Kannada:Kota Shivarama Karanth (1902-97): Novels include Chomana Dudi (Choma’s Drum). Balachandran Nimade—Marathi: Dilip Chitre (b.1938): Best known for his experimentalist poetry.Nirmal Verma—HindiAgyeya (S.H. Vatsyayan) (1911-87): Poet, essayist, novelist.Sunil Gangopadhyay—Bengali:Samaresh Basu (1924-88): His novels include Mahakaler Rather Ghora (The Chariot Horse of Eternal Time) about the Naxalite movement.TamilSundara Ramaswamy: A pathbreaker in Tamil fiction, his novels include Sila Kurippukal (Some Notes).M.T. Vasudevan Nair—MalayalamVaikom Muhammad Basheer (1910-94): His Balyakalasakhi (Childhood Friend) is considered the greatest novella in Malayalam.