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Sunday, July 27, 2014

S L Bhyrappa's New Novel "Yaana" Available from 30th July

Good News for S L Bhyrappa Fans
His Latest Novel "Yaana" will be Available in all book shops near you from 30th July 2014
You can book your Copy Online at www.a4dable.in

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Remembrance of Srikrishna Alanahalli on his 68th Birth Day

Srikrishna Alanahalli

Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989) was an Indian novelist and poet. Majority of his works are in Kannada language. He became popular for his novels like Kaadu (1972), Parasangada Gendethimma (1978) and Bhujangayyana Dasavataragalu (1982), some of which were made into films too.

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar

Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar, popularly known as Goruru, was a Kannada writer; well known for his humour and satire.

Born: 1904, Karnataka

Died: 1991

RaashtraKavi Kuvempu (Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa)

Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa, widely known by the pen name Kuvempu or by the abbreviation K. V. Puttappa, was a Kannada writer and poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. He is the first among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada.
Puttappa wrote all his literary works using the pen name Kuvempu. He is the second among Kannada poets to be revered as Rashtrakavi (after M. Govinda Pai). 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. 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 was conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of India. He has penned the Karnataka State anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate.

K.P. Purnachandra Tejasvi

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.

K. S. Narasimhaswamy: Premakavi of Kannada Poetry

Dr. K. S. Narasimhaswamy (26 January 1915 – 27 December 2003) was a prominent poet in Kannada language. His most popular collection of poems Mysooru Mallige has seen more than thirty two reprints and sought as an ideal gift at a wedding to the newly married couple in Karnataka. Narasimhaswamy has been conferred many prestigious awards including Sahitya academy award and Kannada sahitya academy award.

Early Life

Narasimhaswamy who belongs to the Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin community was born in Kikkeri in Mandya district. He had his early education in Mysore. In 1934 he joined Central College in Bengaluru and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree. He married Venkamma in Tiptur in 1936. He often portrayed his wife as the inspiration for his poems which mainly deal with romance in married life.

Kannada All time Great Poets

Halegannada Poets

Adikavi Pampa (900 AD)- Vikramārjuna Vijaya
Ranna (900 AD)- Gadhayudha, Ajitanatha Purana Tilakam

Ponna(950 AD)-Shanti Purana,Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya

Nagavarma I(1000 AD) – Loukika & Agamika
Kumara Vyasa (1200 AD)- Gadugina Bharata & Kumaravyasa Bharata

Harihara(1200 AD) – Girijakalyana

Raghavaanka(1200 AD)-Harischandra Kaavya
Nagavarma II (1200 AD)- Grammatical works
Janna(1300 AD) - Yashodhara Charita

Kum.Veerabhadrappa

Well known as ‘Kum.Vee.’, is one of the most prolific fiction writers of our times. He has published 15 collections of short stories, 13 novels, a couple of biographies and his autobiography Gandhi Clasu. He has also translated a number of Telugu stories into Kannada.Hemareddy Mallammana Katheyu is his latest novel. The major concern of Kum.Vee’s fiction is to unravel the cosmos of the feudal system. Most of his stories and novels are situated in the remote villages of Andhra Pradesh, which are characteristic for their class divide and therefore prone to feudal violence on the one hand, and radical activities on the other. The real in Kum.Vee.’s world is so macabre, grotesque and violent that it appears as fantasy. Kum.Vee. says that bomb-making is a cottage industry in most of these villages.

V.K Gokak :A Great Poet in Kannada Literature

The Essayer from Karnataka – V K Gokak

V K Gokak was one of the pioneers of the Navodaya movement in Kannada Literature. He is the author of the longest epic written in the 20th century and the recipient of the Jnanpith award and the Padma Shri.

