B. Puttaswamayya (

kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

:ಬಿ. ಪುಟ್ಟಸ್ವಾಮಯ್ಯ) (24 May 1897 – 25 January 1984) was a

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

, playwright and journalist in the

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

. He was awarded the prestigious

Sahitya Academy Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 1964 for his novel ''Kranthi Kalyana'', and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1978 for his plays by the Government of India.

Writings

Historical fiction

*''Kranthi Kalyana'' ( 6 vol) - Udayaravi, Rajyapala, kalyaneshwara, nagabandha, mugiyada kanasu, Kalyana kranti - based on life of Sri basavanna *''Mrunalini'' (Translation of Bengali Novel by

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist. Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 201 ...

) *''Thejaswini'' (Translation of Bengali Novel by

's Rajasimha) *''Prabhudeva'' *''Roopalekha'' - Imaginary story at the backdrop Vijayanagar empire - Devaraya II - 1442-1446 time frame *''Itihasada Putagalinda'' - Historical Short stories *''Dwa Suparna'' - 7th century story happening during the Gangaa Period *''Priyadarshi Raja'' - Emperor Ashoka story *''Chalukya Tailapa'' - Tailapa founder of Kalyana Chalukya

Social fiction

*''Ardhangi'' (translation of Manilal Banerjee's Bengali novel ''Swayamsiddha'' - filmed as '' Mallammana Pavaada'') *''Hoovu Kaavu'' *''Sudhamayi'' *''Abhisaarike'' (sequel for Sudhamayi) *''Ratnahaara'' *''Natya Mohini''

Play and literary criticism

*''Samagra Natakagalu'' *''Mooru Natakagalu'' *''Kurukshetra'' *''Chirakumara Sabha'' *''Dashavatara'' *''Taraka Vadhe'' *''Dravaswamini''

Religion

*''Shivamahinma Sutra Soundrya Lahari'' *''Sri Durgasaptashati'' *''Sri Lalita Sahasara Sangatya'' *''Sampurna Ramayana''

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* 1897 births 1984 deaths Indian male novelists Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian novelists Indian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian male writers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship {{India-writer-stub