Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. He is best known for Manku Thimmana Kagga, a collection of verses.
D.V.G has wrtitten several books relating to Poetry, Drama, Essays. He has translated several Shakespeare plays and other Greek plays to Kannada. He has also wrtitten Umarana osage, a translation of poems of Omar Khayyam in Kannada.
He received Kendra Sahitya Academy award. for his work ' Srimad BhagavadGeeta Tatparya' He was also awarded Padmabhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 1974.