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The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (lit. ' Kannada Literature Conference ' ) is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas . It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the Kannada language , its literature, art, culture and music.
He opposed the company theatre's obsession with mythology and stories of royalty and shied away from loading his plays with music. Instead, he introduced simple, realistic sets. Kailasam chaired the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held at Madras in 1945. A chainsmoker, he spent almost ten years at an apartment in Chamarajapuram which he called "Nook ...
H. V. Nanjundaiah in the conference held in Bangalore in 1915 which led to the creation of Kannada Saahithya Parishath. Hebbalalu Velpanur Nanjundaiah CIE (1860 – 1920) was the acting Diwan of Mysore, [citation needed] founder and first Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore, senior judge of the Mysore State High Court and founding president of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. [1]
Yakshagana is not folk art but a popular traditional theatre of India performed in coastal and malenadu regions which is a blend of dance, music, songs, scholarly dialogue and colourful costumes. The word means "celestial music", and the dance drama is performed during the night (usually after the winter crop has been harvested).
Siddalingaiah (1954 in Magadi, Bangalore – 11 June 2021), was an Indian poet, playwright, and Dalit activist, writing in the Kannada language. He is credited with starting the Dalit-Bandaya movement in Kannada and with starting the genre of Dalit writing. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with B. Krishnappa.
Vidushi Shashikala Dani (Kannada: ವಿದೂಷಿ ಶಶಿಕಲಾ ದಾನಿ, Hindi: विदूषी शशिकला दानी) is an Indian Hindustani classical Jal Tarang artist. She is one among the few musicians and presently the only All India Radio -graded female exponent of the Jal Tarang.
Norbert D'Souza [1] (6 June 1937 – 5 January 2025) was an Indian writer in the Kannada language. He was the President of 80th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Madikeri in the year 2014. [ 2 ]
[6] [7] [8] He is a recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award (1973), [8] Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and an Honorary Doctorate from University of Mysore in 1976. [9] He presided over the 36th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Literary Conference) at Kumta in 1954. [10]