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Jnanapeetha Award Winners from Karnataka

Jnanapeetha Award Winners from Karnataka. Compiled by: Youth Members Kasturi Kannada Sangha Cleveland, Ohio. History of the Jnanapeetha Award. Instituted in 1961, it is one of the 2 most prestigious literary awards in India

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Jnanapeetha Award Winners from Karnataka

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  1. Jnanapeetha Award Winners from Karnataka Compiled by: Youth Members Kasturi Kannada Sangha Cleveland, Ohio

  2. History of the Jnanapeetha Award • Instituted in 1961, it is one of the 2 most prestigious literary awards in India • Awarded by the BharatiyaJnanapith, a trust of Sahu Jain family (publishers of Times of India) • Until 1982: awarded for a single work by author; since then, given for lifetime contribution • 8 awardees in Kannada so far • 9 in Hindi; 5 in Bengali & Malayalam; 4 in Urdu; 3 in Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi; 2 in Assamese, Tamil, Telugu

  3. Jnanapeetha Awards in Kannada • 1967: KuVemPu • 1973: DaRaaBendre • 1977: K ShivaramaKaranth • 1983: MastiVenkateshaIyengar • 1990: V K Gokak • 1994: U R Ananthamurthy • 1998: GirishKarnad • 2010: ChandrashekharaKambaara

  4. KuVemPu • Full Name: KuppaliVenkatappagowdaPuttappa • Born:December 29, 1904 (Hirekodige, Chikmagalur district, Karnataka) • Died: November 11, 1994 (Mysore, Karnataka) • Education: • Homeschooled for elementary education • Anglo Vernacular school in Tirthahallifor middle school • Finished high school at Wesleyan High School, Mysore • Graduated from Mysore University in 1929, majoring in Kannada.

  5. KuVemPu: Contributions • Occupations: • He was a writer, poet, musical composer • Taught Kannada at the Central College in Bangalore • Vice- Chancellor at Mysore University until he retired in 1960 • Literary Contributions: • Novels: KaanuruSubbammaHeggadati, MalegalalliMadumagalu • Modern epic (Mahakavya): Shri Ramayana Darshanam • He also wrote many plays, stories for children, collections of poems, biographies, literary criticisms. • Wrote Karnataka state anthem: Jai BharathaJananiyaThanujate

  6. KuVemPu: Awards • Jnanapeetha Award: for Shri Ramayana Darshanam (1967) • PadmaBhushan • Sahitya Academy Award • Rashtrakavi (national poet) • PadmaVibhushan • Karnataka Ratna

  7. Da Raa Bendre • Full Name: Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre • Wrote under the pen name ”Ambikatanayadatta” • Born: January 31, 1896 (Dharwad, Karnataka) • Died:October 21, 1981 (Mumbai, Maharashtra) • Education: • Primary and secondary education in Dharwad • Bachelor’s degree from Ferguson College, Pune (Poona) • Later obtained Master of Arts

  8. DaRaaBendre: Contributions • Occupations: • Poet and writer: praised as “Varakavi” (gifted poet) • Briefly taught at Victoria High School, Dharwad • Advisor, All India Radio, Dharwad station • Literary Contributions: • Poetry collections: Uyyale, Nadaleele, Meghadoota, AraluMaralu, Mugilamallige, Naku Tanti, Mate Shravana Bantu, Kuniyonu Baa • Plays-TirukaraPidugu, NageyaHoge, Hucchatagalu, AmbikatanayadattaNatakaSamputa • KathaSankalana (collection of stories): Nirabharanasundari

  9. DaRaaBendre (awards) • Jnanapeetha Award: for Naku Tanti (1973) • PadmaShri • Sahitya Academy Award • Kelkar prize

  10. K.ShivaramaKaranth • Born: October 10, 1902 (village of Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka) • Died: December 9, 1997 (KasturbaMedical College hospital, Manipal) • Education: • Finished his primary schooling in the town of Kundapura • Completed college level education at Government College, Mangalore • College education was interrupted by participation in India’s independence movement (influenced by Gandhi’s principles)

  11. K. ShivaramKaranth (Contributions) • Occupations: • Kannada writer and intellectual • Social activist and environmentalist • Yakshagana researcher and artist, film maker • Literary Contributions: • He wrote a total of 417 books (47 novels, 31 plays, 13 books on art and history, and many children’s books) • Considered one of the greatest Kannada novelists • Major works: MaraliMannige, BettadaJeeva, AlidaMele, MaimanagalaSuliyalli, MookajjiyaKanasugalu, ChomanaDudi, KudiyaraKoosu

  12. K. ShivaramaKaranth (awards) • Jnanapeetha award: for MookajjiyaKanasugalu (1977) • PadmaBhushan • He returned this in protest against imposition of Emergency rule by Indira Gandhi • Sahitya Academy award • Pampa award • Swedish academy award • TulsiSamman

  13. MastiVenkateshaIyengar • Born: June 8, 1891 (Hongenahalli , Kolar district , Karnataka) • Died: June 7, 1986 (close to 95th birthday; Bangalore) • Pen names: • Srinivasa, Masti • Education: • Began primary education in the village of Hongenahalli • Continued studies in various places including Yalandoor, Shivarapattana and Mysore. • Graduated from Madras University in 1914 (MA in English Literature)

