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Kannada writer Amaresh Nugadoni, 66, has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi grant for his abbreviated communicative collection, Dada Serisu Tande.
This is his 5th abbreviated communicative collection. Four of his stories person been adapted into films. He is known for capturing themes of drought and quality suffering successful the Kalyan Karnataka portion and utilizing the section dialect successful his writings. The statement of the arid landscapes of Kalyan Karnataka successful his works, the mountains and the plains of assorted districts and the lives of the communal radical aft the autumn of the Vijayanagar empire are considered unsocial to Kannada literature. He is known for bringing retired issues of caste and people discrimination, arsenic good arsenic societal justice.
Prof. Nugadoni, who is recuperating successful the infirmary aft process for a bosom ailment, said helium was precise blessed to beryllium selected. He said it was an honour for the Kannada language.
Born Amaresh Halemane successful Nugadoni colony successful Raichur district, helium adopted the sanction of his colony arsenic his 2nd name. He studied astatine assorted places successful Raichur territory and pursued his M.A. successful Kannada from Gulbarga University successful Kalaburagi.
Literary influences
The biggest literate power successful his beingness was to travel successful Raichur, wherever helium met polyglot writer and Ghazal writer Shatarasa Hemberalu. The seasoned writer goaded him to constitute and guided him successful his literate pursuits.
He served arsenic a lecturer successful Akkalkot successful Maharashtra, Bidar and Raichur, earlier joining the Hampi Kannada University. He retired arsenic a prof successful 2022.
Writer Amresh Nugadoni delivering inaugural code astatine a one-day literate store successful Gulbarga University successful 2025. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI
Film adaptations
His abbreviated communicative Savari was made into the aggregate award-winning movie Kanasemba Kudureyaneri by Girish Kasaravalli. It was besides screened successful respective movie festivals extracurricular India.
The communicative Neeru Tandavaru was brought to surface by Aasif Kshatriya, portion Daivakke Modalu Sharanembevu was adapted by G. Rangaswami. The communicative Dhare Uridare was made into Vaghachi Pani by Natesh Hegde. Four of his stories person been staged arsenic plays.
Among his champion known works is Arivu published by the Hampi Kannada University successful 1994. This is simply a abbreviated communicative postulation written utilizing minimal fig of Kannada words, to alteration the recently literate to make a sensation of literature.
Works connected Hyderabad-Karnataka
A probe enactment connected the societal realities of Hyderabad-Karnataka successful Kannada lit is considered his large publication to academics. Other probe works see the measurement connected the Hyderabad Karnataka liberation question successful undivided Raichur territory and the taste past of the surviving practice of the Tatva Pada people creation form.
He edited the 1,100 pages compendium connected Hyderabad Karnataka, that was released astatine the Raichur Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. He edited it connected information that the measurement would not incorporate advertisements oregon messages from celebrities.
His edited volumes connected Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, Harishchandra Kavya, Jaimini Bharata, Shoonya Sampadane, Gramayana, and Purandara Dasa are fashionable notation books among students. He has published property profiles of Jedara Dasimayya , Sarvajnya, Dinakara Desai and Srikrishna Alanahalli. His books connected medieval Kannada lit and probe methodology are utilized arsenic world texts.
Among the awards helium has won are the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award, Jayateertha Rajpurohit memorial award, Chaduranga grant and Masti grant for abbreviated stories.
