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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox writer Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994),<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> popularly known by his pen name KuvempuTemplate:IPAc-en, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="bio1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was the first Kannada writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Kuvempu studied at Mysuru University in the 1920s, taught there for nearly three decades and served as its vice-chancellor from 1956 to 1960. He initiated education in Kannada as the language medium. For his contributions to Kannada literature, the Government of Karnataka decorated him with the honorific Rashtrakavi ("National Poet") in 1964 and Karnataka Ratna ("The Gem of Karnataka") in 1992. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1988. He penned the Karnataka State Anthem Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate.

BiographyEdit

Early life and educationEdit

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Kuvempu's ancestral house in Kuppali

Kuvempu was born in Hirekodige, a village in Koppa taluk of Chikmagalur district and raised in Kuppalli, a village in Shivamogga district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka) into a Kannada-speaking Vokkaliga family.<ref name="bio1">Template:Cite book</ref> His mother Seethamma hailed from Koppa, Chikmangalur, while his father Venkatappa was from Kuppali, a village in Thirthahalli taluk (in present-day Shimoga district), where he was raised. He had two younger sisters, Danamma and Puttamma. <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="bio1"/> Early in his childhood, Kuvempu was home-schooled by an appointed teacher from South Canara.Template:Citation needed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He joined the Anglo-Vernacular school in Thirthahalli to continue his middle school education. Kuvempu's father died when he was only twelve. He finished his lower and secondary education in Kannada and English languages in Thirthahalli and moved to Mysore for further education at the Wesleyan High School. Thereafter, he pursued college studies at the Maharaja College of Mysore and graduated in 1929, majoring in Kannada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FamilyEdit

Kuvempu married Hemavathi on 30 April 1937. He was forced into enter marital life on this faculty out of Ramakrishna Mission.<ref name="Kuvempu">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kuvempu had two sons, Poornachandra Tejaswi and Kokilodaya Chaitra, and two daughters, Indukala and Tharini. Tharini is married to K.Chidananda Gowda the former Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University.<ref name="Kuvempu"/> His home in Mysore is called Udayaravi. His son Poornachandra Tejaswi was a polymath, contributing significantly to Kannada literature, photography, calligraphy, digital imaging, social movements, and agriculture.<ref name="Kuvempu"/>

CareerEdit

Kuvempu began his academic career as a lecturer of Kannada language at the Maharaja's College in Mysore in 1929. He worked as an assistant professor in the Central college, Bengaluru from 1936. He re-joined Maharaja's college in Mysore in 1946 as a professor. He went on to become the principal of the Maharaja's college in 1955. In 1956 he was selected as the Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University where he served till retirement in 1960. He was the first graduate from Mysore University to rise to that position.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>

BibliographyEdit

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EpicEdit

NovelsEdit

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PlaysEdit

  • Jalagaara/ಜಲಗಾರ (1928)
  • Birugaali/ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ (1930)
  • Maharaatri/ಮಹಾರಾತ್ರಿ (1931)
  • Smashana Kurukshethra/ಸ್ಮಶಾನ ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (1931)
  • Raktaakshi/ರಕ್ತಾಕ್ಷಿ (1932)
  • Shoodra Tapaswi/ಶೂದ್ರ ತಪಸ್ವಿ (1944)
  • Beralge koral/ಬೆರಳ್ಗೆ ಕೊರಳ್ (1947)
  • Yamana solu/ಯಮನ ಸೇೂಲು
  • Chandrahasa/ಚಂದ್ರಹಾಸ
  • Balidaana/ಬಲಿದಾನ
  • Kaaneena/ಕಾನೀನ (1974)

AutobiographyEdit

  • Nenapina Doniyali/ನೆನಪಿನ ದೇೂಣಿಯಲಿ (1980)

Collection of storiesEdit

  • Sanyaasi Mattu Itare Kathegalu / ಸನ್ಯಾಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು (1937)
  • Nanna Devaru Mattu Itare Kathegalu / ನನ್ನ ದೇವರು ಮತ್ತು ಇತರೆ ಕಥೆಗಳು (1940)

EssaysEdit

  • Malenaadina Chittragalu / ಮಲೆನಾಡಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು (1933)

