Gopalakrishna Adiga
Gopalakrishna Adiga | |
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Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India) | |
| Died | 1992 (aged 73–74) Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, professor |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Literary movement | Navya |
| Relatives | Manu Raju (grandson) Sharat Raju (grandson) |
Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (18.2.1918–14.11.1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of New style" poetry.[1]
Biography
He was born in the coastal village of Mogeri, Udupi district, in Karnataka State. After primary education in Mogeri and Baindooru, he went to high school in Kundapur.[2] As editor of Saakshi magazine he helped bring Kannada literature to the masses.[3]
Adiga's grandson is Manu Raju, Senior Political reporter for CNN.[4] Another grandson, Sharat Raju, is a film director in the US.
Work
In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in
His style has been described [by whom?] as a response to the independence of India from British rule in 1947. The style called Navya was generally about the new times. Inspired by modern Western literature and Indian tradition, he set out to portray the "disillusionment and angst of the times".[6]
Works
- Bhavataranga - 1946
- Anathey' - 1954 (novel)
- Bhoomi Geetha - 1959
- Mannina Vasane (book of essays) - 1966
- Vardhamana - 1972
- Idanna Bayasiralilla (poems) - 1975
- Samagra Kavya (collection of poems) - 1976
- [1] Sakshi (Magazine) - 1962
Quotes
- "ಇರುವುದೆಲ್ಲವ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇರದುದರೆಡೆಗೆ ತುಡಿವುದೆ ಜೀವನ?" (Iruvudellava bittu iradudaredege tudivude jeevana?)
Is life leaving everything we have and craving for things which we do not have?
- "ಮೌನ ತಬ್ಬಿತು ನೆಲವ" (mouna tabbitu nelava)[7]
See also
- Kannada language
- Kannada literature
- Kannada poetry
- Gopalakrishna Bharathi
References
- ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600660200.htm[usurped] The Hindu - 26 September 2002
- ^ "Gopalakrishna Adiga Biography - Biography of Gopalakrishna Adiga". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Gopalakrishna Adiga remembered[usurped] The Hindu - 4 October 2004
- ^ "CNN Profiles - Manu Raju - Chief Congressional Correspondent". CNN.
- ^ The Mysore generation The Hindu - 25 Apr 2004.
- ^ a b "Indian Poets Writing In Kannada". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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