| H. M. Nayak | |
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| Born | Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931-09-12)12 September 1931 Harogadde, Shivamogga, Mysore State, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 10 November 2000(2000-11-10) (aged 69) Mysore, Mysuru District, Karnataka, India |
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| Genre | Folklore and Essays |
Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an academic, writer and folklorist.
Early life and career
He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university. Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.
Death
Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore in the year 2000, at the age of 69.
Literary works
- Namma Maneya Deepa, collection of essays
- Kannada Vratha
- Karnataka (1992)
- South Indian Studies (edited with B R Gopal, 1990)
- Samprati (1988)
- Soolangi, a collection of thirty reflective essays (1985)
- Epic in Indian literature (1985)
- Impact of Marxism on Indian life and literature - proceedings of a national seminar (editor, 1972)
- Janapada Swarupa, collection of essays on the nature and scope of folklore (1971)
- Kannada - Literary and Colloquial, a study of two styles (1967)
Accolades
- 1985 - Nayak was presided the chair of 57th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Bidar.
- 1989 - Sahitya Akademi Award for the work Samprati, collection of column writing.
References
- "Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university". Gulbarga University. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
- "Kannada writer Nayak dead". The Tribune India. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
- "Sahitya Akademi Awards". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
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