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)