ದೀಪಾ ಜೋಶಿ | Deepa Joshi
ಧಾರವಾಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದ ಡಾ. ದೀಪಾ ಜೋಶಿ ಅವರು ಸದ್ಯ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಿವಾಸಿ. ಅನೇಕ ಖ್ಯಾತ ಮಾಸಿಕ, ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಯಮಿತವಾಗಿ ಲೇಖನ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಉತ್ಠಾನ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಸ್ಫರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಬಹಿಮಾನ ಪಡೆದ ಕತೆಗಾರ್ತಿ ಅವರು. ಬದುಕು ಬಣ್ಣ ಮೊದಲ ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನ. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಸಂಕಲನ ಕಸಾಪ ದತ್ತಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಗಳಿಸಿದೆ.
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ಡಾ| ಗಜಾನನ ಶರ್ಮಾರವರು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ನಟ, ನಾಟಕಕಾರ, ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಹಿತಿಯು ಹೌದು. ವೃತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಪ್ರಸರಣ ನಿಗಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧೀಕ್ಷಕ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಹಲವಾರು ರಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಛಾಪನ್ನು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ’ಪುನರ್ವಸು’ ಇವರ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. 'ನಾಣಿ ಭಟ್ಟನ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದ ಕನಸು', 'ಗೊಂಬೆ ರಾವಣ', ಆಗ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಂದರಿ', 'ಹಂಚಿನಮನೆ ಪರಸಪ್ಪ', 'ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯ' ಮುಂತಾದ ಹತ್ತಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಾಟಕ, 'ಕನ್ನಂಬಾಡಿಯ ಕಟ್ಟದಿದ್ದರೆ', 'ದ್ವಂದ್ವ ದ್ವಾಪರ', 'ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಬೆಳಕಿನ ಹಿಂದೆ' ಮುಂತಾದ ನಾಟಕಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯನವರ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದ ಆತ್ಮಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ 'ನನ್ನ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದ ನೆನಪುಗಳು' ಎಂಬ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯಡಿ ಅನುವಾದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 'ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಾಟಕ ಮತ್ತು ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ' ಎಂಬ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಬಂಧಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹಂಪಿಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾ ಲಯದಿಂದ ಡಾಕ್ಟೋರೇಟ್ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಗೀತದ ಮೇರುಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಗರ್ತಿಕೆರೆ ರಾಘಣ್ಣನವರ ಬದುಕಿನ -
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S.L. Bhyrappa
Dr S.L. Bhyrappa is a litterateur par excellence. He writes in the south Indian language, Kannada, and has been the bestselling novelist for over 25 years now. His novels are widely translated to pan Indian languages. He is the bestselling novelist in Marathi over the past decade and is among the top-five bestselling authors in Hindi. He is a conscious artist that depicts fundamental human emotions in his novels. In addition to his profound knowledge of Indian philosophical and cultural traditions, Professor Bhyrappa has since his childhood had intense personal experiences in both rural and urban milieu. Consequently, his characters are deeply rooted in Indian soil. Seminars have been and are being held on his novels, and volumes of literar
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Kota Shivarama Karanth
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Shivaram Karanth was born on 10 October 1902, in Kota near Udupi in the Udupi district of Karnataka to a Kannada family.He was influenced by Gandhi's principles and took part in Indian Independence movement while he was in college. He did not complete his education and went to participate in the Non-cooperation movement and canvassed for -
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Yashwant Vithoba Chittal was a Kannada fiction writer born in Hanehalli, Uttara Kannada District
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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.
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
ಗಜಾನನ ಶರ್ಮ | Gajanana Sharma
ಡಾ| ಗಜಾನನ ಶರ್ಮಾರವರು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ನಟ, ನಾಟಕಕಾರ, ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಹಿತಿಯು ಹೌದು. ವೃತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಪ್ರಸರಣ ನಿಗಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧೀಕ್ಷಕ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಹಲವಾರು ರಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಛಾಪನ್ನು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ’ಪುನರ್ವಸು’ ಇವರ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. 'ನಾಣಿ ಭಟ್ಟನ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದ ಕನಸು', 'ಗೊಂಬೆ ರಾವಣ', ಆಗ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಂದರಿ', 'ಹಂಚಿನಮನೆ ಪರಸಪ್ಪ', 'ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯ' ಮುಂತಾದ ಹತ್ತಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಾಟಕ, 'ಕನ್ನಂಬಾಡಿಯ ಕಟ್ಟದಿದ್ದರೆ', 'ದ್ವಂದ್ವ ದ್ವಾಪರ', 'ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಬೆಳಕಿನ ಹಿಂದೆ' ಮುಂತಾದ ನಾಟಕಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯನವರ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದ ಆತ್ಮಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ 'ನನ್ನ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದ ನೆನಪುಗಳು' ಎಂಬ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯಡಿ ಅನುವಾದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 'ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಾಟಕ ಮತ್ತು ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ' ಎಂಬ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಬಂಧಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹಂಪಿಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾ ಲಯದಿಂದ ಡಾಕ್ಟೋರೇಟ್ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಗೀತದ ಮೇರುಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಗರ್ತಿಕೆರೆ ರಾಘಣ್ಣನವರ ಬದುಕಿನ -
M.R. Dattathri
M. R. Dattathri is a bilingual novelist, poet, translator, and columnist from Bengaluru, India.
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After spending three decades as a senior IT professional in India and the US, he transitioned full-time to literature, publishing in both Kannada and English.
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Caroline Wahl
Caroline Wahl (born 1995 in Mainz) is a German author. Her debut novel, 22 Bahnen, was published in April 2023 by DuMont Buchverlag. After her school days, she studied German studies and German literature in Tübingen and Berlin. After that and among other things, she worked as a publishing assistant of the Diogenes Verlag in Zürich. Her love of the sea led her to Northern Germany in 2022 where she worked for a communications agency in Rostock. Since the success of her debut novel, she lives as an independent author in the Hansestadt.
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