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Well-known Kannada writer and Saraswati Samman awardee S. L. Bhyrappa, 94, passed distant astatine a backstage infirmary successful Bengaluru connected Wednesday. He was suffering from age-related ailments and was nether attraction successful the metropolis for the past 3 months.
Bhyrappa is survived by woman Saraswati and 2 sons, Uday Shankar and Ravi Shankar.
Jayadev Memorial Rashtrotthana Hospital and Research Centre, wherever helium was admitted, stated that helium suffered cardiac apprehension and passed distant precocious connected Wednesday afternoon. Sources said helium was suffering from cardiac issues and had collapsed during a greeting locomotion a fewer months ago. He was past shifted from Mysuru to Bengaluru for amended care.
The cremation would beryllium held connected September 26 successful Mysuru, wherever helium lived for galore years, with State honours. On September 25, the assemblage would beryllium kept astatine Ravindra Kalakshetra successful Bengaluru for radical to wage their past respects.
From Hassan
A autochthonal of Santheshivara successful Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district, Bhyrappa studied successful Hassan and Mysuru districts. He served arsenic a prof of doctrine successful assorted parts of India, including Gujarat and New Delhi, adjacent arsenic helium continued to constitute his novels.
Bhyrappa was 1 of the astir wide work writers of Kannada and wrote 25 novels, each of which person seen aggregate reprints and translated into respective languages. He announced status successful 2017 aft his caller Uttarakanda, a retelling of Ramanayana, from Sita’s perspective. His novels Parva, Vamsavriksa and Gruhabhanga are considered classics of Kannada literature. Some of his fashionable novels were turned into arsenic fashionable films and tv serials.
Controversies
Bhyrappa, a sympathiser of the Hindutva politics, was nary alien to controversies. He often faced disapproval for his vocal Hindutva stances successful nationalist platforms arsenic good arsenic successful his novels.
