Two days back one more Feather was added to the Kannada literature when Dr.Chandrashekhara Kambara won the prestigious Jnanpith Award.This is the 8th Jnanpith Award for Kannada Literature.
Hindi have been honoured with the 9 awards, five for Bengali and Malayalam, four for Urdu and three for Gujarati, Oriya and Marathi and for Tamil.
The award was instituted in 1961, and its first recipient, in 1965, was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup for Odakkuzhal (Flute).
We know that Kuvempu is the first Kannada writer to win this award for Sri Ramayana Darshanam in 1967.
Followed by Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre for Naku Thanthi in 1973,
K. Shivaram Karanth for Mookajjiya Kanasugalu in 1977 ,
Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar for Chikkaveera Rajendra in 1983,
Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar for Chikkaveera Rajendra in 1983,
V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) for Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi in 1990,
U. R. Ananthamurthy for his contributions to Kannada literature in 1994 ,
U. R. Ananthamurthy for his contributions to Kannada literature in 1994 ,
Girish Karnad "for his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theater(yayati) in 1998 ,
Chandrashekhara Kambara for his contributions to Kannada literature in 2010.
Chandrashekhara Kambara was born in Ghodageri village in Belagavi district. He was the third son in the family, with brothers Parasappa and Yallappa. From an early age he was interested in folk arts, local culture and ritual.
Chandrashekhara Kambara for his contributions to Kannada literature in 2010.
Chandrashekhara Kambara was born in Ghodageri village in Belagavi district. He was the third son in the family, with brothers Parasappa and Yallappa. From an early age he was interested in folk arts, local culture and ritual.
Popularly known as Shivapur Kambar Masther in his native district, Kambara had his schooling in Gokak and returned to Belagavi for higher education at Lingaraj College.
After his post-graduation, he did his PhD thesis on Uttara Karnatakada Janapad Rangbhumi (The Folk Theatre of North Karnataka) from Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Dr. Kambara has to his credit 22 plays, 8 anthologies of poems, 3 novels, 12 research works and several scholarly write-ups on folk theater, literature and education. Some of his popular plays include Aramane, Mahamayi, Singaravva and Harakeya Kuri. He was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991 for another popular play Sirisampige.
After his post-graduation, he did his PhD thesis on Uttara Karnatakada Janapad Rangbhumi (The Folk Theatre of North Karnataka) from Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Dr. Kambara has to his credit 22 plays, 8 anthologies of poems, 3 novels, 12 research works and several scholarly write-ups on folk theater, literature and education. Some of his popular plays include Aramane, Mahamayi, Singaravva and Harakeya Kuri. He was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991 for another popular play Sirisampige.
He was a pioneer in introducing Bailahongal's famous Sangya Balya (bayalata) and Jokumaraswamy, a traditional ritual of his native district, to the literary world which have seen thousands of performances, not only in Kannada, but several other Indian languages as well. His most recent novel, Shikhar Soorya, is rated among the best Kannada novels.
Besides being a writer, Kambara has also been involved in film-making. He has directed a number of movies based on the plays written by him. Karimayi, Sangeeta and Kadu Kudure are some of his major films as a director. He has composed the music for all his movies and the title song of Kaadu Kudure won a National Film Award. He has also adopted his play G.K. Maasthara Pranaya Prasanga for television.
In his interview to Chandana TV, He suggested that the Education system in the State should be modified to preserve Kannada and to eliminate the difference in the standard of Education among the Students of government schools and private convents.
He said that government should make sure that all the Students must study in Kannada medium till their 10th standard. I don't know how much the government is going to consider his request!
He said that government should make sure that all the Students must study in Kannada medium till their 10th standard. I don't know how much the government is going to consider his request!
But my regret is that the people comes to know these great writers , only when they get some awards or only when some person is appearing on their TV sets frequently.
They know the serial artist or the reality show people more than the prominent people from various Fields. The Educated people should read our literature and respect our writers despite of the awards which gives them the limelight.
They know the serial artist or the reality show people more than the prominent people from various Fields. The Educated people should read our literature and respect our writers despite of the awards which gives them the limelight.
There is so many great writers and so many great literary work is available in Kannada of course in India. we the educated people should start reading our language books then move on to other languages according to our appetite for knowledge and information.
I think the right kind of respect we can give to Dr.Chandrashekhara Kambara or to all our writers is to read their work.
I don't know whether my views are right or wrong. please leave your comments
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