Poets/Writers From Karnataka
Total: 112
Mahmood Ayaz
1929 - 1997
Famous for his path-breaking literary magazine Saughaat.
Mujtaba Husain
1936 - 2020
Mujtaba Husain a prolific and critically acclaimed humourist in the field of Urdu literature. He was honored with the award of the much-coveted Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions to Urdu literature.
Qurbi Velori
1706 - 1769
- Born : Bijapur
- Domicile : Tamil Nadu
Hafiz Karnataki
1964
Hameed Almas
1935 - 2002
Khaleel Mamoon
1948
Prominent poet, recipient of Sahitya Academy award.
Mohammad Aazam
1941
Rahi Fidai
1949
- Domicile : Bangalore
Rahi Quraishi
1934
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Karnataka
Suleman Khumar
1944
Prominent poet and literary figure from South India
Ghufran Amjad
1959
Hameed Suharwardy
1947
Husna Sarwar
1939
Niyaz Gulbargavi
1924
- Born : Shimoga
Syed Ahmad Isar
2021
- Domicile : Bangalore
Syed Mohammad Abdullah
1906 - 1986
Ameer Nehtauri
1968
- Domicile : Mysore
Ghazanfar Iqbal
1978
Irfan Shah Noori
1972
- Born : Tamil Nadu
- Domicile : Bangalore
- Born : Karnataka
- Domicile : Maharashtra
Mohammad Ali Chikmagalur
1928 - 2020
- Born : Chikmagalur
- Domicile : Chikmagalur
- Died : Mysore
- Domicile : Gulbarga
Mohkam Abbas
1994
- Domicile : Bangalore
Sayyed Riyaz Raheem
1959
Shafeeq Abidi
1958
Shaista Yusuf
1952
Zakira Shabnam
1973
- Domicile : Karnataka
- Domicile : Bijapur
Ali Adil Shah Shahi 2nd
1638 - 1674
The eighth ruler of Bijapur kingdom, poet, calligrapher and painter
Anil Thakkar
1934
- Domicile : Karnataka
Anuradha Paudwal
1952
Anuradha Paudwal is a Indian playback vocalist who has in many languages like; Hindi, Marwari, Pahari, Marathi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Gujarati, Tami and others.
Anwar Minai
1984
Poet and author, known for his experimentations in poetical genres
Azizunnisa Naz
1932 - 2008
Bartar Madrasi
1924
Daood Mohsin
1962
- Born : Davanagere
- Domicile : Davanagere
One of the contemporary short story writers
Fahmeeda Begam
1938
