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Published in 1943, Mankuthimmana Kagga is one of the best known of major literary works in Kannada. The title of this work can be translated as "Dull Thimma's Rigmarole". [3] [4] Facing life's challenges with cheerfulness, understanding everything as a divine play, recognizing our own and others needs, honoring human aspirations and dreams, working for noble causes and above all, dissolving ...
In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in Mysore. [5] From 1964 until 1968 he was the principal of Lal Bahadur College in Sagara, and from 1968 until 1971 he was Principal of Poorna Prajna College in Udupi.
Rai was born on 8 June 1915 to Duggappa and Deyyakka Rai in a Tulu-speaking [8] Bunt family. [1] His given name is unique since it includes the Kannada alphabet 'ಞ' (a palatal consonant pronounced nasally as "nya"), which is used very rarely in the written Kannada of today and is absent in the English alphabet which often leads to various other transliterations of his given name such as ...
A prose narrative written in pre-Old-Kannada (Purva Halegannada), Vaddaradhane is considered the earliest extant work in the prose genre in the Kannada language. [1] [2] [3] Scholars are, however, still divided about when exactly the text was written, with claims ranging from before the 6th century to the 10th century. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed (5 February 1936 – 3 May 2020 [1]) was an Indian poet and writer in the Kannada language. [2] [3] He was awarded the Padma Shri (2008), [4] the Rajyotsava Award (1981) and the Pampa award for his work (2017).
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
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, [1] the highest literary honor conferred in India. [2] He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure". He is most ...
Kanavi was born on 28 June 1928 in Hombal, a village in present-day northern Karnataka, to Pravathavva and Sakkareppa. [1] [2] His father, Sakkareppa, was a school teacher who was noted to have taught poems from saint-poets like Nijaguna Shivayogi and Sarpabhushana Shivayogi, and other tatva-pada (philosophical songs) to the young Kanavi.