Literary criticismEdit

  • Atmashreegagi Nirankushamatigalagi (1969)
  • Kavyavihara (1969)
  • Taponandana (1969)
  • Vibhuthi Pooje / ವಿಭೂತಿ ಪೂಜೆ (1969)
  • Draupadiya Shrimudi (1969)
  • Vicharakrantige Ahvana (1969)
  • Sahityaprachara
  • Ithyadi
  • Raso Vai Saha

Essay and OtherEdit

  • Manujamatha Viswapatha
  • Kavya Vihara
  • Mantramangalya

BiographyEdit

  • Swami Vivekananda (1932)
  • Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1934)

TranslationEdit

  • Guruvinodane Devaredege
  • Janapriya Valmiki Ramayana

Stories and poems for childrenEdit

  • Bommanahalliya kindarijogi(1936)
  • Mari vijnani(1947)
  • Meghapura (1947)
  • Nanna mane (1947)
  • Nanna gopala
  • Amalana kathe
  • Sahasa pavana
  • Modannana Tamma
  • Narigaligeke Kodilla
  • Haluru

PoetryEdit

  • Kolalu (1930)
  • Panchajanya (1933)
  • Navilu (1934)
  • Kalasundari (1934)
  • Kathana Kavanagalu (1937)
  • Kogile Matthu Soviet Russia (1944)
  • Prema Kashmeera (1946)
  • Agnihamsa (1946)
  • Krutthike (1946)
  • Pakshikashi (1946)
  • Kinkini (Collection of Vachana) (1946)
  • Shodashi (1946)
  • Chandramanchake Baa Chakori (1957)
  • Ikshugangothri (1957)
  • Anikethana (1963)
  • Jenaguva (1964)
  • Anutthara (1965)
  • Manthrakshathe (1966)
  • Kadaradake (1967)
  • Prethakyoo (1967)
  • Kuteechaka (1967)
  • Honna Hotthaare (1976)
  • Koneya Thene Matthu Vishwamanava Sandesha (1981)

MoviesEdit

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DramaEdit

  • Malegalalli Madumagalu (directed by Basavalingaiah)

Awards and honoursEdit

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  • To landmark the golden jubilee of Kannada's first Jnanapeeth award, on 29 December 2017, Kuvempu's 113th birth anniversary, Google India dedicated a Google Doodle in his honor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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MemorialsEdit

Kavimane — Kuvempu MemorialEdit

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Kuvempu's memorial in Kavishaila, Kuppali

The childhood home of Kuvempu at Kuppali has been converted into a museum by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishtana (a trust dedicated to Kuvempu). This trust has undertaken immense developmental works in Kuppali to showcase Kuvempu and his works to the external world.<ref name=dh>Template:Cite news</ref> On the night of 23 November 2015, many valuables including the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards conferred on poet laureate Kuvempu were stolen from Kavimane.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The entire museum has been ransacked. The surveillance cameras there have also been damaged. The Jnanapith award kept there has remained intact.

KavishailaEdit

The gradually rising hill south of the house is named Kavishaila, Kuvempu's mortal remains were placed at Kavishaila.<ref name=dh />

Biographies on KuvempuEdit

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Kuvempu on a 2017 stamp of India
  • Annana Nenapu, Poornachandra Tejaswi
  • Yugada Kavi, K.C. Shiva Reddy
  • Kuvempu, Pradhan Gurudatta
  • Magalu Kanda Kuvempu, Tharini Chidananda,

CommemorationEdit

The Kuvempu University in Shimoga, Karnataka was established in 1948.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Vishwamanava Express<ref>Vishwa Manava Express hits the tracks. The Hindu (23 May 2017). Retrieved 2018-11-06.</ref> was named in honour of Kuvempu's idea of "Vishwa Manava" ("Universal Man").<ref>'Vishwamanava Express', and story behind the name. Deccan Herald. 27 May 2017</ref>

India Post honoured Kuvempu by releasing a postage stamp in 1997<ref>Jnanpith Award Winners, Kannada (click for stamp information) ::: 1996-1997 » Commemorative Stamps » Stamps. Indianphilatelics.com (28 March 1997). Retrieved 2018-11-06.</ref> and 2017.<ref>Postage Stamps, Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps). Postage Stamps. Retrieved 6 November 2018.</ref>

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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Further readingEdit

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