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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In most of his novels, short stories, and essays, Desai explores the challenges of a changing society and its drift from traditional values. His first novel, Mukti (1961), narrates the protagonist's quest for an independent identity, liberation from the influence of a friend and his infatuation with the friend's sister. The second novel, Vikshepa (1971), tells the story of a village youth from northern Karnataka, who attempts to flee from his traditional environment by studying English in Bombay and later relocating to England. He was one of the best known writers in the genre of short stories in Kannad -
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Guruji wrote around 135 books and about 73 books have been published and almost all these books can be considered literature for children. His most well-known work in Marathi literature include Śhyamchi Aai which has been translated in almost all the Indian languages as well as in Japanese and English. The others include 'Bhāratiya Saṃskṛti' (Marathi: भारतीय संस्कृति; Indian Culture) and Patri- the collection of various songs and poems.
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श्री ना पेंडसेंचा जन्म ५ जानेवारी १९१3 मध्ये रत्नागिरी जिल्ह्य़ातील मुर्डी या गावी झाला. १९२४ मध्ये पेंडसे मुंबईला स्थायिक झाले ते कायमचे. वयाच्या ११ व्या वर्षांपर्यंत त्यांनी जो कोकण पाहिला होता, आपल्या मनात साठवला होता, त्यावर ते आयुष्यभर लिहीत राहिले. मग तो साकव असेल, व्याघ्रेश्वराचे देऊळ असेल, किंवा नारळी-पोफळीच्या बागा असतील. त्या त्यांच्या भावविश्वाचा अतूट भाग झालेल्या होत्या. श्री. ना. पेंडसेंना खाजगीत शिरूभाऊ म्हणत. खाजगीतील (कौटुंबिक) हे नाव त्यांच्या मित्रमंडळीत आणि पुढे लेखनाच्या क्षेत्रातही रूढ झाले. त्यांच्या नावाचा उल्लेख साहित्य प्रांतातही ‘पेंडसे’ असा होण्याऐवजी ‘शिरूभाऊ’ असाच होत होता, याची प्रचीती ‘श्री. ना. पेंडसे : लेखक आणि माणूस’ या त्यांच्या आत्मचरित्रातूनही येते.
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Prof. who is a senior scholar and speaker. K.S. Narayanacharya was originally from Kanakanahalli in Bangalore district (now Kanakapura).
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Father: K.N. Srinivas Desikachar.
Mother: Ranganayakamma. He belongs to a family of Vedic scholars. B.Sc from Maharaja College, Mysore. graduates. After B.A. Graduated with Honors and Masters in Modern English Literature. Completed this Ph.D in W.B. Yates and T.S. Studied Indian culture on Eliot's poetry.
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His novel "Zombi" (झोंबी) (meaning “fight against all odds”) won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990.The novel is an autobiographical story of a young boy, his loving mother,his life of utter poverty, and his eagerness to receive education.
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Kowshik Koodurasthe
ವೃತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸಹಾಯಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾಗಿರುವ ಕೌಶಿಕ್ ಕೂಡುರಸ್ತೆ ಅವರು ಮೂಲತಃ ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಸಕಲೇಶಪುರ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಕೂಡುರಸ್ತೆ ಗ್ರಾಮದವರು. ತಂದೆ-ಹೆಚ್.ಎಸ್. ತಮ್ಮೇಗೌಡ, ತಾಯಿ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಿಟ್ಯೂಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಏರೋನಾಟಿಕಲ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿರುವ ಅವರು ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ‘ಹೃದಯದ ಮಾತು’ ಇವರ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಕಟಿತ ಕವನ ಸಂಕಲನ.
