His famous translations include the series on Kenneth Anderson's hunting expeditions and Henri Charrière's Papillon.

Tejaswi has translated a number of English books to Kannada enriching the depth of Kannada literature.

Karvalo is one such novel where the author participates in an adventure of discovering a flying lizard in the dense forests of Western Ghats. One of the most popular writers in Kannada, Tejaswi's works have continued to remain popular, going into multiple prints and often topping reader's charts. Nature and incidents related to nature enjoy major roles in most of his works. Tejaswi has written in almost all forms of literature including poems, short stories, novels, travel literature, plays and science fiction. He was a keen learner of nature and his favourite pastime was to roam around in the forests of western ghats. Apart from literature he was actively involved in painting, photography and philosophy. After completion of his education from Maharaja College of Mysore, one among the top colleges in India, due to his interests in nature and farming, he moved to Mudigere taluk of Chikmagalur District after buying a coffee estate. Tejaswi received best story award in the competition held by Prajavani Kannada newspaper on the occasion of Deepavali, for his first short story 'Linga Banda', a look at the rainy Western Ghats from the eye of a boy. Although he was the son of Kuvempu, he came out of his father's shadow and established his own image at an early age. Tejaswi was born on 8 September 1938 in Kuppali in Shimoga district of Karnataka. His distinctive style of writing is credited with heralding a new era in Kannada literature. He is the son of noted Kannada poet Kuvempu.Īt early stages of his writing career, Tejaswi wrote poems but later concentrated on short stories, novels and essays. He made a great impression in the Navya ('new') period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the Bandaaya Saahitya genre of protest literature with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu.

He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007 ) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. Jugari Cross, Karvalo, Chidambara Rahasya, Millennium Series Writer, novelist, farmer, photographer, ornithologist, painter, polymath Kuppalli, Princely State of Mysore, British India

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