Govindacharya Bhimacharya Joshi was an Indian playwright in the 1950s. He was born in

Hombal Hombal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 627800 Hombal, Gadag, Karnataka It is located in the Gadag taluk of Gadag district. Education Hombal has several co-educational schools for both genders. Most are ...

village in

Gadag district Gadag district is a List of districts in Karnataka, district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad district. As of 2011, it had a population of 1064570 (of which 35.21 percent was urban). The ov ...

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state in 1904. He established a theatre group named ''Vasudeva Vinodini Natya Samsthe'' at

Bagalkot Bagalkote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalkot district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha, The population of the urban agglomeration was 111,933"District Census Handbook – Guntu ...

and another theatre group named ''Kalopasaka Mandali'' in

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the northwestern part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merged ...

in 1954. He was also a founder publisher of ''Manohara Granthamala'' which has published the works of Jnanapeetha awardee

D.R. Bendre Dattātreya Rāmachandra Bēndre (31 January 1896 – 26 October 1981), popularly known as Da Rā Bēndre, is generally considered the greatest Kannada lyric poet of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the history of Kannad ...

, V.K. Gokak,

Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the ...

, A.N. Krishna Rao,

Shankar Mokashi Punekar Shankar Mokashi Punekar (8 May 1928 – 11 August 2004) was a well known writer in the Kannada Language Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and ...

, N. Kasturi,

R. S. Mugali Ram Shri Mugali (Ranganatha Srinivasa Mugali) (15 July 1906 – 20 February 1993) was a Kannada language writer. He was awarded the central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre". He was the president of the 44th Kanna ...

, Keertinath Kurtakoti,

Chandrashekhara Kambara Chandrashekhara Basavanneppa Kambara (born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akade ...

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...

, V. Sitaramaiah and several others.

Notable works

''Playwrights'' * Aa Ooru Ee Ooru * Kadadida Neeru * Mooka Bali * Nane Bijjala * Nakrasheela * Parimaladavaru * Sattavara Neralu directed by

B.V. Karanth Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth (19 September 1929 – 1 September 2002) widely known as B. V. Karanth was an Indian film director, playwright, actor, screenwriter, composer, and dramatist known for his works in the Kannada theatre, Kannada cine ...

in 1974 ''Novels'' * Aa Ooru Ee Ooru * Dharmasere (1934) * Mooka Bali (1956) * Neeru

Awards

He received the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

award in 1986 and

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

in 1989 for his contribution to theatre. The Karnataka Government has honoured him in 1983 and 1986 for his cultural contributions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, G. B. People from Gadag district Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka Kannada-language writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 1904 births 1993 deaths Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award