Kannada Literature: Navya Kavya

Sri B M Srikantayya started it all in 1920's with his wonderful translations. Dha.Raa.Bendre and Kuvempu came on with their poetry and literary classics, followed by neo-poetry of Shivarama Karanth, Dr.Ananthamurthi with fiction.. not to forget P.Lankesh and S.L.Bhairappa. Kailasam, Sriranga, Karnad and Kambar with plays made Kannada literature a rich and diverse body of writing.

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