Gadakeri(1892)Suryakantha

Bhakti/Dasa Sahitya
Sripaadaraajaru(Druvaraajaru)

Madhvacharya(1200 AD)also Known as Purna Pragna, Anand Thirtha-Tatva Veda
Naraharitirta(1250 AD)Haridasa Sahitya
Vyasaraayaru

Purandara Dasa - Purandara Vittala

Kanaka Dasa - Kirtanes & Ugabhoga
Mahipatidaasaru
Vijaya Daasaru
Jagannata Daasaru
Gopala Daasaru
Prasanna Venkata Daasaru
Other Daasaru


Tripadi Sahitya

Sarvajna – Tripadis
Vachana Sahitya

Akka Mahadevi – Vachanas

Basavanna– Vachanas

Allama Prabhu - Allamana Vachana Chandrike
Maadara Channaiah(1000 AD)Vachana

Tatva Pada

Santa Shishunala Sharif - Tatvapada

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