Kamalakar Bhat is Professor and Head of the Postgraduate department of English of Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. He is a bilingual writer and a translator between English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Kannada. He has published three collections of poems in Kannada: “Churuparu Reshime” (Silk Shreds, PUTINA award, 2006), “Mugiyada Madhyahna” (Endless Noon, 2010) and "Jagadajate Matukate" (A Chat with the World 2017). His translation of the works of Marathi poet Namdev Dhasal has been published by Kuvempu Bhashabharati in 2018. He has edited the lectures and essays of Prof. H S Shivaprakash under the title "The Word and the World", which has been published by Manipal Universal Press in 2019. An anthology of poetry translated from ten Indian languages was published in 2021 by the publication division of Kuvempu University, Shivmoga. His translations of Kannada poetry and short stories have appeared in Indian Literature, Muse India and Prologue. His translations into Kannada also have been published in Kannada magazines. He was the Kannada editor of the online magazine indiaree.com. He has written columns in Kannada magazines like "Andolana", “Kendasampige” and “Eedina.com”. He has published more than 20 research papers in national and international academic journals. He has undertaken a "Translation-a-Day" project on his Facebook wall carrying into Kannada, poetry from all parts of the world and from Kannada into English since October 2019.
Ajay Varma Alluri is a bilingual writer and translator, born in Sindhanur of Raichur district, in Karnataka. He has so far published ‘Gagana Sindhu’ (Poetry collection), ‘Diana Mara’, ‘Kalala Kannēti Pāta’, ‘Vimukthe’, ‘Nālkane Ekare’, ‘Nalana Damayanti’, ‘RSS: Lōthupāthulu’ (translations). He has bagged Da.Ra.Bendre poetry prize, Aa.Na.Kru Short Story Prize, Prahalādha Agasanakatte Award, Kuvempu bāshā Bharathi award for his works. Ajay is currently pursuing his PhD in Translation Studies from English And Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
Bhagya CH has translated more than 200 poems by contemporary Indian poets into Kannada. Many of her translations have also been published in Hosathu magazine and also e -Magazines such as avadhi. A retired deputy director from Pre University Board, Karnataka Government, Bhagya is a passionate student of literature.
Bharat Ramu is Senior Architect at Thomson Reuters, Boston, USA. He is from Banglaore. Beyond his professional pursuits, he is an avid reader and a translator. He translates between Kannada and English.
Bhumika R completed her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has
worked as an assistant professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences at Shiv Nadar University,Chennai, Jain(Deemed to be)University Bangalore, Shri Mata Vaishnodevi University in Kakryal, J&K and as a language instructor in the Department of Humanities & Social Science, IIT Jammu.
She believes that writing heals scars and allows you to mock authority in a subtle yet powerful
manner and importantly it allows a writer to tell stories that might be difficult to articulate in
academic writing. In July 2022 she decided to focus her energy and time entirely on literary
writing and translation having realised that her love and passion for literature outweigh her
interest in academia. Bhumika has contributed articles to Cafe Dissensus everyday, The
Hindu and Deccan Herald. She writes poetry and short fiction in English. Some of her poems have been published in the Visual Verse, IACLALS news letter, The Pine Cone review, and plato caves online. Her short stories have been published in the borderless journal,
aainangar literary magazine and east india story.
She also translates poetry and fiction from
Kannada in to English and vice versa.
Born on November 3, 1984 in a small town called Somanatti, Bailahongala Taluk, Belagavi District, she holds a Master's Degree in M.Sc Physics and is working as a Mathematics Teacher in a High School. His poetry and short stories have been published in many newspapers of the country. In 2018, his first collection of poetry titled 'Trial Room's Nymphs' was published by Pallava Prakashan Hospet. This compilation has received 'Kajana Yuva Puraskar-2019' 'V.C. Udayonmukh Puraskar-2019' 'State-level Janna Sanadi Sahitya Puraskar-2019' 'Amma Praswan-2019'.The poem 'The blue wheel should have had legs' is the text for the first BA Kannada subject of Mangalore University. In 2021, a second collection of poetry titled 'Pathe Prahe Martyakkiliiyachum' was published by Samakaleena Oduparaha.
