(topics: grammar, linguistics, Jain and Virashaiva philosophy, geology, agriculture, politics) Siddhanti Velanada Subramanya Shastri Siddhanti Shivakumara Shastri Srinivasa Nagasharma Dakshinamurthy Shastri Padmaraja Bhramasuri Ramanathapuram Raguraya S. N. Narasimhaiah Doddabele Narayana Shastri – commentary on Jaimini Bharatha, Sundarakhanda, translations of Kalidasa works 20th-century Kannada Bidare Ashwatha Narayana shastri (Dhammapada) B. Puttiah (printing technology) Panyam Sudarashastri (a translation of Bhasa Dharma) S.K. Nasasimhaiya (biography of Magadi Kempe Gowda) Toppulu Raghavacharya (translation of commentary on Gita) Mahant desika (Yakshagana composition) Balasaraswati (first detective novel) Mahadevaswamy (nicknamed Abhinava Allama) Pt. Shivakumar Swamy Siddalingaswamy of Beli Matha Nanjundaswamy of Guruvanna Matha Pt. B. Shivamurty Shastri 20th-century Sanskrit Keerthanakaras Singeri NarasimhaShastri M. Lakshminarasimha Shastri Varada Desikachar Jaggu Vakulabhushana Rariapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma Motaganahalli Subramanya Shastri 20th-century harikathe dasaru Gururajulu Naidu Sant Keshava Das Bhadragiri Achuth Das Malur Sonnappa Muiratnam Mudaliar Modern Kannada poets, scholars and writers Sahitya Academy Awardees 1955 Kuvempu (K. V. Puttappa) Sri Ramayana Darsanam (epic) 1956 R. S. Mugali Kannada Sahitya Charitre (history of literature) 1958 D. R. Bendre Aralu-Maralu (poetry) 1959 K. Shivaram Karanth Yakshagana Bayalata (a treatise on folk-drama) 1960 'Vinayaka' (V. K. Gokak) Dyava-Prithvi (poetry) 1961 A. R. Krishnashastry Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra (a critical study) 1962 Devudu Narasimha Sastri Mahakshatriya (novel) 1964 B. Puttaswamayya Kranti-Kalyana (novel) 1965 S. V. Ranganna Ranga Binnapa (philosophical reflections) 1966 P. T. Narasimhachar Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu (musical plays) 1967 D. V. Gundappa Shrimad Bhagavadgita Tatparya Athava Jivanandharmayoga (philosophical expositions) 1968 'Srinivasa' (Masti Venkatesha Iyengar) Sannakathegalu (12–13) (short stories) 1969 H. Tipperudraswamy Karnataka Samskriti Sameekshe (cultural study) 1970 S. B. Joshi Karnataka Samskritiya Poorva Peethike (cultural study) 1971 Adya Rangacharya Kalidasa (literary criticism) 1972 S. S. Bhoosnurmath Shoonyasampadaneya Paramarshe (commentary) 1973 V. Sitaramiah Aralu Baralu (poetry) 1974 Gopalakrishna Adiga Vardhamaana (poetry) 1975 S. L. Bhyrappa Daatu (novel) 1975 L. Gundappa Translations from Tamil, Sanskrit to Kannada 1976 M. Shivaram Mana Manthana (psychiatric studies) 1977 K. S. Narasimhaswamy Tereda Baagilu (poetry) 1978 B. G. L. Swamy Hasuru Honnu (travelogue) 1979 A. N. Murthy Rao Chitragalu Patragalu 1980 Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Americadalli Goruru (travelogue) 1981 Chennaveera Kanavi Jeewa Dhwani (poetry) 1982 Chanduranga Vyshakha (novel) 1983 Yashwant Chittal Katheyaadalu Hudugi (short stories) 1984 G. S. Shivarudrappa Kavyartha Chintana (literary criticism) 1985 T. R. Subba Rao Durgaasthamaana (novel) 1986 Vyasaraya Ballal Bandaaya (novel) 1987 K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi Chidambara Rahasya (novel) 1988 Shankar Mokashi Punekar Avadheshwari (novel) 1989 H. M. Nayak Samprati (belles lettres) 1990 Devanur Mahadeva Kusuma