Writers from Mysore

Indian writer (1906–2001)

Indian-American economist

Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He was the first Kannada writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.

Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist

Indian novelist.philosopher and screenwriter

Indian writer (1924–2004)

Indian linguist (1929-1993)

Indian economist

Indian lexicographer (1913–2021)

Vyāsatīrtha (), also called Vyasaraja or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the rajaguru of Vijayanagara Empire, Vyasatirtha was at the forefront of a golden age in Dvaita which saw new developments in dialectical thought, growth of the Haridasa literature under bards like Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa and an increased spread of Dvaita across the subcontinent. He himself composed many kīrtanas in Kannada and Sanskrit.

Indian anthropologist

Indian mathematician and academic (1943–2019)

Indian filmmaker (1933–1985)

Indian filmmaker (1917–2003)

Indian novelist

Indian journalist, film director and lyricist

Kannada author, newspaper editor, and publisher (1887–1982)

Indian writer

writer (1884–1946)

Indian critic, rationalist, translator

Indian photojournalist (1923–2009)

Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and conductor, having composed and written over 500 albums.

Indian film producer and director

Indian writer

Subramanyaraje Urs ( ; 1 january 1916), known by his pseudonym Chaduranga, was an Indian writer in Kannada language. He wrote four novels—Sarvamangala, Uyyale, Vaishakha, and Hejjala—and a few other short stories. Chaduranga directed the on-screen version of Sarvamangala in 1968 while Uyyale was made into a movie of same name in 1969.