Ravichandra Chittampalli took a PhD in English Literature on the poetry of A D Hope and is currently Professor at the Department of Studies in English, University of Mysore. He won the K Tirumalachar award from Dhvanyaloka for research in 1983. Saga Magazine, Kent, honoured him with a travel fellowship to visit UK and Ireland in 1990. He was nominated the Northrop Frye Fellow in 1992 from Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Canada. He was twice the Shastri Fellow, in 1994 and in 2004, carrying out research at various universities in Canada. He has been consistently publishing in journals like Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, South Asian Canadiana, The Literary Criterion: Aspects of Contemporary Canadian Literature, Critical Practice and others.
Dr.Jayashree C. Kambar is presently working as Head of the Department of English at KLES. Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru. She is awarded Ph.D for her thesis on Re-Presentation of History in Selected English and Kannada Plays. She has published and Presented research papers .She has published 02 collections of poems 03 Plays-and 1 translation- Buddha, the Light . She has rendered Key Note All Women Writers Conference held at Kerala, as a Panelist at Madhyamam Literary Fest at Thrissur, Key Note address in National Seminar at Guruvayur. Apart from this she has rendered poems in prestigious State and National Symposium of Poets conducted by All India Radio, New Delhi, held at Hyderabad in Jan 2014. She has participated in the Writers conference held in various states .She is the recipient of Regional Awards
Jayasrinivasa Rao translates across Kannada and English and has translated into English an early Kannada novel, Chandramukhiya Ghatavu (Rodda Vyasrau Venkatrau; 1900); poems, stories, and essays for Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South India; and Kerur Vasudevacharya’s Holmes story Vismayajanakavada Himseya Kramavu. His English translations of K. V. Tirumalesh’s Hyderabad Poems have appeared in Caesurae: Poetics of Cultural Translation, Muse India, and Maidaanam and his Kannada translations of world poetry have appeared in Kannada literary journals Avadhi, Kendasampige, Bhasha Bharathi, and Ruthumana. His book of Kannada translations of 70 Polish poems, Suridaavo Taaregalu, published by Kuvempu University, Karnataka, was released in April 2022.
Keshava Malagi is an Indian Kannada language writer of the post-Bandaya generation. He has published two novels, Kunkuma bhoomi and Angada dhare, and five short story collections, Kadala terege dande, Maagi moovattaidu, Vennela dorasani, Hole badiya belagu and Akatha katha. Malagi was born in 1963 in Karnataka. He obtained his MA from Mysore University and began his career as a journalist. He served as sub-editor in "Suddi sangati", Prajavani and Times of India, and as editor with Orient Longman. Malagi moved from journalism to education and joined MAYA, a Bangalore-based NGO. And worked in the Azim Premji foundation. Malagi now works in Srishti Manipal Institute, Bengaluru an Art, design and technology institute.
Mamta Sagar is a Kannada poet, playwright and translator living in Bengaluru. She has four collections of poems and plays. Kaada Navilina Hejje (Footsteps of the Wild Peacock, 1992), Nadiya Neerina Teva (Dampness of the River Water, 1999), Hiige HaaLeya Maile HaaDu (Like This on the Page the Song, 2007), Hide & Seek, a collection of selected poems in English translated by Chitra Panikkar with the source text in Kannada (2014), Chukki Chukki Chandakki, a musical play for children (1993), The Swing of Desire, translation of her Kannada play Mayye Bhaara Manave Bhaara, included in Staging Resistance: Plays by Women in Translation (2004), Como esto en la pagina la cancion, a collection of her poems in Spanish translated by Nicolás Suescún and Nelson Roque Valdés (2008). She has translated and edited Beyond Barriers: Slovenian-Kannada Literature Interactions, a trilingual compilation of poems and stories (2011). Elif Shafak’s Forty Rules of Love is one of her recent translations into Kannada. Mamta has collaborated her poetry performance with visual artists, musicians and poets from other language areas within and outside India. Mamta is a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust fellowship (2015) and AUROPOLIS Poet in Residence at Belgrade (2012).
