Gopalakrishna Adiga
Gopalakrishna Adiga | |
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| Born | 1918 Mogeri, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 1992 (aged 73–74) |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in Mysore.[5] From 1964 until 1968 he was the principal of Lal Bahadur College in Sagara, and from 1968 until 1971 he was Principal of Poorna Prajna College in Udupi.[6]
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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- "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
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600660200.htm The Hindu - 26 September 2002
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- Kannada poets
- Hindu poets
- 1918 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Udupi district
- Mangaloreans
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada
- Academic staff of the University of Mysore
- Maharaja's College, Mysore alumni
- 20th-century Indian poets
- Poets from Karnataka
- Indian male poets
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians
- 20th-century Indian male writers