H. S. Venkateshamurthy

Hodigere Srinivas Venkatesha Murthy[2](born 23 June 1944), popularly known as HSV, is an Indian professor, essayist, playwright, dramatist, novelist, childrens literature, translator and poet whose work is primarily written in Kannada.

H. S. Venkatesha Murthy
Born (1944-06-23) 23 June 1944[1]
Hodigere
Nationality Indian
Alma materCentral College, Bangalore
OccupationPoet, playwright
Parent(s)Narayana Bhatta, Nagarathnamma

Murthy was born to Nagarathnamma and Narayana Bhatta in the remote village of Hodigere, Channagiri Taluk, Shimoga District. After attending school in his native village, he studied in Holalkere followed by collegiate training at Chitradurga. He completed his Masters in Kannada at Central College Bangalore.[3] He worked as lecturer and professor for more than three decades at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore, and remained in Bangalore after retirement. He received his Doctorate of Literature for his research on Kannadadalli Kathana Kavanagalu.[3]

Literary career

Murthy is a post-navya writer[4] and Bhavageete poet. His works blend the pre-navya and post-navya literary movements.[4] As of 2020, he has published more than 100 books in Kannada.

Contributions to film

Contributions to television

Awards

References
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  2. https://kn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%8D.%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D.%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF
  3. "H.S.Venkatesha Murthy". Bangalore Literature Festival website. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. Ganesh, Deepa (18 August 2003). "The morning song of birds and newspaper..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 October 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. Press Release: Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2013 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 23 August 2013
  6. "Venkatesh Murthy chosen for Inamdar award". The HIndu. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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