Poets/Writers From Karnataka
Total: 69
Mahmood Ayaz
1929 - 1997
Famous for his path-breaking literary magazine Saughaat.
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
Syed Ahmad Isar
2021
- Domicile : Bangalore
- Domicile : Mysore
Ghazanfar Iqbal
1978
Irfan Shah Noori
1972
Mohammad Ali Chikmagalur
1928 - 2020
- Born : Chikmagalur
- Domicile : Chikmagalur
- Died : Mysore
- Domicile : Gulbarga
Shafeeq Abidi
1958
Shaista Yusuf
1952
Zakira Shabnam
1973
- Domicile : Karnataka
- Domicile : Bijapur
Anil Thakkar
1934
- Domicile : Karnataka
Anwar Minai
1984
Poet and author, known for his experimentations in poetical genres
Daood Mohsin
1962
- Born : Davanagere
- Domicile : Davanagere
One of the contemporary short story writers
- Domicile : Bangalore
Halima Firdaus
1952
- Born : Andhra Pradesh
- Domicile : Bangalore
Hashmi Bijapuri
1635 - 1697
The first Rekhti poet (a form of Urdu poetry written in language of women) and author of masnavi ‘Yusuf Zelkha’.
Iqbal Asif
1949
Jauhar Timmapuri
1952 - 2016
Kavita Krishnamurthy
1980
Kavita Krishnamurthy is a playback singer of Indian origin. A winner of the Padma Shri, she is trained in Rabindra Sangeet and Hindustani classical music.
Khalish Rifai
1928 - 1978
Laiq Salah
1936
- Domicile : Gulbarga
Meer Mahmood Husain
1991
- Domicile : Bijapur
Mohsin Kamal
1941
Nasim Maysori
1839 - 1888
Qadeer Imtiyaz
1942
Qayyum Sadiq
1940
Qazi anwar
1975
Rafia Zainab
1995