Manu V. Devadevan is an Indian historian known for his works on pre-modern south India. Manu Devadevan, originally from Kerala, grew up and studied in Bengaluru. He completed his post-graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed his doctoral research from Mangalore University (under historian Kesavan Veluthat). He holds an expertise in multiple Indian languages. A poet, literary critic and translator, he has published widely in Kannada and also writes in Malayalam. Devadevan is a recipient of the Infosys Prize 2019 for Humanities. He currently works at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi.
MEHABOOB MULTANI Mehaboob Multani works as an English teacher in Urdu High School at Kittur. He is a poet and translator. He translates mainly from Indian languages. He translates from Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and English. His poetry and short stories have been published in many newspapers and magazines of Kannada. In 2020 he won Prajavani Poetry Prize and 2021 he won consolidate prize for poetry. One of his short stories short listed for Samajmukhi Short Story contest. Recently he started his own publication house named as “samakaleen odu baraha”.
Naveen Halemane (b. 1975) is an English lecturer, Soft skills trainer and Translator from Tumkur dist, Karnataka. A PhD in Linguistics from Mysore University, translates between Kannada and English. His English to Kannada translations include Tagore's Gitanjali, Margaret Atwood's Murder in the Dark, a biography of Tatyatope and Kamala Mukunda's What did You Ask At School Today? His Kannada to English translations include stories of KP Poornachandra Tejaswi, Ghazals of Chidananda Sali and various contemporary Kannada poets. He presently works in Mahatma Gandhi Government PU College Kunigal as Lecturer in English
A native of chitradurga. Completed MA from Mysore University and holds a MPhil degree in English from an open university. Keenly interested in translation. Translated some of the stories of Bhanu Mushtaq from kannada to english. Also translated the poems of Nighat Sahiba, a kashmiri poet who writes both in kashmiri and english language. Translated the discussion held on the Constitution in the constituent assembly, a book published by Kuvempu Kannada Bhasha Bharathi. Currently working as an english lecturer at Kamalapura near Hampi.
. Ramesh Aroli, is a young poet writing in the Kannada language. His first poetry collection (Eleya
Paapada Hesaru Nimmiccheyante Ettukolli- Name the Sin of an Infant as you like) came in 2010 and the second collection Julume (Outrage) in
2014.
He published his third collection "Bidu Saaku E Kedugaalakkishtu" (This is enough for these bad times in 2021. His poetry has received a few literary awards that including Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa Kaavya
Prashasti, (2010), Pu. Ti. Narasimhacharya Poetry-Drama (2014) and Sanchaya Kaavya
Prashasti, Prajavani Deepavali poetry award, and Sankramana Kaavya Prashasti for individual
poems. He has translated the renowned Telugu novel Maidanam of Chalam into Kannada and has published
a biography of Bolabandeppa, a Dalit activist. His latest book on Madhubala-popular Hindi film actress was released in 2022.
Dr Ravikumar S. Kumbar heads the Department of English Studies at Davangere University Karnataka. An alumni of EFLU Hyderabad where he completed his PhD on Edward Said. He has a book of translations of Kannada poetry entitled Building Bridges. He has several articles in national and International journals.
