Kuvempu
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Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, 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.
Kuvempu's ancestral house in Kuppali
Kuvempu's memorial in Kavishaila, Kuppali
Kuvempu on a 2017 stamp of India
Kannada literature
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Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script.
Old-Kannada inscription dated 578 CE (Badami Chalukya dynasty) outside Badami cave temple no.3
The Halmidi inscription, usually dated to the fifth century, is the earliest example of written Kannada.
Kannada poetry on stone–7th century Kappe Arabhatta inscription
Inscribed handwriting of 10th-century poet Ranna reads Kavi Ratna (gem among poets) in Shravanabelagola