Shantinath Desai

Shantinath Desai (ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ ದೇಸಾಯಿ, 1929–1998) was one of the leading modern authors of the Navya (modernist) movement in Kannada Literature.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

Education:
Ph. D. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, l983
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B.Sc (Agri.), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, l976.

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‌ಅನುಷ್ ಎ. ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ | Anush A. Shetty

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.

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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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.

‘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.

ತಾನು ಬರೆದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳ
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Sara was born in Kasaragod, Kerala on 30 June 1936, to Pudiyapuri Ahmad and Zainabi Ahmad. She had four brothers. She was one of the first girls in her community of Muslim families in Kasaragod to be educated, graduating from a local Kannada school. She was married after school, and went on to have four sons. Aboobacker once stated that her desire to further her education was constrained by community norms that restricted female access to higher education, and that she was only able to obtain a library membership in 1963.

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