C. P. Krishnakumar

C. P. Krishnakumar
Born (1939-04-08) April 8, 1939
Chikkanayakanahalli, K. R. Nagara, Mysore, Karnataka
Pen nameCPK
Occupation
  • Professor
  • researcher
  • poet
  • scholar
  • writer
  • critic
LanguageKannada
Alma materMysore University
Genre
  • Poetry
  • research
  • criticism
Subject
  • Kannada literature
  • Social life

Chikkanayakanahalli Puttegowda Krishnakumar (nee Kunasingri)(born 8 April 1939), commonly known as C. P. Krishnakumar or CPK, is an Indian academic, writer, poet, folklorist, critic and translator in Kannada. CPK has published more than 100 literary works in different genres including poetry, criticism, translation. He was the president at the 78th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Gangavati in 2011.