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‘ಇಂತಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆತ್ಮೀಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯು ಇವರ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಪ್ರಕಟಿತ ಕೃತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಎರಡನೇ ಮುದ್ರಣವನ್ನು ಕಂಡಿದೆ. ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯು ‘ಬಹ್ರೇನ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಡಿಂಡಿಮ’ ಸಮಾರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಗ್ರಿಫಿನ್ಸ್ ಗುರುಕುಲ ಎಂಬ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಬಿಸಿನೆಸ್ ಕುರಿತಾದ ‘ಬಿಸಿನೆಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು’ ಹಾಗೂ ‘ಬಿಸಿನೆಸ್ ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರೂಪಣೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರು ‘ದಾನವ’ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹಾಯಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ‘ಆಟೋಶಂಕ್ರಿ’ ಎಂಬ ಕಿರುಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ಅನುಷ್ ಜನಿಸಿದ್ದು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ. ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸ ಹುಣಸೂರು, ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ. ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದಿಂದ ವಿದ್ಯುನ್ಮಾನ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂ.ಎಸ್ಸಿ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದಿರುವ ಇವರು ಕನ್ನಡಪ್ರಭಾ, ಸಾಧ್ವಿ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಜೀ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಾಹಿನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 15 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಮೃದಂಗ ವಾದನ ಕಲಿತ ಇವರು, ಅನೇಕ ಲಯವಾದ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನುಡಿಸಬಲ್ಲವರಾಗಿದ್ದು, ತಮ್ಮ ಗೆಳೆಯರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿರುವ 'ನಾವು' ಮತ್ತು 'ರಿದಂ ಅಡ್ಡ' ಬ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಂಗೀತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕೆಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ರಂಗ ಸಂಗೀತವನ್ನೂ ಮಾಡುತ್ತ ದೇಶಾದ್ಯಂತ ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅನುಗ್ರಹ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನವನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ಕೆ.ಪಿ. ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿ ಅವರ ಬರಹಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರೇರಿತರಾಗಿ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸೃಜಿಸುವೆಡೆಗೆ ಬಂದ ಅನುಷ್ರ ಈವರೆಗಿನ ಬರಹದ ಮೂಲವಸ್ತು ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಮೇ ಆಗಿದೆ. ಸಣ್ಣ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಕೌತುಕ ತೋರುತ್ತ, ಸದಾ ಊರಿಂದ ಊರಿಗೆ ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತ, ಹಾಡುತ್ತ, ಬರೆಯುತ್ತ ಇರುವ ಇವರು ಸದ್ಯ ಮಡದಿ ಡಾ. ಅನ -
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Slavomir Rawicz (Sławomir Rawicz) was a Polish Army lieutenant who was imprisoned by the Soviets after the German-Soviet invasion of Poland. In a ghost-written book called The Long Walk, he claimed that in 1941 he and six others had escaped from a Siberian Gulag camp and walked over 6,500 km (4,000 mi) south, through the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and the Himalayas to finally reach British India in the winter of 1942. In 2006, BBC released a report based on former Soviet records, including "statements" allegedly written by Rawicz himself, showing that Rawicz had been released as part of the 1942 general amnesty of Poles in the USSR and subsequently transported across the Caspian Sea to a refugee camp in Iran and that his escape to India never occu
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K.N. Ganeshaiah
Dr. K.N. Ganeshaiah is an agricultural scientist and professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He is also a novelist specializing in thrillers, and writes in the Kannada language.
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Education:
Ph. D. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, l983
M.Sc. (Agri.) in Genetics & Plant Breeding, UAS, Bangalore, l979
B.Sc (Agri.), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, l976.
Prof Ganeshaiah has pioneered a new style of writing novels and short stories in Kannada that seamlessly mixes facts and fiction in the form of thrillers. Through this style, his writings have captured a new generation of readers in Kannada contributing to the growth of story writing in Kannada.
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Srikrishna Alanahalli
Srikrishna Alanahalli was an Indian novelist and poet. The majority of his works are written in the Kannada language. He became popular for his novels Kaadu (1972), Parasangada Gendethimma (1978) and Bhujangayyana Dasavataragalu (1982)
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Kota Shivarama Karanth
Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence"by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred by the Govt. of India.
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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 -
Michel Danino
Michel Danino was born in France in 1956. At the age of 21, after four years of higher scientific studies, he decided to live in India, where he first took part in the English translation, editing and publication of books related to Sri Aurobindo and Mother. A student of Indian civilization, culture and history, he has lectured widely and published research papers in journals of archaeology and Indology. In 1996, he wrote a brief study of the Aryan problem in the Indian context, The Invasion That Never Was (2nd edition 2000), further enlarged a decade later in a French book (English version forthcoming). In 2010, he authored a comprehensive study of the Sarasvati River, The Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati (Penguin India). Michel D
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Ravi Belagere
Ravi Belagere was a writer and journalist based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He was the editor of Kannada language tabloid Hi Bangalore,which he founded along with R. T. Vittalamurthy, Ra. Somanath, Jogi, and I. H. Sangam Dev. He used to run a show called Crime Diary, which used to air on a regional Kannada-language channel ETV Kannada, that focused on crime in Karnataka, and he started Prarthana, a school for children in Bangalore.
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Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran
Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran is a microbiologist and has worked for pharmaceutical and food industry in Germany, India and United Arab Emirates. Subjects that interest her are history and pharmaceuticals - or the world of medicines.
