Dr IM Muthanna Dr IM Muthanna in his Youth
Dr. I. M. Muthanna was a noted Indian writer, scholar and translator; he wrote in English, Kannada and Kodava takk and studied history, folklore and international studies.[1] [2] Kodagu into the Kodava (Coorg) community. He spent part of his later life in the US.
Some of the books that he wrote are listed below:
A tiny model state of South India (in 1953)[3] Indo-Ethiopian relations for centuries (in 1961)[4] Muttaṇṇana kavanagaḷu (Kannada anthology in 1962)[5] History of Karnataka: history, administration & culture (in 1962)[6] General Cariappa: (the first Indian commander-in-chief) (in 1964)[7] The Coorg memoirs (the story of the Kodavas): Muthanna speaks out (in 1971),[8] General Thimmayya (former: Chief of Army Staff, India; Chairman, N.N.R.C., Korea; Commander, U.N. Forces, Cyprus) (in 1972),[9] People of India in North America (part one) (in 1975),Karnataka, history, administration & culture (in 1977)[10] Tipu Sultan x'rayed (in 1980),[11] People of India in North America (United States, Canada, W. Indies, & Fiji): immigration history of East-Indians up to 1960 (in 1982),[12] Koḍava Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu : Koḍava takk nighaṇṭ (Kodava-Kannada dictionary in 1983),Mother Besant and Mahatma Gandhi (in 1986),[13] Kodavas & their gala "lela": Kodava folklores & songs (in 1987)[14] 
