jnanapeeta award winners from karnataka

8/17/2019 Jnanapeeta Award Winners From Karnataka

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Jnanapeetha Award

Winners from Karnataka

Compiled by:

Youth Members

Kasturi Kannada Sangha

Cleveland !hio


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"istory of the JnanapeethaAward

• #nstituted in $%&$ it is one of the ' mostprestigious literary awards in #ndia

• Awarded by the (haratiya Jnanapith a trust of

Sahu Jain family )publishers of *imes of #ndia+• ,ntil $%-': awarded for a single work by

author. sin/e then given for lifetime/ontribution

• - awardees in Kannada so far

– % in "indi. 0 in (engali 1 Malayalam. 2 in ,rdu. 3in 4u5arati !riya Marathi. ' in Assamese *amil

*elugu


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Jnanapeetha Awards inKannada

• $%&6: Ku7em8u

• $%63: 9a aa (endre

•

$%66: K Shivarama Karanth• $%-3: Masti 7enkatesha #yengar

• $%%;: 7 K 4okak

•

$%%2: , Ananthamurthy• $%%-: 4irish Karnad

• ';$;: Chandrashekhara Kambaara


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Ku7em8u

• Full Name: Kuppali 7enkatappagowda8uttappa

• Born: 9e/ember '% $%;2 )"irekodige

Chikmagalur distri/t Karnataka+• Died:


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Ku7em8u: Contributions

• Occupations: – "e was a writer poet musi/al /omposer

– *aught Kannada at the Central College in (angalore

– 7i/e@ Chan/ellor at Mysore ,niversity until he retired in

$%&;

• Literary Contributions: –


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Ku7em8u: Awards

• Jnanapeetha Award:for Shri amayana9arshanam )$%&6+

• 8adma (hushan• Sahitya A/ademy Award

• ashtrakavi )national

poet+• 8adma 7ibhushan

• Karnataka atna


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9a aa (endre

• Full Name: 9attatreya ama/handra (endre – Wrote under the pen name Ambikatanayadatta

• Born: January 3$ $-%& )9harwad Karnataka+

•

Died: !/tober '$ $%-$ )Mumbai Maharashtra+• Education:

– 8rimary and se/ondary edu/ation in 9harwad

– (a/helorBs degree from >erguson College 8une

)8oona+

– ater obtained Master of Arts


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9a aa (endre:Contributions• Occupations:

– 8oet and writer: praised as D7arakavi )gifted poet+

– (rieEy taught at 7i/toria "igh S/hool 9harwad

– Advisor All #ndia adio 9harwad station

• Literary Contributions: – 8oetry /olle/tions: ,yyale


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9a aa (endre )awards+

• JnanapeethaAward: for


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K? Shivaram Karanth )Contributions+

• Occupations: – Kannada writer and intelle/tual

– So/ial a/tivist and environmentalist

– Yakshagana resear/her and artist Glm maker

• Literary Contributions: – "e wrote a total of 2$6 books )26 novels 3$

plays $3 books on art and history and many/hildrenBs books+

– Considered one of the greatest Kannada novelists – Ma5or works: Marali Mannige (ettada Jeeva Alida

Mele Maimanagala Suliyalli Mooka55iyaKanasugalu Chomana 9udi Kudiyara Koosu


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K? Shivarama Karanth)awards+

• Jnanapeetha award: forMooka55iya Kanasugalu)$%66+

• 8adma (hushan – He returned this in protest

against imposition of

Emergency rule by IndiraGandhi

•

Sahitya A/ademy award• 8ampa award

• Swedish a/ademy award

• *ulsi Samman


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Masti 7enkatesha #yengar

• Born: June - $-%$ )"ongenahalli Kolardistri/t Karnataka+

• Died: June 6 $%-& )/lose to %0th birthday.

(angalore+• Pen names:

– Srinivasa Masti

• Education: – (egan primary edu/ation in the village of

"ongenahalli

– Continued studies in various pla/es in/luding Yalandoor Shivarapattana and Mysore?