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Jayant Kaikini
Jayanth Kaikini is an Indian poet, short stories author and a lyricist working in Kannada cinema. ಜಯಂತ ಗೌರೀಶ ಕಾಯ್ಕಿಣಿ(ಜನನ : ೨೪,ಜನವರಿ, ೧೯೫೫) ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸಮಕಾಲೀನ ಕಥೆಗಾರರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖರು. ಜಯಂತ್ ರ ಕತೆ-ಕಾವ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಸಂವೇದನೆ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಕಾಣಸಿಗುವ ವಸ್ತು.ಇಳಿಸಂಜೆಯ ಬಿಸಿಲು,ಬಿಸಿಲುಕೋಲು,ಪಾತರಗಿತ್ತಿ,ಬಣ್ಣ ಅವರ ಬರಹಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲಿಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಇರುತ್ತವೆ. ಮೆದುಮಾತಿನ,ಮೆಲುದನಿಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ಅವರದು.[೩] ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರಕಾರಗಳ ಹಲವು ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಕವಿಯಾಗಿ, ಈಟಿವಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಾಹಿನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶಕನಾಗಿ, ಸಿನೆಮಾ ಹಾಡುಗಳ ಸಾಹಿತಿ,ಸಂಭಾಷಣೆಗಾರನಾಗಿ, ಅಂಕಣಕಾರ ನಾಗಿ, ನಾಟಕಕಾರನಾಗಿ, ಕಥೆಗಾರನಾಗಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ (ಸಾಗರದಾಚೆಗೂ ನೆಲೆ ನಿಂತಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರ) ಅಚ್ಚುಮೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ಜೋಗಿ | Jogi
Jogi Girish Rao Hatwar
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ಹುಟ್ಟೂರು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹೊಸಬೆಟ್ಟು. ಹತ್ವಾರ್ ಮನೆತನಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಜೋಗಿ ಓದಿದ್ದು ಗುರುವಾಯನಕೆರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಉಪ್ಪಿನಂಗಡಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ. ತಂದೆ ಶ್ರೀಧರರಾವ್ ಕೃಷಿಕರು. ತಾಯಿ ಶಾರದೆ. ಹಿರಿಯ ಸೋದರ ಹತ್ವಾರ ನಾರಾಯಣ ರಾವ್ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಪ್ರಸಂಗಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆದು, ತಾಳಮದ್ದಲೆ ಅರ್ಥಧಾರಿಯಾಗಿ, ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರು. ೧೮ನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಬರಹ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ ಜೋಗಿ ಓದಿದ್ದು ಬಿ.ಕಾಂ. ಕಾಲೇಜು ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಿದವರು ಬಳ್ಳ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ೧೯೮೯ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲಿಟ್ಟ ಗಿರೀಶ ರಾವ್ ಹತ್ವಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ಜೋಗಿಯಾಗಿ ರೂಪಿಸಿದವರು ವೈಎನ್ ಕೆ. ಸದ್ಯ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆನಿಂತಿರುವ ಜೋಗಿ ಪತ್ನಿ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ, ಮಗಳು ಖುಷಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಜೀವಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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Yashwant Chittal
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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Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar
ಗೊರೂರು ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್(ಜುಲೈ ೪, ೧೯೦೪ - ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ ೮, ೧೯೯೧) ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ ಲೇಖನಗಳಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಛಾಪು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದವರು. ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಚಳುವಳಿ, ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಜಾ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಚಳುವಳಿ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಏಕೀಕರಣ ಚಳುವಳಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋರಾಡಿ ಹರಿಜನೋದ್ಧಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಗ್ರಾಮೊದ್ಧಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಶ್ರಮಿಸಿದ ಅವರೊಬ್ಬ ಅಪ್ರತಿಮ ಗಾಂಧಿವಾದಿ. ಗೊರೂರು ಗ್ರಾಮ, ಹೇಮಾವತಿ ನದಿ – ಈ ಎರಡೂ ಗೊರೂರರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅಮರವಾದವು. ‘ಹೇಮಾವತಿ’, ಆ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮಸ್ತಕ್ಕೂ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿ. ಹೀಗೆ ಒಂದು ಊರಿನೊಡನೆ, ನದಿಯೊಡನೆ ಅಭಿನ್ನತೆ ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ಲೇಖಕರು ವಿರಳವೇ. ‘ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು’, ‘ಗರುಡಗಂಬದ ದಾಸಯ್ಯ’, ‘ನಮ್ಮ ಊರಿನ ರಸಿಕರು’, ‘ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳು’, ‘ಕಥೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ವಿನೋದ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು’, ‘ಬೆಸ್ತರ ಕರಿಯ’, ‘ಹೇಮಾವತಿಯ ತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳು’ – ಈ ಸಂಕಲನಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಗೊರೂರರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥಾಂಶ ದಟ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಸೇರಿಕೊಂಡಿವೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಗೊರೂರರ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳು, ‘ಪ್ರಬಂಧ’ ಎಂಬ ಶಬ್ದದ ಸೀಮಿ
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D.M. Mirasdar
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar (Devanagari: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (born 1927) is a Marathi writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(Maharashtra).
