Who wrote the first Kannada drama 'Mitravinda Govinda'?

Q. Who wrote the first Kannada drama 'Mitravinda Govinda'?
Answer: Singaraya
Notes: Singaraya, a brother of Tirumalarya II, wrote Mitravinda Govinda (1680), the earliest available classical drama in Kannada. It is a play inspired by the Sanskrit drama Ratnavali ("Pearl necklace") by King Harsha of Kannauj.

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