  14. MastiVenkateshaIyengar (Contributions) • Occupations: • Teacher, author • Member of the Mysore Civil Service (retired as District Commissioner in 1943) • Literary Contributions: • Wrote over 120 books in Kannada and 17 books in English over a span of 70 years • Epic: Shri Rama Pattabhisheka (coronation of Lord Rama) • Novels: ChikaveeraRanjendra, ChannabasavaNayaka • Collection of stories: KelavuSannaKathegalu • Plays: Kakanakote

  15. MastiVenkateshaIyengar (awards) • Jnanapeetha Award: for ChikaveeraRajendra (1983) • Hailed as the father (Brahma) of Kannada short stories • “MastiKannadada Asti” (Masti is Kannada’s treasure) • “Rajkasevasakta” by the Maharaja of Mysore, KrishnarajaWodeyar IV

  16. V. K. Gokak • Full Name:Vinayaka Krishna Gokak • Born: August 9, 1909 (Savanur, Haveri district, Karnataka) • Died: April 28, 1992 (Bengaluru, Karnataka) • Education: • Primary and high school education in Savanur, Karnataka • He obtained his B.A. (1929) and M.A. (1931) at KarnatakCollege, Dharwar (he later became principal here)

  17. V. K. Gokak (continued) • Occupations: • Professor of English at Oxford University • Was head of many elite colleges and universities in India • Literary Contributions: • Heavily influenced by the work of DaRaa Bendre. • Epic: BharathaSindhuRashmi (possibly the longest epic written in any language in the 20th century) • Novel: SamarasaveJeevana • Poetry collections: Urnanaabha, Abhyudaya, Baaladeguladalli, DhyavaPrithvi, SamudraGeethegalu

  18. V. K. Gokak (awards & influences) • Jnanapeetha Award: for BharathaSindhuRashmi (1990) • Padmashree Award (for DhyavaPrithvi) • Gokak agitation: Report by the Karnataka govt. committee headed by VK Gokak led to a successful agitation for Kannada language rights in schools and administration

  19. U. R. Ananthamurthy • Full Name:UdupiRajagopalacharyaAnanthamurthy • Born: December 21, 1932 (Melige, TirthahalliTaluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka) • Education: • Began education in a traditional Sanskrit school in Durvasapura, continued in Thirthahalli • Master of Arts, University of Mysore • Doctorate from University of Birmingham (1966)

  20. U. R. Ananthamurthy (Contributions) • Occupations: • Started as Professor of English, Kottayam, Kerala • Widely traveled all over the world as visiting professor • Kannada writer, critic and political activist • Literary Contributions: • Short stories: GhataShraddha, EndendhiguMugiyadaKathe • Novels: Samskaara, Bhava, BharathiPura, Avasthe, • Play (Avahane), poetry collections , literary criticisms and essays in Kannada; several pieces on literature in English

  21. U.R.Ananthamurthy (awards) • Jnanapeetha award: for his contributions to Kannada literature (1994) • Rajyothsava Award • PadmaBhushan • The Hindu Literary Prize • DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

  22. GirishKarnad • Born: May 19, 1938 (Matheran, Maharashtra) • Education: • Initial schooling was in Sirsi, Karnataka • BA (Math & Stats), Karnataka Arts College, Dharwad, 1958 • MA (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), Oxford Univ, 1963 • Occupations: • Oxford Univ Press (1963-70) & Univ of Chicago (1987-88) • Most famous as a Playwright • Movie actor and director

  23. Girish Karnad (Contributions) • Literary Contributions: • Plays: Yayati, Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Nagamandala, Agni Mattu Male, MaaNishaada, Bali, TippuvinaKanasugalu, OdakaluBimba • Movie Director: • VamshaVriksha, TabbaliyuNeenadeMagane, OndanonduKaladalli, Kaadu, KanooruHeggadithi • Movie Actor: • Samskaara, VamshaVriksha, Nishaant, Manthan, Anveshane

  24. Girish Karnad (awards) • Jnanapeetha Award: for his contributions to Kannada literature and theater (1998) • SangeetNatakAkademi Award • Sahitya Academy Award • PadmaShri, PadmaBhushan • KalidasSamman • Rajyotsava Award • 9 National Film Awards • 3 Filmfare Awards

  25. Chandrashekhara Kambaara • Born: • January 2, 1937 (Ghodageri, Belagavidistrict, Karnataka) • Education: • Initial schooling in Gokak; then at Lingaraj College, Belagavi • PhD at KarnatakUniversity, Dharwad (folk theater of North Karnataka) • Career: • Brief stint of teaching at University of Chicago • Taught at Bangalore University for over 2 decades • Founder Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi • Poet, playwright (uses North Karnataka dialect of Kannada)

  26. ChandrashekharaKambaara(Contributions) • Poetry compilations: • Takaraarinavaru, SaaviradaNeralu, Chakori • Plays: • Rishyashringa, Jokumaraswamy, Sirisampige, KaaduKudure, Chalesha, Jaisidanayaka, HarakeyaKuri • Novels & stories: • Karimaayi, SingaarevvaMatthuAramane, ShikharaSoorya

  27. ChandrashekharaKambaara(awards) • Jnanapeetha Award: for his contributions to Kannada literature (2010) • PadmaShri • Sahitya Academy Award • SangeetNatakAkademi Award • Tagore Literature Award • National Film Award (title song of film KaaduKudure) • KalidasSamman • KabirSamman • Pampa Award

  28. Youth Contributors • Contributors of articles: • MaanasaHumchadkatte • Prajwal Sharma • Amala Uli • RohanAchar • EshaVartak • Kshama Girish • Nayan Rao • Editors: • Nayan Rao • Amala Uli

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