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Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories Gavat, Ranmanus, Kone Eke Kali, Bhavaki, Hubehub, and Sparsha belong to the latter class.
For some years, Shankar Patil, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
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Kota Shivarama Karanth
Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence"by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred by the Govt. of India.
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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 -
Kuvempu
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa widely known by the pen name Kuvempu was a Kannada writer and poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. He is immortalised by some of his phrases, and in particular for his contribution to Universal Humanism or in his own words Vishwa maanavataa Vaada. He has penned the Karnataka State anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate.
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He has written several Poems, stories and plays. His work Sri Ramayana Darshanam, the rewriting of the great ancient Indian epic Ramayana in modern Kannada, is regarded as revival of the era of Mahakavya (Epic poetry) in a contemporary form and charm.
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K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi
K.P. Purnachandra Tejaswi was a prominent Kannada writer, novelist, photographer, ornithologist, publisher, painter and environmentalist. He made a great impression in the "Navya" period of Kannada literature and and inaugurated the bandaya sahitya.
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Tejaswi was born on September 8, 1938. His father is the famous poet, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu. He completed his education in Mysore. Tejaswi has written in almost all forms of literature including poems, short stories, novels, travel literature, plays and science fiction. He has translated several English books to Kannada. His famous translations include the series on Kenneth Anderson's hunting expeditions and Henri Charrière's Papillon.
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Ravi Belagere
Ravi Belagere was a writer and journalist based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He was the editor of Kannada language tabloid Hi Bangalore,which he founded along with R. T. Vittalamurthy, Ra. Somanath, Jogi, and I. H. Sangam Dev. He used to run a show called Crime Diary, which used to air on a regional Kannada-language channel ETV Kannada, that focused on crime in Karnataka, and he started Prarthana, a school for children in Bangalore.
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K.N. Ganeshaiah
Dr. K.N. Ganeshaiah is an agricultural scientist and professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He is also a novelist specializing in thrillers, and writes in the Kannada language.
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Education:
Ph. D. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, l983
M.Sc. (Agri.) in Genetics & Plant Breeding, UAS, Bangalore, l979
B.Sc (Agri.), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, l976.
Prof Ganeshaiah has pioneered a new style of writing novels and short stories in Kannada that seamlessly mixes facts and fiction in the form of thrillers. Through this style, his writings have captured a new generation of readers in Kannada contributing to the growth of story writing in Kannada.
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Anant Nag
Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) popularly known as Anant Nag, is an actor from Karnataka, India. He is considered one of Kannada cinema's finest actors. As a result, he is popularly known as an actor with no-failures, by critics. In addition to Kannada movies, he has acted in Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Malgudi Days, directed by his younger brother Shankar Nag based on the stories by R. K. Narayan.
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Tha Ra Su
'ತಳುಕು ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಯ್ಯ ಸುಬ್ಬರಾಯ' ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಾದ ತಳುಕಿನ ವೆಂಕಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರ ತಮ್ಮನವರ ಮಗ. ಇವರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ೧೯೧೯ರಲ್ಲಿ. ಅವರು ಬರೆದ 'ನಾಗರಹಾವು' ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ರಾಮಾಚಾರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಂತೆಯೇ ಅವರು ಛಲದ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಿಸಿದವರು. ಇವರ ಕೃತಿಗಳಾದ ಕಂಬನಿಯ ಕುಯಿಲು, ರಕ್ತರಾತ್ರಿ, ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಗುಬಾಣ, ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ರಸವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿವೆ ಎಂದು ವಿಮರ್ಶಕರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ. ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೦, ೧೯೮೪ರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೃದಯಾಘಾತವಾಗಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ 'ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹೋಂ'ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಧನ ಹೊಂದಿದರು.
