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Kannada Literature (N®w®Ýl® š¯Ÿq®ã)

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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• Carvallo, a Reflection
  What makes Carvallo unique? Tejaswi somehow has remained a parallel to the mainstream intellectual modern Literature of Kannada. Although his name is usually taken in the same breath as Ananthamurthy, Lankesh and Karnad, Tejaswi has never been intellectually acknowledged as the flag-bearer of any literary movement. This is to a great extent due to the path, the environment and the goals he set out for himself in his literary career. An intense environmentalist, an amateur wildlife photographer professional in quality, an experimenting farmer and most importantly a severely non-conformist revolutionary writer of his time, Tejaswi had a great burden of his father's (Kuvempu) overbearing image. Read On

The writers : N®w®Ýl® š¯Ÿq®ãu® N¯Š®0dS®¡®±

Click here to read about various Kannada Writers

Some of the Links on Kannada Literature and Related Topics:
 

• Kannada Saahithya Puta (The best in the web) 
• Kamat's Potpourri: History of the Kannada Literature - Part 1 
• Kamat's Potpourri: History of the Kannada Literature - Part 2 
• The place of kannada and Tamil in Indian national culture - Sri K. Appadurai 
• Children Books in Kannada - thanks to The Banyan Tree 
• Buy 10 illustrated books on Mahabharatha and Ramayana in Kannada or English for just $10! Please mention OurKarnataka.Com in the mail Great Opportunity 
• A Concise History of  Kannada Short Stories - Chandra Holm 
• Books on Kodagu/Coorg 
• Books and Literature on Sringeri

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