Kannada literature

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Kannada literature is the body of writing in the Kannada language, encompassing a rich tradition of poetry, prose, and drama from ancient to modern times in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
regional literature of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalContext Dravidian culture ⓘ
Lingayat movement ⓘ
linked to: Lingayatism

Vaishnava bhakti movement ⓘ
earliestEvidenceCentury 9th century ⓘ
hasAward Jnanpith Award recipients in Kannada ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada ⓘ
hasClassicalStatus recognized as classical language literature by Government of India ⓘ
hasEvent Kannada Sahitya Sammelana ⓘ
hasGenre Vachana literature ⓘ
linked to: Vachanas

bandaya literature ⓘ
bhakti literature ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ
dalit literature ⓘ
drama ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
essay ⓘ
folk literature ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
navodaya movement literature ⓘ
navya movement literature ⓘ
navya-navyottara literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasInstitution Kannada Sahitya Parishat ⓘ
hasModernTheme caste and social justice ⓘ
environment and ecology ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
gender and feminism ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Akka Mahadevi ⓘ
Allama Prabhu ⓘ
Anita Nair (Kannada works and translations) ⓘ
Basavanna ⓘ
Bendre ⓘ
Devanur Mahadeva ⓘ
Girish Karnad ⓘ
Harihara ⓘ
Jayant Kaikini ⓘ
K. S. Nissar Ahmed ⓘ
Kumara Vyasa ⓘ
Kuvempu ⓘ
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar ⓘ
Pampa ⓘ
Ponna ⓘ
Poornachandra Tejaswi ⓘ
Raghavanka ⓘ
Ranna ⓘ
S. L. Bhyrappa ⓘ
Sarvajna ⓘ
Shivarama Karanth ⓘ
U. R. Ananthamurthy ⓘ
Vaidehi ⓘ
hasNotableWork Adi Purana ⓘ
Kavirajamarga ⓘ
Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga ⓘ
Mricchakatika (Kannada adaptations) ⓘ
Pampa Bharata ⓘ
Pampa Ramayana ⓘ
Sri Ramayana Darshanam ⓘ
Vachanas of Akka Mahadevi ⓘ
linked to: Vachanas

Vachanas of Allama Prabhu ⓘ
linked to: Vachanas

Vachanas of Basavanna ⓘ
linked to: Vachanas

Vikramarjuna Vijaya ⓘ
hasPeriod Middle Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature

Modern Kannada literature ⓘ
Old Kannada literature ⓘ
hasScriptEvolution from Kadamba script to modern Kannada script ⓘ
hasTranslationActivity extensive translations from English ⓘ
extensive translations from Sanskrit ⓘ
influencedBy Hindu bhakti traditions ⓘ
Jain philosophy ⓘ
Prakrit literature ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
Veerashaiva philosophy ⓘ
modernist European literature ⓘ
language Kannada ⓘ
primaryRegion Karnataka ⓘ
recognizedBy Sahitya Akademi ⓘ
timeDepth over one thousand years ⓘ
writingSystem Kannada script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuvempu → fieldOfWork → Kannada literature ⓘ
Shivarama Karanth → fieldOfWork → Kannada literature ⓘ
Telugu literature → influencedBy → Kannada literature ⓘ
Hoysalas → patronage → Kannada literature ⓘ
Tuluva dynasty → culturalSphere → Kannada literature ⓘ
Parva → culturalContext → Kannada literature ⓘ
Nele → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Vikramarjuna Vijaya → partOf → Old Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature
Tantu → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
K. S. Nissar Ahmed → fieldOfWork → Kannada literature ⓘ
Ambikatanayadatta → associatedWith → Navodaya movement in Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature
Ambikatanayadatta → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Naku Tanti → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Gari → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Sakhigeeta → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Divya → culturalContext → Kannada literature ⓘ
Malegalalli Madumagalu → belongsToLiterature → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kannada literature → hasPeriod → Middle Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature
Muddu Krishna → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Western Chalukya period → literaryActivity → Jain Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature
Satyashraya → patronage → Kannada literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Chalukya king Satyashraya
Kannada people → associatedWith → Kannada literature ⓘ
Vachanas → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Uluka → isMediumOf → Kannada literature ⓘ
Satyabhama → languageTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Gunavarma → literaryTradition → Old Kannada literature ⓘ
linked to: Kannada literature
Nissar Ahmed → culturalSphere → Kannada literature ⓘ
Nityotsava → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Manasu Gandhi Bazaar → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu → literaryCulture → Kannada literature ⓘ
Navya movement → field → Kannada literature ⓘ
Chandrashekhara Kambara → fieldOfWork → Kannada literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Chandrashekhara
Sirisampige → associatedWith → Kannada literature ⓘ
Jokumaraswamy → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Vikramaditya VI → patronOf → Kannada literature ⓘ
Jayant Kaikini → culturalContext → Kannada literature ⓘ
Gadag → hasCulturalTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kolalu → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kannada renaissance → mainSubject → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kavirajamarga → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga
Harihara → literaryTradition → Kannada literature ⓘ
Sarvajna → culture → Kannada literature ⓘ
Kota Shivarama Karanth → influenced → Kannada literature ⓘ