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Vasudhendra
Vasudhendra (ವಸುಧೇಂದ್ರ) was born at Sandur in Ballari district, Karnataka. After working as a software professional for more than twenty years, Vasudhendra now runs his own publication house, Chanda Pustaka, which publishes and encourages new writing in Kannada and has instituted the Chanda Pustaka Award which recognizes young short story writers. He is also associated with local support groups for LGBT individuals. The author of thirteen books in Kannada, that have sold over 80,000 copies, Vasudhendra has won many literary awards, including the Kannada Sahitya Academy Book Prize, the Da Raa Bendre Story Award and the Dr U.R. Ananthamurthy Award.
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K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi
K.P. Purnachandra Tejaswi was a prominent Kannada writer, novelist, photographer, ornithologist, publisher, painter and environmentalist. He made a great impression in the "Navya" period of Kannada literature and and inaugurated the bandaya sahitya.
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Tejaswi was born on September 8, 1938. His father is the famous poet, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu. He completed his education in Mysore. Tejaswi has written in almost all forms of literature including poems, short stories, novels, travel literature, plays and science fiction. He has translated several English books to Kannada. His famous translations include the series on Kenneth Anderson's hunting expeditions and Henri Charrière's Papillon.
He has won several awards for his contribution to literature su -
Vasudhendra
Vasudhendra (ವಸುಧೇಂದ್ರ) was born at Sandur in Ballari district, Karnataka. After working as a software professional for more than twenty years, Vasudhendra now runs his own publication house, Chanda Pustaka, which publishes and encourages new writing in Kannada and has instituted the Chanda Pustaka Award which recognizes young short story writers. He is also associated with local support groups for LGBT individuals. The author of thirteen books in Kannada, that have sold over 80,000 copies, Vasudhendra has won many literary awards, including the Kannada Sahitya Academy Book Prize, the Da Raa Bendre Story Award and the Dr U.R. Ananthamurthy Award.
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Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh, (Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: खुशवंत सिंह) born on 2 February 1915 in Hadali, Undivided India, (now a part of Pakistan), was a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, was among the most widely-read columns in the country.
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An important post-colonial novelist writing in English, Singh is best known for his trenchant secularism, his humor, and an abiding love of poetry. His comparisons of social and behavioral characteristics of Westerners and Indians are laced with acid wit. -
Bibek Debroy
Bibek Debroy was an Indian economist, who served as the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. He was also the Chairman of the Finance Ministry's 'Expert Committee for Infrastructure Classification and Financing Framework for Amrit Kaal'. Debroy has made significant contributions to game theory, economic theory, income and social inequalities, poverty, law reforms, railway reforms and Indology among others. From its inception in January 2015 until June 2019, Mr. Debroy was a member of the NITI Aayog, the think tank of the Indian Government. He was awarded the Padma Shri (the fourth-highest civilian honour in India) in 2015.
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Bibek Debroy's recent co-authored magnum opus, Inked in India, stands distinguished -
Vikram Sampath
Born and raised in Bangalore, Vikram Sampath completed his schooling in Bangalore at the Sri Aurobindo Memorial School and Bishop Cotton Boys' School. He thereafter obtained a Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and a Masters in Mathematics from one of India's most reputed schools, BITS-Pilani. He then went on to obtain an MBA in Finance from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. Vikram has worked in many leading multinational firms like GE Money and Citibank and currently is a Team Leader with a information technology company in Bangalore.
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His first book, Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars has been widely acclaimed across India, and has been termed as one of the most definitive accounts on the -
Hindol Sengupta
Hindol Sengupta (born 1979) is an Indian journalist and entrepreneur, who is the award-winning author of eight books.
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In 2017, he was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His three new upcoming books are a narrative non-fiction, a historical fiction and a history of the free markets in India to be published by Penguin and Simon & Schuster. Among his recent books is the bestselling Being Hindu: Old Faith, New World and You, The Modern Monk: What Vivekananda Means To Us Today, and The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh. He is the youngest winner of the PSF prize for public service, an award won by, among others, the late Indian scientist and President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. -
Anant Nag
Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) popularly known as Anant Nag, is an actor from Karnataka, India. He is considered one of Kannada cinema's finest actors. As a result, he is popularly known as an actor with no-failures, by critics. In addition to Kannada movies, he has acted in Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Malgudi Days, directed by his younger brother Shankar Nag based on the stories by R. K. Narayan.