– 4raduated from Madras ,niversity in $%$2 )MA in


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Masti 7enkatesha #yengar

)Contributions+

• Occupations: • *ea/her author

• Member of the Mysore Civil Servi/e )retired as9istri/t Commissioner in $%23+

• Literary Contributions: – Wrote over $'; books in Kannada and $6 books in

Hnglish over a span of 6; years

– Hpi/: Shri ama 8attabhisheka )/oronation of ord

ama+ –


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Masti 7enkatesha #yengar)awards+• Jnanapeetha Award:

for Chikaveeraa5endra )$%-3+

• "ailed as the father)(rahma+ of Kannada

short stories• DMasti Kannadada Asti

)Masti is KannadaBstreasure+

• Da5kasevasakta bythe Mahara5a ofMysore Krishnara5a

Wodeyar #7


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7? K? 4okak

• Full Name: 7inayaka Krishna 4okak

• Born: August % $%;% )Savanur "averidistri/t Karnataka+

• Died: April '- $%%' )(engaluru Karnataka+• Education:

– 8rimary and high s/hool edu/ation in SavanurKarnataka

– "e obtained his (?A? )$%'%+ and M?A? )$%3$+ atKarnatak College 9harwar )he later be/ameprin/ipal here+


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7? K? 4okak )/ontinued+

• Occupations: • 8rofessor of Hnglish at !Iford ,niversity

• Was head of many elite /olleges and

universities in #ndia• Literary Contributions:

– "eavily inEuen/ed by the work of 9a aa(endre?

– Hpi/: (haratha Sindhu ashmi )possibly thelongest epi/ written in any language in the';th /entury+

–


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7? K? 4okak )awards 1inEuen/es+

• Jnanapeetha Award: for(haratha Sindhu ashmi)$%%;+

•

8admashree Award )for9hyava 8rithvi+

• o!a! a"itation: eport bythe Karnataka govt? /ommitteeheaded by 7K 4okak led to asu//essful agitation forKannada language rights ins/hools and administration


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,? ? Ananthamurthy

• Full Name: ,dupi a5agopala/haryaAnanthamurthy

• Born: 9e/ember '$ $%3' )Melige

*irthahalli *aluk Shimoga 9istri/tKarnataka+

• Education: – (egan edu/ation in a traditional Sanskrit s/hool

in 9urvasapura /ontinued in *hirthahalli – Master of Arts ,niversity of Mysore

– 9o/torate from ,niversity of (irmingham )$%&&+


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,? ? Ananthamurthy )Contributions+

• Occupations: • Started as 8rofessor of Hnglish Kottayam Kerala

• Widely traveled all over the world as visitingprofessor

• Kannada writer /riti/ and politi/al a/tivist

• Literary Contributions: – Short stories: 4hata Shraddha Hndendhigu Mugiyada

Kathe

–


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,??Ananthamurthy)awards+

• Jnanapeetha award:for his /ontributions toKannada literature

)$%%2+• a5yothsava Award

• 8adma (hushan

•

*he "indu iterary8riFe

• 9SC 8riFe for SouthAsian iterature


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4irish Karnad

• Born: May $% $%3- )Matheran Maharashtra+

• Education: – #nitial s/hooling was in Sirsi Karnataka

– (A )Math 1 Stats+ Karnataka Arts College 9harwad

$%0-

– MA )8hilosophy 8oliti/s 1 H/onomi/s+ !Iford ,niv$%&3

• Occupations: –

!Iford ,niv 8ress )$%&3@6;+ 1 ,niv of Chi/ago )$%-6@--+

– Most famous as a 8laywright

– Movie a/tor and dire/tor


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4irish Karnad)Contributions+

• Literary Contributions: – 8lays: Yayati *ughla "ayavadana


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4irish Karnad )awards+

• Jnanapeetha Award: forhis /ontributions to Kannadaliterature and theater )$%%-+

• Sangeet ilmfare Awards


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Chandrashekhara Kambaara

• Born: – January ' $%36 )4hodageri (elagavi distri/t Karnataka+

• Education: – #nitial s/hooling in 4okak. then at ingara5 College

(elagavi – 8h9 at Karnatak ,niversity 9harwad )folk theater of


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Chandrashekhara Kambaara)Contributions+

• Poetry compilations: – *akaraarinavaru Saavirada


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Chandrashekhara Kambaara)awards+

• Jnanapeetha Award: forhis /ontributions toKannada literature )';$;+

• 8adma Shri

•

Sahitya A/ademy Award• Sangeet


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Youth Contributors

• Contributors of articles: – Maanasa "um/hadkatte

– 8ra5wal Sharma

– Amala ,li

– ohan A/har

– Hsha 7artak

– Kshama 4irish

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