His Early Years and Career

Vinayak Krishna Gokak was born on 9th August 1909, in Gokak, Karnataka. He did his primary schooling in Savanoor but moved to Dharwar’s Karnatak College to pursue his higher education. Having completed hisBachelor of Arts degree in 1929 and Master of Arts in 1931, he went on to take up the position of Professor of English at Pune’s Fergusson College.

S.L Bhyrappa a Great Writer

Biography

SANTESHIVARA LINGANNAIAH (S.L.) BHYRAPPA

Date of Birth: 20-8-1931

Qualifications: M.A Philosophy, 1958; Ph.D in Aesthetics, 1963

Occupation: Professor of Philosophy (Retired)

Personal Information Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa (born August 20, 1931), is a Kannada novelist, whose works are immensely popular both within and beyond Karnataka. Bhyrappa is widely regarded as one of India's foremost modern-day writers. His novels are unique in terms of theme, structure, and characterization.He has been among the top selling authors of Kannada, Hindi and Marathi for the past several years. Most of his works reveal the theme of Advaita vedanta and search of truth[citation needed]. Although S. L. Bhyrappa participated in the freedom struggle of Indian Independence at an early age, he believes that Indian Independence was just a political freedom from British rule, and the real Independence is the intellectual freedom which is nurtured by the strong foundations laid in the teachings of rich Indian culture and values. He has been awarded with the 20th Saraswati Samman for 2010.

‘Politicians forgetting Vishwa Manava concept'

Kuvempu remembered on his 107th birth anniversary

Various organisations, here on Wednesday, celebrated the 107th birth anniversary of Jnanpith Award recipient poet laureate K.V. Puttappa — popularly known as Kuvempu — by way of cultural programmes and seminars.

Minister for Medical Education S.A. Ramdas, who is also the district in-charge, garlanded the statue of Kuvempu at Vishwamanava Park near Gun House on Monday(Dec 30,2010).

Yashwant V. Chittal

One of the leading Kannada fiction writers, Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, born on August 3, 1928 in Hanehalli in Karnataka's North Kanara District. Although he studied science and technology and subsequently had a career in the field of technology, he pursued a literary craft at the same time.

Although known for his many novels and short stories, Chittal has also authored literary criticism and essays. His early writing shows the influence of his brother Gangadhar Chittal, an eminent poet. These earlier writings depict the culture of his home in the North Kanara District. His later novels portraying the themes of urban reality and related complexities of modern Indian life, show the influence of the Radical Humanist M.N. Roy and Eric Fromm. His subjectivity has always been intensely involved with the contemporary socio-political realities.

Kannada Jnanapeetha Awards

The Jnanapeetha Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India. An Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. The award carries a cheque for Rs. 5,00,000.00 a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Vagdevi. The Jnanpeeth Award was instituted on May 22, 1961 The first award was given in 1965. Its first recipient was Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup in 1965.

R K Narayan

Eighty years ago, during the countrywide non-co-operation movement, Mahatma Gandhi asked Indians to boycott British-run schools and colleges and British-made goods, and to refrain from working with the rulers. As part of his campaign of patriotic renewal, Gandhi also launched a broadside against the language of the conqueror. Thus in a speech in Orissa in April 1921, he described English education as an “unmitigated evil”. Gandhi even claimed that Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Rammohan Roy would have “been far greater men had they not the contagion of English learning”.

In Gandhi’s opinion, these two remarkable Indians “were so many pigmies who had no hold upon the people compared with Chaitanya, Sanker [Adi Sankara], Kabir, and Nanak”. Gandhi insisted that “what Sanker alone was able to do, the whole army of English-knowing men can’t do. I can multiply instances? Was Guru Govind a product of English education? Is there a single English-knowing Indian who is a match for Nanak, the founder of a sect second to none in point of valour and sacrifice? … If the race has even to be revived it is to be revived not by English education.”

