Anupama Niranjana
Born	Venkatalakshmi 1934 (1934) Tirthahalli, India
Died	1991 (aged 56–57)
Occupation(s)	Doctor, writer
Spouse	Niranjana

Anupama Niranjana (1934–1991)^[1] was a doctor in India and writer of modern Kannada fiction and non-fiction.

She advocated the woman's point of view and was one among such writers in Kannada, which includes others like Triveni and M. K. Indira. Her novel Runamuktalu was made into a film by Puttanna Kanagal.^[2]

Born Venkatalakshmi, Anupama practiced as a physician in Dharwad and Bangalore. Anupama took to writing early in life and wrote several novels and stories dealing with social issues, particularly women's issue.^[3] She was married to the Kannada writer Niranjana, a novelist of the Progressive school of modern Kannada literature. Their daughters Tejaswini and Seemanthini are academics.

Anupama died of cancer.^{[citation needed]} An award has been instituted in her name for women writing in Kannada.^[4]

• Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award^{[citation needed]}
• Soviet Land Nehru Award^{[citation needed]}
• Kannada Rajyotsava