Hometown Dharwad. Living in Delhi since three decades. Hometown Dharwad. Living in Delhi since three decades. 132 letters translated 12842 letters left today I have also worked actively in the editorial board of the association's mouthpiece 'Abhimata' as a joint secretary in the governing body of the Delhi Karnataka Association. Many. Stories, poems and articles have been published in leading newspapers and magazines of the country. Published Works – First Poetry Collection “Kanna Kaniwe” 2008 (Pragati Graphics), “Pages of a Delhi Diary (Essay Writing), “Amrita Memories” Amrita Prithm's biography Imaroj Kandante (Aharnishi Publications)", "Between us two" poetry anthology (Delhi Karnataka Association), “Let's Talk Today” Selected Poems by Amrita Pritam, now a Punjabi novelist, a translation of Ajit Kaur's autobiography. “Autobiography of a Tramp Published (Aharnishi), 2nd Prize in Prajavani Essay Competition 2018, First Prize in Premapatra Competition – 1st Prize.
Samvartha ‘Sahil’ is based in Manipal, a university town in coastal Karnataka. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Theatre and Performance Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi and a Diploma in Screenwriting from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, and he writes, teaches and translates for a living. Samvartha has worked with filmmakers Shri Prakash, Ananya Kasaravalli, PN Ramachandra in the Direction and Screenplay departments, and has co-written and co-directed a documentary on mental health with Sakshi Gulati. He earlier worked as a journalist with The Hindu and lectured at Manipal University. A recipient of the Prabhash Joshi Media Fellowship and Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Travel Fellowship, his publications to date include translations into his native Kannada of two poetry collections, one by the award-winning Marathi filmmaker and poet Nagraj Manjule and another by the Dalit anti-cast activist, poet and publisher Yogesh Maitreya. He also published a collection of column writings originally in Kannada and is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, as well as English.
Born in Bangalore in 1954, poet and playwright H.S. Shivaprakash is considered one of the most influential voices in Kannada literature today. The recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, he has also received the highest awards in Karnataka for literature and drama. His literary works have been translated into most Indian languages, as well as into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. A significant scholarly contribution is the rediscovery of the aesthetic facets of Indian Bhakti traditions. His plays are widely staged in Karnataka and other parts of India. The former editor of the Sahitya Akademi journal, Indian Literature, Prof. Shivaprakash is a professor of Theatre Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Since June 2011, he has been serving as the director of the Tagore Centre, Indian Embassy, Berlin. I Keep Vigil of Rudra, his translation of the Kannada vachanas, was published by Penguin in 2010.
Dr. S. Siraj Ahmed, teaches at the Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in English, Sahyadri Arts College, Kuvempu University, Karnataka. His areas of interest include Post Colonial Literatures, Indian Literatures in English and Translations. He has worked extensively on Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry. He has edited a series of translations from Marathi, Gujaratht, Telugu, Konkani for Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore besides working as one of the Editors for a project to translate Saint Kanakadasa’s works in to all Indian Languages. He also brought a reader on Damodar Mavjo’s select writings in Kannada.
Sudha hails from Adukala village in Uttara Kannada district and is currently working as a mathematics lecturer in a government college in Udupi. Engaged in reading and writing literature. From Bakula's Door, Ek Edi Balapa, With Teenage Dreams, Children's Rabindra's published works. Child's Language and Teacher's Translation is published by National Book Trust, Delhi. 88 letters translated 11556 letters left today He translated Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali, Red Hornet, Chitra into Kannada.He has composed many one-man plays like Radha, Madhavi, Nrytagatha, Anandabhavini and several children's plays.Rajya Sahitya Akademi Award for Kriti from Bakula's Door.
Kannada Poet and Kannada-Malayalam Translator. Residing at Guruvayur, Kerala who is working as editor at Logos books, Palakkad.
Published Books: Ee Sabda (Kannada poems), KG Sankarapillaiyavara Kavithagalu (Translation), Marethittea vasthugalu (Translation of Malayalam poems of K. Satchidanandan), 1128 ralli Crime 27 (Translation of the Drama by C.J Thomas).
