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Manjeshwar Govinda Pai (23 March 1883 – 6 September 1963), also known as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet. He was awarded the first Rashtrakavi title by the Madras Government (Kasaragod district was part of South Kanara district of Madras Presidency prior to the linguistic reorganisation of States on 1 November 1956 [2]).
The popularity of poetry is gauged in terms of the response that the educated and interested elite give. But the real popularity of poetry is when common people sing it. Popular appeal is not very easy to achieve for any form of poetry; especially when audiences are not kept in mind. Kannada poetry has a few instances of such mass popularity.
Jayant Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) [1] is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist and script writer in Kannada cinema.He has published seven short story collections, six poetry collections, four essay collections and three plays so far.
After his death Lankesh Patrike was split into two, one edited by his daughter Gauri Lankesh and the other managed by his son Indrajit Lankesh. [16] Lankesh's other daughter is the film director Kavita Lankesh. [17] Lankesh Patrike, as the first Kannada tabloid, had a
Mandagere Subbarao Krishnamurthy (born 16 June 1931), known by the pen name Indiresh or Ma Su Krishnamurthy, is an Indian Kannada writer and Hindi writer. [1] [2]He was conferred the Tamra Patra award by former President of India, Shankar Dayal Sharma in recognition of his literary work in Hindi.
Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
Chandrashekhara Basavanneppa Kambara (born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country's premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993). [2]
Kannada literature moved closer to the spoken and sung folk traditions, with musicality being its hallmark, although some poets continued to use the ancient champu form of writing as late as the 17th century. [30] Kannada poetry on stone–7th century Kappe Arabhatta inscription