Yashwant Vithoba Chittal was a Kannada fiction writer born in Hanehalli, Uttara Kannada District

He completed his primary school education from his village school and his high school from the Gibbs High School, Kumta (1944).Later he did his Bachelors in science and Bachelors in technology both from Bombay University being a top ranker and gold medalist in the year 1955 and master's degree in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, United States, and simultaneously pursued a career in science and technology along with literature. His contributions in the field of Polymer Science and synthetic resins was well recognized and he was selected as Fellow of Plastics and Rubber Institute, London.

He is well know for his short stories as well as novels earning him Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, Sahitya Academy Award, Vardhamana Award, Adikavi Pampa Award etc