Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989) was an Indian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

. The majority of his works are written in the

Kannada language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, an ...

. He became popular for his novels ''Kaadu'' (1972), ''Parasangada Gendethimma'' (1978) and ''Bhujangayyana Dasavataragalu'' (1982), all of which were adapted into films.

Short stories

* Tapta * Geejagana Goodu * Finix * Samagra Kathegalu * Srikrishna Aalanahalli Sahitya Vachike — Ed: Vivek Shanbhag

Poetry

* Mannina Haadu * Kaadu Gidada Haadu Paadu * Dogri Pahaadi Premageetegalu

Novels

* ''Kaadu/ಕಾಡು'' * ''Parasangada Gendethimma'' * ''Bujangayyana Dashavataragalu'' * ''Gode'' (sequel to ''Kaadu'')

Film adaptations of his work

* ''Kaadu'' (1973) * '' Parasangada Gendethimma'' (1979) * ''Geejagana Goodu'' (1975) * ''Kurubara Lakkanoo Elizebheth Raaniyoo'' (1976) * ''

Rosappu Ravikkaikari ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language historical romance film directed by Devaraj–Mohan. A remake of the 1978 Kannada film ''Parasangada Gendethimma'', itself based on Srikrishna Alanahalli's novella of th ...

'' (1979) * '' Kannil Theriyum Kathaikal'' (1980) * '' Bhujangayyana Dashavathara'' (1988)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alanahalli, Srikrishna 1947 births 1989 deaths Indian male novelists People from Mysore district 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Karnataka Novelists from Karnataka 20th-century Indian male writers