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Akilan P.V. |
(1922-1988) Tamil writer and Jnanapeeth award winner. Works include Chittirappavai & Kayalvizhi
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Anand Mulk Raj |
(1905-) Indian writer and critic. English works include Coolie & Seven Summers
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Annadurai C.N. |
(1909-1969) Thinker and Leader of Tamil Nadu. Founder of the D.M.K. Party. Also an eminent Tamil writer
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Ashapurna Devi |
(1909-) Bengali writer and Jnanapeeth awardee
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Banabhatta |
(7th century) Sanskrit scholar and writer of Harshavadhana's biography, Harsha Charita. Kadambari is another famous work.
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Bharat Muni |
(5th Century) Sanskrit scholar and writer of treatise on Dance the Natyashastra
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Gupta Maithilisaran |
(1886-1964) Hindi poet and accomplished writer. Bharata Bharati, Saaket are primary works
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Kallarasa |
Kannada writer of 15th century credited with the erotic work Janavashya
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Lankesh Patrike |
A popular Kannada language tabloid started by writer P. Lankesh in 1979. It rediculed Indian caste and political systems.
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Mappilai Varghese |
Malayalam writer and litterateur; founder of Malayala Manorama
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Masti Venkatesh Iyengar |
Kannada short story writer; Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Madakari Nayaka
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Menon V.K. Krishna |
(1896-1974) A distinguished parliamentarian; Writer and orator; represented India at the U.N.
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Munshi Prem Chand |
(1880-1936) Hindi and Urdu writer; considered as father of modern Hindi social fiction; works include Godan, Nirmala and Sevasadan
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Narayan R.K. |
(1906-2001) Indian writer in English; Popular works include Malgudy Days & Swamy and friends; brother of Laxman R.K.
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Puttappa K. V. |
Popular Kannada poet and writer; Jnanapeeth award winner; works include Sri Ramayana Darshanam, Kanooru Heggaditi
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Shivaram Karanth |
Accomplished writer; dancer, novelist, environmentalist and educator; Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Mookajjiya Kanasugalu, Hucchu Hareyada Hadinaru Mukha
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Thakazhi Shivashankar Pillai |
(1915-1999) Malayalam writer and Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Kayar, Chemmeen, Rantitangazhi
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Vatsyayana |
Writer of the famous treatise on love, the Kamasutra. 1st Century A.D (?)
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Viswanatha Satyanarayana |
(1895-1976) Telugu writer and poet; awardee of Jnanapeeth, known as a writer in rigid classical style.
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Vyasa |
Ancient Indian sage and writer of the epic Mahabharata; son of Parasar and Satyavati
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