K. S. Narasimhaswamy (26 January 1915 – 27 December 2003) was an Indian poet in the Kannada language. His most popular collection of poems Mysooru Mallige has seen more than thirty two reprints and is sometimes given to newly married couples in Karnataka. Narasimhaswamy has won the Sahitya Akademi Award and Kannada sahitya Academy Award.

Works
His romantic love poems, inspired by Robert Burns (whose work he translated to Kannada as Robert Burnsna Premageetegalu) were unique to the language at the time when most Kannada poetry dealt with nature and the natural world.

Publications
Poetry collections
Mysooru Mallige (1942)
Ungura (1942)
Airaavatha (1945)
Deepada Malli (1947)
Iruvanthige (1952)
Shilaalathe (1958)
Maneyinda Manege (1960)
Tereda Baagilu (1976)
Navapallava (1983)
Malligeya Maale (1986,2004)
Dundu Mallige (1993)
Navila Dani (1999)
Sanje Haadu (2000)
Kaimarada Nelalalli (2001)
Ede Thumba Nakshtra (2002)
Mounadali Maatha Hudukutha (2003)
Deepa Saalina Naduve (2003)
Haadu-Hase (A Collection of songs) (2003)
Ikkala
Translations
Media (1966)
Robert Burns Kaviya kelavu Premageetegalu (1997)
Kelavu Chinee Kavanagalu (1997)
Prose
Maariya Kallu (1942)
Upavana (1958)
Damayanthi (1960)
Sirimallige (1990)