The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana () is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the Kannada language, its literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by H. V. Nanjundaiah and held at Bangalore. It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from 1915 to 1948. Since then it has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is responsible for holding the gathering.
Recently held
The 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Mandya in December 2024 was the recent event. After 30 years of gap, Mandya got the opportunity for the third time with Go. Ru. Channabasappa presiding the chair.
List of conferences No.DatePlacePresident 1st3–6 May 1915BangaloreH. V. Nanjundaiah2nd6–8 May 1916BangaloreH. V. Nanjundaiah3rd8–10 June 1917MysoreH. V. Nanjundaiah4th11–13 May 1918DharwadR. Narasimhachar5th6–8 May 1919HassanKarpur Srinivasa Rao6th20–21 June 1920HospetRodda Srinivasa Rao7th19–21 May 1921ChikmagalurK. P. Puttanna Chetty8th12–13 May 1922DavanagereM. Venkatakrishnaiah9th21–23 May 1923BijapurSiddhanti Shivashankara Shastry10th16–18 May 1924KolarH. Krishna Sastri11th9–11 May 1925BelgaumBenegal Rama Rau12th22–24 May 1926BallariPhakirappa Gurubasappa Halakatti13th19–21 May 1927MangaloreR. Thathacharya14th1–3 June 1928KalaburagiB. M. Srikantaiah15th12–14 May 1929BelgaumMasti Venkatesha Iyengar16th5–7 October 1930MysoreAluru Venkata Rao17th28–30 December 1931KarwarMuliya Timmappaiah18th28–30 December 1932MadikeriD. V. Gundappa19th29–31 December 1933HubliY. Nagesha Shashtry20th28–30 December 1934RaichurPanje Mangesh Rao21st26–28 December 1935MumbaiN. S. Subbarao22nd29–31 December 1937JamkhandiBellave Venkatanaranappa23rd29–31 December 1938BellaryR. R. Diwakar24th25–28 December 1939BelgaumMudaveedu Krishnarao25th27–29 December 1940DharwadY. Chandrashekhara Shastry26th27–29 December 1941HyderabadA. R. Krishnashastry27th26–28 January 1943ShimogaD. R. Bendre28th28–30 December 1944RabakaviS. S. Basavanala29th26–28 December 1945MadrasT. P. Kailasam30th7–9 May 1947HarapanahalliC. K. Venkataramaiah31st29–31 December 1948KasaragodT. T. Sharma32nd5–7 March 1949KalaburagiChannappa Uttangi33rd24–26 May 1950SollapurM. R. Srinivasamurthy34th26–28 December 1951MumbaiM. Govinda Pai35th16–18 May 1952BelurS. C. Nandimata36th26–28 December 1954KumtaV. Seetharamaiah37th10–12 June 1955MysoreK. Shivaram Karanth38th25–27 December 1956RaichurSriranga39th7–9 May 1957DharwadKuvempu40th18–20 January 1958BallariV. K. Gokak41st11–13 February 1960BidarD. L. Narasimhachar42nd27–29 December 1960ManipalA. N. Krishna Rao43rd27–29 December 1961GadagK. G. Kundanagara44th28–30 December 1963SiddagangaR. S. Mugali45th10–12 May 1965KarwarKadengodlu Shankara Bhat46th26–28 May 1967ShravanabelagolaA. N. Upadhye47th27–29 December 1970BangaloreJavare Gowda48th31 May–2 June 1971MandyaJayadevi Taayi Ligade49th11–13 December 1976ShimogaS. V. Ranganna50th23–25 April 1978DelhiG. P. Rajarathnam51st9–11 March 1979DharmasthalaGopalakrishna Adiga52nd7–10 February 1980BelgaumBasavaraj Kattimani53rd13–15 March 1981ChikmagalurP. T. Narasimhachar54th27–30 November 1981MadikeriShankara Bala Dixit Joshi55th23–26 December 1982SirsiGorur Ramaswamy Iyengar56th23–25 March 1984KaivaraA. N. Murthy Rao57th3–6 April 1985BidarH. M. Nayak58th29 October–1 November 1987KalaburagiSiddaiah Puranik59th16–18 February 1990HubliR. C. Hiremath60th28–30 November 1990MysoreK. S. Narasimhaswamy61st9–12 January 1992DavanagereG. S. Shivarudrappa62nd5–7 February 1993KoppalaSimpi Linganna63rd11–13 February 1994MandyaChaduranga64th3–5 June 1995MudholH. L. Nagegowda65th21–24 December 1996HassanChennaveera Kanavi66th11–14 December 1997MangaloreKayyar Kinhanna Rai67th11–14 February 1999KanakapuraS. L. Bhyrappa68th24–26 June 2000BagalkoteShantadevi Malavada69th15–17 February 2002TumkurU. R. Ananthamurthy70th7–9 March 2003BelgaumPatil Puttappa71st18–21 December 2003MoodabidriKamala Hampana72nd27–29 January 2006BidarShantharasa73rd20–23 December 2007ShimogaK. S. Nissar Ahmed74th12–15 December 2008UdupiL. S. Sheshagiri Rao75th4–6 February 2009ChitradurgaL. Basavaraju76th19–21 February 2010GadagaGeetha Nagabhushan77th4–6 February 2011BangaloreG. Venkatasubbaiah78th9–11 December 2011GangavatiC. P. Krishnakumar79th9–11 February 2013BijapurKo Channabasappa80th7–9 January 2014KodaguNa D'Souza81st31 January–3 February 2015ShravanabelagolaSiddalingaiah82nd2–4 December 2016RaichurBaraguru Ramachandrappa83rd24–26 November 2017MysoreChandrashekhar Patil84th4–6 January 2019DharwadChandrashekhara Kambara85th5–7 February 2020KalaburagiH. S. Venkateshamurthy86th23–25 January 2023HaveriDoddarangegowda87th20–22 December 2024Mandya Go. Ru. Channabasappa88thDecember 2025BallariBanu Mushtaq ()
See also Kannada Sahitya Parishat
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