Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (18.2.1918–14.11.1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of

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" poetry. The Hindu - 26 September 2002

Biography

He was born in the coastal village of Mogeri,

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district, in

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State. After primary education in Mogeri and Baindooru, he went to high school in Kundapur. As editor of ''Saakshi'' magazine he helped bring

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to the masses. The Hindu - 4 October 2004 Adiga's grandson is Manu Raju, Senior Political reporter for

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. Another grandson, Sharat Raju, is a film director in the US.

Work

In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in

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.The Mysore generation
''The Hindu'' - 25 Apr 2004. From 1964 until 1968 he was the principal of Lal Bahadur College in Sagara, and from 1968 until 1971 he was Principal of Poorna Prajna College in

. - Indian Poets His style has been described as a response to the

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from

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in 1947. The style called Navya was generally about the new times. Inspired by modern

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and Indian tradition, he set out to portray the "disillusionment and angst of the times".

Works

*''Bhavataranga'' - 1946 *''Anathey' - 1954 (novel) *''Bhoomi Geetha'' - 1959 *''Mannina Vasane'' (book of essays) - 1966 *''Vardhamana'' - 1972 *''Idanna Bayasiralilla'' (poems) - 1975 *''Samagra Kavya'' (collection of poems) - 1976 *

Sakshi'' (Magazine) - 1962

Quotes

*"ಇರುವುದೆಲ್ಲವ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇರದುದರೆಡೆಗೆ ತುಡಿವುದೆ ಜೀವನ?" (Iruvudellava bittu iradudaredege tudivude jeevana?) Is life leaving everything we have and craving for things which we do not have? *"ಮೌನ ತಬ್ಬಿತು ನೆಲವ" (mouna tabbitu nelava) - C. Aswath

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adiga, Gopalakrishna Kannada poets Hindu poets 1918 births 1992 deaths People from Udupi district Mangaloreans Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada Academic staff of the University of Mysore Maharaja's College, Mysore alumni 20th-century Indian poets Poets from Karnataka Indian male poets Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians 20th-century Indian male writers

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