Works in Kannada

Poetry
Krishnakumari (1922)Mugilamallige (1961)
Gari (1932)Yaksha Yakshi (1962)
Moorthi mattu Kamakastoori (1934)Naku Tanti (1964)
Sakheegeeta (1937)Maryade (1966)
Uyyale (1938)Shrimata (1968)
NadaleeleBaa Hattara (1969)
Meghadoota (1943))Idu Nabhovani (1970)
Haadu Paadu (1946)Vinaya (1972)
Gangavatarana (1951)Matte Shravana Bantu (1973)
Krishnakumari mattu Haadu Paadu (1956)Olave Namma Badaku (1977)
Sooryapana (1956)Chaturokti (1978)
Hridayasamudra (1956)Paraki (1982)
Muktakantha (1956)Kavyavaikhari (1982)
Chaityalaya (1957)Balabodhe (1983)
Jeevalahari (1957)Ta Lekkaniki Ta Dauti (1983)
Aralu Maralu (1957)Chaitanyada Puje (1983)
Namana (1958)Pratibimbagalu (1987)
Sanchaya (1959)Shravana Pratibhe (1987)
Uttarayana (1960)Kuniyonu Baa (1990)

Drama

Tirukara Pidugu (1930)
Uddhara (1930)
Nageya Hoge (1931)
Hucchatagalu (1935)
Hosa Samsara mattu Itara Ekankagalu (1950)
Ambikatanayadatta Nataka Samputa (1982)

ShortStory : Essay

Nirabharanasundari (1940)

Criticism

Sahitya mattu Vimarshe (1937)
Sahityasamshodhana (1940)
Vicharamanjari (1945)
Kavi Lakshmishana Jaimini Bharatakke Munnudi (1954)
Maharashtra Sahitya (1959)
Kannada Sahityadalli Nalku Nayakaratnagalu (1968)
Matella Jyotu (1972)
Sahityada Viratsvaroopa (1974)
Kumaravyasa (1979)
Matadharma mattu Adhunika Manava (1979)

Edited Works

Nannadu Ee kannada Nadu (1928)
Hakki Haruthide (1930)
Chandrahasa (1948)
Hosagannada Kavyashree (1957)
Kanakadasa Chaturshatamanotsava Samsmarana - Samputa (1965)

Works in Other Languages and Translations

Work in English

A Theory of Immortality (1977)

Works in Marathi

Santa Mahantancha Poorna Shambhu Vitthal (1963)
Samvad (1965)
Vittala Sampradaya (1984)
Hosagannada Kavyashree (1957)
Shantala (1972)

Translations of Others' Works

Upanishadrahasya by R.D. Ranade (1923)
Bharatiya Navajanma " The Indian Renaissance" by Sri Aurobindo (1936)
Sri Aravindara Yoga Ashrama mattu Tatvopadesha (1947)
Kabira Vachanavali (1968)
Bhagnamoorthi Tr. of Anil's Marathi poem (1972)
Guru Govindasingh Tr. of Harbans Singh's book
Noorondu Kavanagalu Tr. of Tagore's poems ed. by Humayun Kabir

Secondary sources: Books about Bendre by others

English

Bendre: Poet and Seer, V.K.Gokak, Somaiya Publications, Bombay, 1970.
(Includes translations of Bendre's poems and also some poems written by Bendre in English.)

Four Strings, Selected translations from "Naku Tanti" by K. Raghavendra Rao et al, Kavyadhara Publications, Dharwad, 1974.

Modern Kannada Poetry, ed. by Channaveera Kanavi and K. Raghavendra Rao, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 1976.

The Peacock Smile, K. Raghavendra Rao, in Jnanapith Laureates of Karnataka, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bangalore, 1977.

Spring Fire, ed. by K. Raghavendra Rao et al, Amikatanayadattavedike, Dharwad and Purogami Sahitya Prakashana, Hubli, 1986.
(Contains original poems in English by Bendre and translations of his Kannada poems.)

Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, G.S.Amur, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1994.
(The first comprehensive introduction in English to his life and work. A MUST READ for those who want to get to know about Bendre but are unfamiliar with Kannada. Also contains several English translations of his poems.)

Kannada

Bendre Kavyavimamse, Shankar Mokashi-Punekar, Samaj Pustakalaya, Dharwad, 1962

Bhringada Benneri, Kirtinath Kurtakoti, Manohara Grantha Mala, Dharwad, 1975

Bendre Kavya, R.S. Mugali, Christ College, Bangalore, 1986.

Bendreyavara Kavyada Vibhinna Nelegalu, Sumatheendra Nadig, Suvidya Prakashana, Bangalore, 1986.

Bendre Jeevana Parichaya, Vaman Bendre, Ambikatanayadatta Vedike, Dharwad, 1990.

Bendreyavara Kavya, M. Gopalakrishna Adiga, Christ College, Bangalore, 1991.

Bhuvanada Bhagya: Bendre Sahitya Samikshe, G. S. Amur, Sneha Prakashana, Bangalore, 1991.
(winner of the Bharatiya Basha Parishat award for 1991.)

Bendre Kavyadalli Adhyathmika Nele Mathu Arsha Drushti, K.S. Narayanacharya, Srimata Prakashana, Sadhanakeri, Dharwad 1997.

Almost all of the above information is from G.S. Amur's book.

Availability of Books

 (The following information is for those outside India, esp. in the U.S.)

The time tested method is to buy Kannada books during your trips to India. Or pain your friends into buying some for you when they go to India. An extract from Kulki's Sahitya pages gives you a small list of bookstores in Karnataka.
Following are a handfull of places where you can buy the kannaDa books (there are a lot more....)
Some publishers whome you can contact to get the books directly.....

The Northern California Kannada Koota has an excellent library of it's own. Encourage your local Kannada organization to set up a library and get loads of Bendre's works!

Surprisingly, some public and university libraries in the U.S. with a large Asia collection also have some of Bendre's works. Information on how to find South Asia books is available among the SASIALIT pages maintained by Prentiss Riddle. It also gives information on how to search several online catalogs.
Just for reference, here is a list of books by and about Bendre available in the Cornell University Library:


  1994  Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre               Amur, G. S
  1993  Panta aura Bendre ki kavya cetana	    Bhatta, Ti Ara
  1986  Spring fire : an anthology of Bendre's	    Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1974  D. R. Bendre's Four strings : selections    Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1970  Bendre: poet and seer                       Gokak, Vinayak Krishna
  1966  Gari : Kavana sankalana                     Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1966  Maryade                                     Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1964  Gangavatarana                               Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1964  Naku tanti, kavana sangraha                 Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1963  Kannada Meghaduta                           Bendre, Dattatreya Ram
  1962  Sri Bendre                                  Mokashi-Punekar, Shank
  1962  Yaksa-yaksi                                 Bendre, Dattatreya Ram