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Tha Ra Su
'ತಳುಕು ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಯ್ಯ ಸುಬ್ಬರಾಯ' ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಾದ ತಳುಕಿನ ವೆಂಕಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರ ತಮ್ಮನವರ ಮಗ. ಇವರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ೧೯೧೯ರಲ್ಲಿ. ಅವರು ಬರೆದ 'ನಾಗರಹಾವು' ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ರಾಮಾಚಾರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಂತೆಯೇ ಅವರು ಛಲದ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಾಗಿದ್ದವರು. ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಿಸಿದವರು. ಇವರ ಕೃತಿಗಳಾದ ಕಂಬನಿಯ ಕುಯಿಲು, ರಕ್ತರಾತ್ರಿ, ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಗುಬಾಣ, ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ರಸವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿವೆ ಎಂದು ವಿಮರ್ಶಕರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ. ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೧೦, ೧೯೮೪ರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೃದಯಾಘಾತವಾಗಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ 'ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನರ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹೋಂ'ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಧನ ಹೊಂದಿದರು.
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Mahabaleshwar Sail
Mahabaleshwar Sail was born on 4 August 1943 in Shejebag, Majali, Karnataka village of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. He was born in a family of agriculturalists. Sail's father was in the Army. Due to his father's demise, Sail had to leave schooling during his childhood and engage in agriculture. He started school at the age of six and dropped out in the eighth standard. Subsequently, he enrolled himself in the Indian Army. Sail also participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and was stationed at the Hussainiwala border.
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He also served as a United Nations peacekeeper between 1964–1965 at the border between Israel and Egypt. Sail has worked as a supervisor in the Forest Department. He was also in the Goa, Daman and Diu Police. Sail -
A.N. Murthy Rao
Akkihebbalu Narasimha Murthy Rao was a Kannada author.
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Though popular for his atheistic thoughts and writings, he has also written dramas, short stories and in addition headed a couple of government assignments. He was the first director of the Kannada & Sanskriti Department, spearheaded by Kengal Hanumanthaiah.
Born at Akkihebbalu in (Mandya District), he studied in Mysore and later taught English at Mysore University. He was the first Director of Kannada and Culture Department of the Karnataka Government and also presided over the 56th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in 1984.
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ಎ. ಆರ್. ಮಣಿಕಾಂತ್ | A.R. Manikanth
ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ, ಬರಹಗಾರರಾಗಿರುವ ಮಣಿಕಾಂತ್ ಅವರು ಮೂಲತಃ ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ನಾಗಮಂಗಲ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಆಯತನಹಳ್ಳಿಯವರು. ಆಟೋ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಇಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವಿ ಪಡೆದಿರುವ ಇವರು ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ಹಾಯ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿರುವ ಇವರು ಈ ಗುಲಾಬಿಯು ನಿನಗಾಗಿ, ಮರೆಯಲಿ ಹ್ಯಾಂಗ, ಉಭಯ ಕುಶಲೋಪರಿ ಸಾಂಪ್ರತ, ಹಾಡು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಸಮಯ ಎಂಬ ಅಂಕಣಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ಇವರ ಬರೆದಿರುವ ಕೃತಿಗಳೆಂದರೆ ಅಮ್ಮ ಹೇಳಿದ ಎಂಟು ಸುಳ್ಳುಗಳು, ಹಾಡು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಸಮಯ, ಅಪ್ಪ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಆಕಾಶ, ಭಾವ ತೀರ ಯಾನ, ಮನಸು ಮಾತಾಡಿತು ಮುಂತಾದವು. ಇವರ ಅಮ್ಮ ಹೇಳಿದ ಎಂಟು ಸುಳ್ಳುಗಳು ಕೃತಿಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ, ಅವ್ವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ದೊರಕಿದೆ. -
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.
His fiction blends incisive social observation with a global outlook shaped by years spent on two continents. Dattathri’s novels have earned many of Karnataka’s highest honours, including the Masti Prashasti (2019), Book Brahma Novel of the Year (2023), Vardhamana Prashasti (2023), and the Sunanda Belgaokar Award (2024). Two of his books have appeared in Telugu, and his latest English book—What’s Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy?—was released by Penguin Random House India in April 2025.
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Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
ಮಾಸ್ತಿ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರರು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಅಪ್ರತಿಮ ಲೇಖಕರು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಸ್ತಿ ಎಂದೇ ಖ್ಯಾತರಾಗಿರುವ ಈ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಎಂಬ ಕಾವ್ಯನಾಮದಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದರು. ಅನೇಕ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆದ ಮಾಸ್ತಿ 'ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಥೆಗಳ ಜನಕ' ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಅಪ್ರತಿಮ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಕೃಷಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ 'ಮಾಸ್ತಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಆಸ್ತಿ' ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಚಲಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಕೊಡಗಿನ ಕಡೆಯ ರಾಜ ಚಿಕವೀರ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಕುರಿತು ಬರೆದ 'ಚಿಕವೀರ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ' ಎಂಬ ಕೃತಿಗೆ ೧೯೮೩ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಲಭಿಸಿತು.
