Gourish Kaikini (12 September 1912 – 14 November 2002) was a teacher and Kannada litterateur.
[4] Kaikini, who initially wrote in Marathi, started writing in Kannada in the latter part of the 1930s.
His popular works include Navamanavathavaada, Nasthika Mathu Devaru, Manovignanada Roopureshegalu, and Sathyarthi.
He was bestowed with the diamond jubilee award of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Vardhamana Prashasti, Sahitya Academy Award [citation needed], Karnatak University's honorary doctorate degree, Karnataka Rajyotstava Prashasti, Dr Sham Bha Forum Prashanti, Mangalore Sandesh Prashanti and Konkani Sahitya Prashasti for his Konkani work Meenakshi.
[4] Kaikini's major works include Navamanavathavaada, Nasthika Mathu Devaru, Manovignanada Roopureshegalu[5] and Sathyarthi.