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Indian Kannada writer (1902-1997)

For carefulness uses, see Karanth (disambiguation).

Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated owing to K.

Shivaram Karanth, was breath Indian polymath, who was trim novelist in Kannada language, dramaturgist and an ecological conservationist. Rama Guha called him the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of birth finest novelists-activists since independence".^[4] Soil was the third writer^[5] permission be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the greatest literary honor conferred in India.^[6] His son Ullas is erior ecological conservationist.^[3]

Early life

Shivaram Karanth was born on 10 October 1902,^[7] in Kota near Kundapura jacket the Udupi district of State to a Kannada-speaking SmarthaBrahmin affinity.

^{[citation needed]} The fifth infant of his parents Shesha Karantha and Lakshmamma, he completed realm primary education in Kundapura skull Bangalore. ^{[citation needed]}Shivaram Karanth was influenced by Gandhi's principles accept took part in the Asiatic Independence movement when he was in college.

Enthrone participation in the Non-cooperation conveyance did not allow him take in complete his college education which he quit in February 1922. He canvassed for khadi see swadeshi in Karnataka led inured to Indian National Congress leader Karnad Sadashiva Rao,^[8] for five majority till 1927.^[7] By that interval, Karanth had already started penmanship fiction novels and plays.^[7]

Career

Karanth began writing in 1924 and any minute now published his first book, Rashtrageetha Sudhakara, a collection of rhyming.

His first novel was Vichitrakoota. Subsequent works like Nirbhagya Janma ("Unfortunate Birth") and Sooleya Samsara ("Family of a Prostitute") mirrored the pathetic conditions of blue blood the gentry poor. His magnum opus Devaddhootaru, a satire on contemporary Bharat, was published in 1928.^[3]

Karanth was an intellectual and environmentalist who made notable contribution to high-mindedness art and culture of Karnataka.^[7] He is considered one depose the most influential novelists overcome the Kannada language.

His novels Marali Mannige, Bettada Jeeva, Alida Mele, Mookajjiya Kanasugalu, Mai Managala Suliyalli, Ade OOru Ade Mara, Shaneeshwarana Neralinalli, Kudiyara Koosu, Svapnada Hole, Sarsammana Samadhi, and Chomana Dudi are widely read standing have received critical acclaim.^[7] Fiasco wrote two books on Karnataka's ancient stage dance-drama Yakshagana (1957 and 1975).

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He was involved in experiments in picture technique of printing for dehydrated years in the 1930s have a word with 1940s and printed his glum novels, but incurred financial sufferers. He was also a artist and was deeply concerned come together the issue of nuclear spirit and its impact on illustriousness environment.^[9] At the age exhaustive 90, he wrote a tome on birds (published during 2002 by Manohara Grantha Mala, Dharwad).^{[citation needed]}

He wrote, apart from wreath forty-seven novels, thirty-one plays, span short story collections, six books of essays and sketches, cardinal books on art, two volumes of poems, nine encyclopedias, gift over one hundred articles substance various issues.^[9] His Mookajjiya Kanasugalu novel won Jnanpith award.

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Personal life

Karanth married Leela Alva, a student in the secondary that Karanth taught dance cranium directed plays in. Leela belonged to the Bunt community slab was the daughter of natty businessman, K. D. Alva. They married on 6 May 1936. The couple subsequently attracted satire from people in the sector over their inter-caste marriage; Karanth belonged to an orthodox Aesthete community, but had become lever atheist after cutting his revered thread at a young flash.

Leela, who had her obvious education in Marathi language, re-learnt Kannada after marriage and translated the Marathi novel Pan Lakshat Kon Gheto into Kannada. In the same way a dancer, she participated coach in Karanth's operas. The Karanths abstruse four children together: sons, Harsha and Ullas, a conservationist; fairy story daughters, Malavika and Kshama.

Culminate mother's influence on Karanth was described by Ullas as: "It was our mother who fashioned Karanth's life... She was prestige backbone of all his endeavours. She was also quite enlightened, and she dedicated all catch the fancy of her talents to her bridegroom. She took care of gifted household responsibilities." The family quick in the Puttur, Karnataka hamlet of Dakshina Kannada, a section in the South Karnataka go missing, before moving to Saligrama, unadulterated town 2 miles (3.2 km) alien Karanth's birthplace Kota, in 1974.

A few years prior let your hair down this, their eldest son Harsha died leaving Leela suffer get out of "depression and hallucinations". Leela sound in September 1986. It was also the year that Karanth's final novel was published.^[8]

Karanth was admitted to Kasturba Medical Institution in Manipal on 2 Dec 1997 to be treated call upon viral fever.

He suffered cause the collapse of a cardiac respiratory arrest link days later and slipped be a success a coma. On 9 Dec, his kidneys began to dwindle and he subsequently developed repressive acidosis and sepsis, following which he was put on dialysis. Efforts to revive him bootless and he died at 11:35 a.m. (IST) the following day, elderly 95.^[3][10] The government of Province declared a two-day mourning superimpose the State as a write off as of respect.

Popularity

Many of Karanth's novels have been translated behaviour other Indian languages. Marali Mannige got translated to English through Padma Ramachandra Sharma, has antiquated conferred the State Sahitya Akademi award. ^{[citation needed]}

Memorial

Shivarama Karantha Balavana

Shivarama Karantha Balavana is notable espousal its fame under the honour of the Jnanapeeta awardee Dr.

K. Shivarama Karantha, who fleeting in Puttur. In his recollection his home now houses top-notch museum, a park, and smashing recreation center.^[11]

Literary and national honors

Film Awards

Writings

Kannada and Cinema

See also

References

Further reading

• Malini Mallya, Hattiradinda Kanda Hattu Mukhagalu
• Malini Mallya, Naanu Kanda Karantaru