List of Kannada-language poets

A

• Gopalakrishna Adiga
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed
• Amoghavarsha
• U. R. Ananthamurthy
• Kappe Arabhatta
• Asaga (9th century)

B

• Basavanna
• D. R. Bendre
• S.L.Bhairappa

C

• Chamarasa
• Chikkupadhyaya
• Gangadhar V. Chittal

D

• Kanaka Dasa
• Purandara Dasa
• Dinakara Desai
• Devanur Mahadeva

E

• Subbanna Ekkundi

G

• Gangadevi
• D. V. Gundappa

I

• Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

J

• Janna

K

• Gourish Kaikini
• Chandrashekhara Kambara</li>
• Girish Karnad
• Shivarama Karanth
• Kuvempu
• Jayant Kaikini

M

• Akka Mahadevi

N

• Nagavarma I
• Nagavarma II
• K. S. Narasimhaswamy

P

• M. Govinda Pai
• Adikavi Pampa
• Sri Ponna
• Allama Prabhu

R

• Raghavanka
• Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
• Rajasekhara
• Ranna
• A. N. Murthy Rao
• Samethanahalli Rama Rao
• Rudrabhatta

S

• Mamta Sagar
• Sarvajna
• Shishunala Sharif
• Shivakotiacharya
• G. S. Shivarudrappa
• B. M. Srikantaiah
• T. N. Srikantaiah

T

• Poornachandra Tejaswi
• Tirumalamba

V

• Kumara Vyasa
• Vyasatirtha

See also

• Kannada poetry