- male, 77 years old
- Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, is a leading contemporary writer and critic in Kannada language and considered as one of the most important...
- male, 71 years old
- Girish Karnad (born May 19, 1938), is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest one among...
- male, deceased (1976)
- Viswanatha Satyanarayana (b. 10 September 1895- d. 18 October 1976), popularly known as the "Kavi Samraat" (Emperor of Poetry), was a modern Telugu...
- male, deceased (1982)
- Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri (1896-1982) was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets. He was born in Gorakhpur in a Kayastha family....
- male, 91 years old
- Govind Vinayak Karandikar, better known as Vinda Karandikar is a famous Marathi poet. He is the winner of the 39th Jnanpith Award, India's highest...
- male, deceased (1977)
- "'Sumitranandan Pant, socialist and humanist poems. Pant received Jnanpith Award for collection of his most famous poems, titled "Chidambara". He...
- male, deceased (1981)
- Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre was amongst the most famous of Kannada poets of the Navodaya Period and important contributor to the field of Marathi...
- male, deceased (1992)
- Vinayaka Krishna Gokak Kannada:ವಿನಾಯಕ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಗೊಕಾಕ್ (1909-1992) was a major writer in Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada lit...
- male, deceased (1999)
- Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (February 27 1912 - March 10 1999), popularly known in Maharashtra, India and in the larger Marathi community as...
- male, deceased (1978)
- G. Sankara Kurup, (born June 3, 1901, Nayathode, Kerala, India - February 2, 1978, Trivandrum, Kerala), better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet...
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