Saraswati Samman to Veerappa Moily

Saraswati Samman to Veerappa Moily : Veerappa Moily  former chief minister of Karnataka [1992 - 1994], senior congress leader , former union minister has been selected for the prestigious literary Award 'Saraswati Samman' for 2014.

Veerappa Moily is the second writer from Karantaka to be chosen for this award after well known Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa who was awarded Saraswati Samman for his novel 'Mandra' in 2011.

Veerappa Moily has been selected for Saraswati Samman for his famous Kannada poem 'Ramayana Mahanveshanam'

Divided into five volumes, 'Ramayana Mahanveshanam' was first published in 2007 in Kannada. The poem has been translated into English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

Saraswati Samman is an annual award that is given in recognition of outstanding prose or poetry literary works in Indian languages that are listed in Schedule VIII of the constitution of India.

This award is given for the literary works of last 10 years. The award was established in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation and carries a prize amount of 10 lakh rupees along with citation and a plaque.

The KK Birla Foundation has instituted three awards in the field of literature. These are Saraswati Samman, Vyas Samman (for Hindi) and Bihari Puraskar (for Hindi and Rajasthani writers of Rajasthan).

Many of us know Mr. Veerappa Moily as a politician but very few us know him as a writer. Veerappa Moily has penned four novels, collection of three epic poetry, several plays, and essays.

His novels includes

1. Kotta (made into tele films in both Kannada and Hindi)
2. Tembare (translated into English under the title, The edge of time)
3. Suligali: Typhoon
4. Sagaradeepa: Ocean lamp

His poems includes

1. Halu-Jenu Maththe
2. Nadeyali Samara
3. Yakshaprashne

Congratulations to Mr. Veerappa Moily for this recognition in the literary field. and we hope he will continue to produce some good literary work and contribute more to Kannada and Indian literature