Chandrashekhar Patil
- Noted Kannada poet Chandrashekar Patil popularly known as "Champa" has passed away on 10 January 2022.
- He was considered one of the foremost voices of the progressive literary ‘Bandaya movement’ that sought to make poetry a weapon against social and economic injustice.
- Patil was a recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1989 and the Karnataka state government's Pampa Award in 2009.
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