Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an

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and

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Early life and career

He was born in the village Harogadde, of Theerthahalli Taluk,

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district in

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. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the

Mysore University The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university. Appointed the Vice-chancellor of

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on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.

Death

Nayak died, following a heart attack, in

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in the year 2000, at the age of 69.

Literary works

* ''Namma Maneya Deepa'', collection of essays * ''Kannada Vratha'' * Karnataka (1992) * South Indian Studies (edited with B R Gopal, 1990) * ''Samprati'' (1988) * ''Soolangi'', a collection of thirty reflective essays (1985) * Epic in Indian literature (1985) * Impact of Marxism on Indian life and literature - proceedings of a national seminar (editor, 1972) * ''Janapada Swarupa'', collection of essays on the nature and scope of folklore (1971) * Kannada - Literary and Colloquial, a study of two styles (1967)

Accolades

* 1985 - Nayak was presided the chair of 57th

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana () is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the Kannada language, its literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by H. V. Nanj ...

held in

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. * 1989 -

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for the work ''Samprati'', collection of column writing.

References

Kannada-language writers 1931 births 2000 deaths People from Shimoga Kannada people Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada Academic staff of the University of Mysore {{Karnataka-stub