T. K. Rama Rao-Kannada Famous Detective Novelist

T K Ramarao

T K Rama Rao (October 7, 1929 – November 10, 1988) was a novelist of Kannada literature. He became popular in the early 1970s when his book Bangaaradha Manushyawas made into a hit movie in the Kannada film industry. It inspired many youths to leave the city and return to their villages to look after their ancestral land. He won the Kannada Sahitya Academy award. Many of his works are detective novels, which sold millions of copies.

Biography

Rao was born in a Madhwa family in Hosadurga, Karnataka. He was the second child of Krishnamurthy and Indira. His father was a railway stationmaster, who died of a heart attack when TK Ramarao was 18 year old. Rao left his education to take care of his mother and six brothers and sisters. He started his own tutorials in Channapatna, Karnataka, and ran a pharmacy to take care of his family while continuing to write.[citation needed] Several of his novels were adapted to movies and television.

Artistes/Organizations to celebrate his 75th birth anniversary from September 8 to 14 with a series of cultural Programmes.

Well-known writer Poornachandra Tejaswi, who passed away in 2007, was a photographer, ornithologist, publisher, painter, environmentalist, playwright and litterateur. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (CKP) and other organisations are celebrating his 75th birth anniversary from September 8, with a series of cultural programmes.

Tejaswi-75, the week-long programme, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the parishat premises.

Jnanpith recipient writer Chandrashekar Kambar will release Kaadu Mattu Krourya, which Tejaswi wrote as a 24-year-old in 1962. Environmentalist Nagesh Hegde and CKP president B.L. Shankar are expected to attend.

According to Mr. Shankar on Thursday, art work on environment protection by various artists as well as photographs by Tejaswi will be displayed on Monday. Playwright K. Marulasiddappa will release Tejaswi Parisara Katha Prasanga, published by Navakarnataka Publications, on Tuesday.

The Prominent Novelist – Chandrashekhar Kambar

Chandrashekhar Kambar is a modern Kannada novelist, dramatist and academician. He is a man of many talents, having ventured into film making and acting while pursuing his literary career.

Kambar is a litterateur, poet and actor, and he was born in the year 1937 in Bangalore. He’s a winner of the Sangeet Natak Academy award, and is a prominent personality in the state of Karnataka.

U R Ananth Murthy

Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy popularly known as U. R. Ananthamurthy was born on 21st ecember 1932. He is a well known contemporary novelist, short story writer and critic in Kannada literature. He is the most important exponent of ‘Navya Movement (The new movement) in Kannada literature.

Caste system, religious rules and traditions and the new values of a changing world are his major themes. Samskara (A Rite for a Dead Man), Bharathipura, Avasthe and Bhava are his major novels. Mouni, Prashne, Clip Joint and Ghata Shradda are his noted short stories. He has received Jnanpith in 1994 and Padma Bhushan in 1998.

Girish Karnaad

Chandra Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest of seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He is also active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, earning numerous awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the government of India. Girish Karnad was born in Matheran, Maharashtra, into a Konkani-speaking family. His initial schooling was in Marathi. As a youngster, Karnad was an ardent admirer of Yakshagana and the theater in his village. e earned his Bachelors of Arts degree from Karnataka University, Dharwad, in 1958. Upon Graduation Karnad went to England and studied at Lincoln and Magdalen colleges in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning his Master of Arts degree in philosophy, political science and economics. Karnad was a Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the university of Chicago.

V.K Gokak

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was born on August 9, 1909 at Gokak. He had his primary and high school education in Savanur, and took B.A. in 1929 and M.A. in 1931. he began his career as an Assistant Professor in Fergusson College, Pune and later he became the principal of D.E.Society's Willington College, Sangli. In 1936, he done his advanced studies with distinction at Oxford university. In 1946, he went to Rajasthan and set up a college in its desert region and in 1949, with the reorganisation of Indian states, his services in Rajasthan got transferred to the Government of Bombay and he became the principal of Karnataka College, Kolhapur, in 1952. He appointed as the Vice-chancellor of the Bangalore University in 1966.