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Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
Women writers (poets, novelists, screenplay writers, playwrights, journalists etc) who live or have lived in Karnataka, or who are of Kannada origin, or both. Pages in category "Women writers from Karnataka"
H. S. Mukthayakka is a writer in Kannada.She is one of the pioneers of modern woman's poetry in Kannada literature.She is the daughter of the poet Late. Shantarasa. Hailing from Raichur district, she was a lecturer in a women's college and retired as a pr
B. M. Shri advocated a movement away from reliance on Sanskrit, as traditional Kannada poetry had done, and borrow from more modern English poets and genres. Many educated Kannadigas, especially those were in the teaching profession, realised that they need to express themselves in their mother tongue and started writing poetry in Kannada ...
Akka Mahadevi (c. 1130–1160) was an early poet of Kannada literature [1] and a prominent member of the Lingayatism founded in the 12th century. [2] Her 430 vachanas (a form of spontaneous mystical poems), and the two short writings called Mantrogopya and the Yogangatrividh are considered her known contributions to Kannada literature. [3]
Vijaya Dabbe was one of the founders of ‛Samatha Vedike’, [6] instituted in 1978, a group of women writers and activists who have been working to spread awareness about gender equality, family atrocities on women, dowry, child marriage, other caste based discrimination and social injustice for the depressed classes, especially women. Dabbe ...
10 Modern Kannada poets, scholars and writers. 11 See also. 12 ... Sarvajna (1650 AD) (tripadis or vachanas pithy three lined poems in Kannada) Kannada literature ...
Sagar has translated poetry, prose, and critical writings into Kannada and English. Her own poems have been translated into many languages, and have been included in textbooks from Jain University, Bangalore and the University of Kerala. Some of her poems are accompanied by music by Vasu Dixit. [4] Bindumalini, and Sunitha Ananthaswamy. [5]