Kannada Writers and Poets

First Online: May  10, 2001
Page Last Updated: January 13, 2026

From his childhood Kamat was fascinated with photographing Kannada writers and we happy to compile this precious picture collection of Kannada writers, poets and scholars. Kamat has documented his fascination in this essay, and decades later he was presented with an opportunity to restore the Manohara Grintha Mala collection.

A Genius Group Photo -- taken in a Gokarn Courtyard

List of Pictures of Kannada Writers and Poets

• A.R. Krishnasastry
• The Big Two - Kuvempu and Masti at a function remembering B.M.Srikanthaiah
• Channappa Uttangi
• D.L. Narasimhachar (1906-1971)
• A Doctor and a Writer
• Eminent Lawyer and Writer Hemalata Mahishi
• Gourish Kaikini
• Govindrao V. Chulaki
• Gurunath Joshi
• H.S.Krishnaswamy Iyengar
• Ha .Ma. Nayak and Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
• K. Gopalakrishnaraya
• Kannada Dramatist Sriranga
• Kannada Humorist M. Sivaram (Ra.Shi)
• Kannada Playwright and Publisher G.B. Joshi
• Kannada Poet DVG
• Kannada Poet M. Akbar Ali
• Kannada Poet Su. Ram. Ekkundi
• Kannada Researcher and Writer Sham. Ba. Joshi
• Kannada Scholar T.S. Venkannayya
• Kannada Writer T.N.Srikantaiah
• Kannada Writer B.G.L. Swamy
• Kannada Writer Prabhushankar
• Kannada Writer Na. D'Souza
• Kannada Writer Sumatindra Nadig
• Kannada writer Prof. B.G.L. Swamy
• Keertinath Kurtkoti (1925-2003)
• Krishnakumar Kallur
• Lalita Ramanna
• N.S. Gadagkar
• P. G. Halakatti
• P.V. Acharya (Pavem)
• Panje Mangesh Rao (1874-1937)
• Portrait of Gangadhar Chittal (1923-1987)
• Portrait of Girish Karnad
• Portrait of Dinakara Desai
• Portrait of M. Chidananda Murthy
• Portrait of G. S. Shivarudrappa
• Portrait of Prof. A. N . Murthy Rao
• Portrait of M. K. Indira
• Portrait of A. K. Ramanujan
• Portrait of Mirji Annaraya
• Portrait of Geeta Kulkarni
• Portrait of Poet D.S. Karki
• Portrait of Chandrashekhar Kambar
• Portrait of M. Govind Pai
• Portrait of H.V. Savithramma
• Portrait of Shantadevi Kanavi
• Portrait of Kannada Poet K.S. Narasimha Swamy
• Portrait of Mirji Annaraya
• Portrait of T.P. Kailasam
• Portrait of Kannada Researcher S. M. Joshi
• Portrait of Prof. V.K. Gokak
• Portrait of Prof. A. N. Moorthy Rao
• Portrait of Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy
• Portrait of B.M. Srikantaiah
• Prahlad Naregal
• Prof. B.G.L. Swamy
• Prof. G. Varadaraja Rao
• Prof. G.S. Amur
• Prof. Gopalakrishna Adiga
• Prof. M.V. Seetharamiah at his Residence
• Prof. M.V. Seetaramiah -- Kannada scholar
• Pu. Ti. Narasimhachar
• Ranganath Diwakar
• S.S. Malwad
• Sali Ramachandra Rao
• Shankar Mokashi Punekar (1928-2004)
• Shantinath Desai (1929 - 1998)
• Shivaram Karanth
• Siddavanahalli Krishna Sharma
• Sundar Nadakarni
• Those Who Saved Kannada
• Vasant Kavali (1932-1988)
• Writer and Activist Shanta Nagaraj
• Writer H.K. Ranganath
• Writer Poornachandra Tejasvi
• Writer S.V. Ranganna
• Yashwant Chittal

Biographies and Photo Albums of Kannada Writers

• Archaeologist P. B. Desai
• Builders of Modern Karnataka
• D.V. Gundappa
• Freedom Fighters of Karnataka
• G.B. Joshi Picture Album
• Genius D.R. Bendre
• Goruru Picture Album
• Kannada Literary Journalists
• Karnad Sadashiv Rao
• Kuvempu Picture Album
• Narayan S. Rajpurohit
• Nittur Srinivasa Rao
• Novelist S.L. Bhyrappa
• Panje Mangesh Rao
• Rao Bahadur Deshpande
• Rashtrakavi M. Govind Pai
• Remembering Dinakar Desai
• Remembering Alur Venkat Rao
• Shamba Joshi
• Biography: Kota Shivaram Karanth
• A Tribute To G.B.Joshi

See Also:

• Jai Karnataka -- Potpourri of topics on Karnataka's history, people, folklore and arts. Includes sub-sections on Mysore, Karavali, and North Karnataka.
• Modern Kannada Writers & Poets