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Karanam Pavan Prasad
Karanam Pavan Prasad, a Kannada novelist and playwright from Bangalore, is celebrated for his distinctive storytelling that combines new-age perspectives with themes of urban ecology, identity, and faith. Transitioning from a successful theater career, he gained widespread acclaim with novels like Karma, Nunni, Grastha, Rayakonda, and Sattu, each exploring complex societal and philosophical themes. solidifying his place as a prominent voice in contemporary Kannada literature.
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Madhu Y N
ಮಧು ವೈ ಎನ್ ತುಮಕೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯವರು. ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ನವೋದಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಗ್ಲೋಬಲ್ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಆಫ್ ಟೆಕ್ನಾಲಜಿಯಿಂದ ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಾನಿಕ್ಸ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಕಮ್ಯುನಿಕೇಶನ್ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಪದವಿ. ಬಿಟ್ಸ್ ಪಿಲಾನಿಯಿಂದ ಸಾಫ್ಟವೇರ್ ಸಿಸ್ಟಮ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಸ್ಟರ್ಸ್ ಡಿಗ್ರಿ. ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಇನ್ಫೋಸಿಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಯೋಗ ಆರಂಭ. ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಐಬಿಎಮ್ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸ.
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ಇವರ ಹಲವಾರು ಕತೆಗಳು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಥಾಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹುಮಾನ ಪಡೆದಿವೆ. ಚೊಚ್ಚಲ ಕೃತಿ ‘ಕಾರೇಹಣ್ಣು’ 2019ರ ‘ಈ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ’ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ. ಎರಡನೆಯ ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನ ‘ಫೀಫೋ’ ಹೊಸ ಮಾದರಿಯ ಕತೆಗಳ ಗುಚ್ಛವೆಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇವರ ‘ಕನಸೇ ಕಾಡುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ’ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿರಳಾತಿವಿರಳವಾಗಿರುವ ಯಂಗ್ ಅಡಲ್ಟ್ ಮಾದರಿಯ, ಹಾಸ್ಯ-ಪ್ರಣಯ ಮಿಶ್ರಿತ ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯೆಂದು ಓದುಗರ ಪ್ರೀತಿಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರವಾಗಿದೆ. ‘ಡಾರ್ಕ್ವೆಬ್’ ಕೃತಿ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕಥಾ ಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಪಡಿಸಿರು -
D.V.G.
Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. He is best known for Manku Thimmana Kagga, a collection of verses.
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D.V.G has wrtitten several books relating to Poetry, Drama, Essays. He has translated several Shakespeare plays and other Greek plays to Kannada. He has also wrtitten Umarana osage, a translation of poems of Omar Khayyam in Kannada.
He received Kendra Sahitya Academy award. for his work ' Srimad BhagavadGeeta Tatparya' He was also awarded Padmabhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 1974.
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Manohar Malgonkar
Manohar Malgonkar was an Indian author in the English language of both fiction and nonfiction.
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Malgonkar was born in a royal family, and educated at Bombay University. He was an officer in the Maratha Light Infantry, a big game hunter, a civil servant, a mine owner and a farmer, and he also stood for parliament. Most of that activity was during the build up to Indian independence and its aftermath, often the settings for his works. The socio-historical milieu of those times form the backdrop of his novels, which are usually of action and adventure. He also wrote non-fiction, including biography and history.
