Chikkanayakanahalli Puttegowda Krishnakumar (nee Kunasingri)(born 8 April 1939), commonly known as C. P. Krishnakumar or CPK, is an Indian academic, writer, poet, folklorist, critic and translator in Kannada.

[1][2][3][4] CPK has published more than 100 literary works in different genres including poetry, criticism, translation.

[5] Krishnakumar was born on 8 April 1939 in Chikkanayakanahalli, a village in Mysore to Puttegowda and Chikkamma.

[5] CPK served as professor in Mysore University and became the director of the Institution for Kannada Studies.

His poem collections including Oladani, Nimage Nive Dikku based on the subjects of human relations and social conditions.