Malgonkar lived in a remote bungalow, at some distance from the town of Belgaum, Karnataka. His only child Sunita (educated at the famous -
Sahana Vijayakumar
Sahana Vijayakumar is a Kannada author and IT professional. Her work has been Translated into English, Hindi and Marathi
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Sadashiv Soraturu
ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಬೆಳೆದಿದ್ದು ಹೊನ್ನಾಳಿ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಸೊರಟೂರು ಗ್ರಾಮದಲ್ಲಿ. ಈಗ ಹರಿಹರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಮಲೇಬೆನ್ನೂರು ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಪದವಿ ಪೂರ್ವ ಕಾಲೇಜಿ (ಪ್ರೌಢಶಾಲೆ) ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಾಠ ಹೇಳ್ತಿದೀನಿ… ಅದು ವೃತ್ತಿ. ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಕಳೆದು ಹೋಗುವುದು ನನಗೆ ಅತೀ ಖುಷಿಕೊಡುವಂತದ್ದು. ಅದರಾಚೆಯ ಓದು ಬರಹ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ. ಹತ್ತಾರು ಕತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದೀನಿ. ಬರೆದ ಲೇಖನ, ಕವನ, ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳ ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಇಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ. ಬಹುತೇಕ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಇವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿವೆ. ನಾನೂ ಕೂಡ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹಾಗೆ ಅಂದಿನ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಮರೆತು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಐದಾರು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳೂ ಆಗಿವೆ. ಈಗ ಅವಧಿ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಾರಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಕತೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು, ಕವನಗಳು ಬಹುಮಾನ ಗೆದ್ದಿವೆ. ಓದು ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಬರೀತೀನಿ. ಹಲವು ಇಷ್ಟ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪ್ರಾಣ. ಒಂಟಿತನವೇ ಗೆಳೆಯ, ಸಂಗೀತ ಆತ್ಮಬಂಧು, ಕ್ರೀಡೆ ನೋಡುತ್ತೇನೆ ಆಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀನು ಬರಹಗಾರನಾ ಅಂತ ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ನೋ ನಾನು ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು ಅಂತ ಹೇಳೋದು ನನಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಇಷ್ಟ. ಇದರಾಚೆ ಮತ್ತೇನಿಲ್ಲ. ಪರಿ
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B.G.L. Swamy
Bengaluru Gundappa Lakshminarayana Swamy also known as B. G. L. Swamy and (Kannada: ಬಿ ಜಿ ಎಲ್ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ), was an Indian botanist and Kannada writer who served as professor and head of the department of Botany and as Principal of Presidency College, Chennai. He was the son of D. V. Gundappa (Kannada: ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ), an Indian writer and philosopher.
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Swamy's literary works encompass a large range of topics. A large number of them are related to botany, and introduce botanical concepts to the layperson. A few of his books cover common plants used in everyday life in a scientific manner
Other works by Swamy pertain to literature, and some are partially autobiographical, dealing with his experiences as professor and principal. Apart from being an a -
P. Lankesh
Palya Lankesh (8 March 1935 – 25 January 2000) was an Indian poet, fiction writer, playwright, translator, screenplay writer and journalist who wrote in the Kannada language. He was also an award-winning film director.
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Lankesh was born in the small village of Konagavalli in Shimoga, Karnataka. After graduating with an honours degree in English from Central College at Bengaluru, Lankesh completed his Master of Arts degree in English from Maharaja's College, Mysore.
His 1976 film Pallavi—a cinematic narration, told from the female protagonist's point of view and based on his novel Biruku—won the National Award for Best Direction (Swarna Kamal).] Lankesh quit his job as an assistant professor in English at Bangalore University in 1980 and starte -
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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Srinath Perur
Srinath Perur is the author of If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai and the translator of Ghachar Ghochar. He writes on travel, science, cities and culture for various publications. He lives in Bangalore.
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ಗುರುರಾಜ ಕೊಡ್ಕಣಿ | Gururaja Kodkini
ಗುರುರಾಜ ಕೊಡ್ಕಣಿ ಚಿಂತಕರು. ಮೂಲತಃ ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಕಾರವಾರದವರು. ಶತಕಂಪಿನೀ, ವಿಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತ, ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆ ಇವು ಅವರ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳು.
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Bharathi B.V.
ಭಾರತಿ ಬಿ ವಿ ಅವರು ಜನಿಸಿದ್ದು ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಕೊಳ್ಳೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ. ಬಿ.ಕಾಂ ಪದವೀಧರೆಯಾಗಿರುವ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಕವಿತೆ ರಚನೆ, ಅನುವಾದ, ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಗಳಾಗಿವೆ.
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ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸವಿರುವ ಇವರು 'ಸಾಸಿವೆ ತಂದವಳು', 'ಮಿಸಳ್ ಭಾಜಿ', 'ಕಿಚನ್ ಕವಿತೆಗಳು', 'ಜಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾತ್ ಮಾತಲ್ಲಿ', 'ಆನು ನಿನ್ನ ಹಾಡಿದಲ್ಲದೆ ಸೈರಿಸಲಾರೆನಯ್ಯ', 'ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳ ಸುಟ್ಟ ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ', 'ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದಲೋ ಬಂದವರು' ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವರ 'ಸಾಸಿವೆ ತಂದವಳು' ಕೃತಿಗೆ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಂಘದ ಎಂ.ಕೆ ಇಂದಿರಾ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಹಾಗೂ 'ಮಿಸಾಳ್ ಬಾಜಿ' ಕೃತಿಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಬಹುಮಾನ ಬಂದಿದೆ.