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Udaya Itagi, who is well-known to Kannada readers through his work "Libya Diary", originally hails from Mudhola in the Koppal district. Uday Itagi was born, brought up, and attended primary school in a small village called Kalakoti in the present Haveri district. He then completed his high school education in Gadag, P.U. education in Dharawad and BA in English Literature from the University of Mysore. Later he took his M.A. in English Literature from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore. He began his career as an English lecturer in Bengaluru after completing his master's degree in English. After working there for seven years, in 2007, he was selected as an English lecturer at Sebha University in North Africa, Libya. He served in Libya for eight years and returned to India in 2015. Now he is the Principal of D.V.S. P.U. College Bharamasagar. His passion for writing started as a student and became stronger as he continued to write. His various articles including some translated stories and poems have been published in reputed newspapers of the country. Besides, he has brought many Arabic poems to Kannada. His one-man play "Shekshapeerana Srimati" which was released only last year has also come on stage with the famous actress Laxmi Chandrasekhar’s acting. Another book of his "Poorva Mattu Paschimada Kathegalu" is in print. Besides, the poems of the young Assamese poet Kamal Kumar Tanti have been brought out under the name "Nanna Chaha Tota and Neelihakki" which has been published by Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati. Apart from this, he has translated many Kannada poems into English.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS VIJAYANAGG. Renowned Poet and translator in Kannada bagged with prestigious awardsforliterary work.Translated the Literary awarded works of JimGreen, Thomas Hoover, Maya Angelo, Alexander Pushkin, Lorca, Herman Hess, Roomi, SergeyYesenin, Pablo Neruda , Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, WilfredOwen, Yei Theodora Ozaki , Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki, Editha Morris and Manymore. Literary achievements: • “Albert Einstein : Ayda Barahagalu", Jim Green’s Albert Einstien:Selectedwritings-2018 • "Zen Anubhava" , Thomas Hoover’s Zen experiance-2018 • " Parimala: Kyatha pashchatya kavigala kavithanuvadha"-2019 • "Kengulabi : Prakyatha English kavitegala kavithanuvadha"-2020 • " Japanina Kalpanika kathegalu ": Theodora ozaki's Japanese fairy tales-2020• "Beneath the stars":collection of English poems,available in Kindle E-book-2020• " Beegada kai": Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki's Japanese novel "Kagi"- 2021 • "Avipsa: Collection of poems"-2021. • "Hiroshimada Hoogalu": Editha Morris's novel "Flowers of Hiroshima"- 2022• "Works of Master Choa kok sui : Pranic healing foundation of Karnataka"Presently working in Department of public libraries, karnataka since 2007. Recipient of “Achivers award-2022” from Prajawani daily for outstandingcontribution towards translation. Recipient of Kuvempu Kannada Ratna award-2019 awarded by Kuvempukalanikethana, Bengaluru. Honorary Doctorate from SMTU : Australia for the contribution towards literarytranslation-2019 Recipient of Sibbandhi seva puraskara-2012 awarded by Department of publiclibraries, City central library of Mysuru. Dasara Kavigosti ; District administration of Mysore recognition for activelyparticipating in executive sub-committee during 2016-17 , 2017 -18 &2018-19. Institutional membership •Mysore Library and Information Scientists Association(MYLISA). Executivecommittee member (2015-16 and 2016-17). •Indian Library Association (ILA) Life member. vijayanag25@gmail.com9480559969
Name: Yamuna .Kambar Native: Vidya Nagara Hubballi Education: MA ( In English) Med Occupation : Head mistress Retired Publications : In English An anthology 1)An Orphan Of Iraq 2) My Shadow In Kannada 1) Eradu Filugala Naduve ( Short Stories) 2) Preeti Andare .....poems (Awarded SD Inchal smaraka Prize for 2020) I am a recipient of state S.D.Inchal smaraka prize for 2020 And I am facilitated by 9 th ka.sa.pa. Ramadurga Taluka sahitya sammelana for year 2021 I am writing English poems and criticism for the reputed journal " Poetcrit " (national and international and also UGC approved journal) 2) and also to famous journal Contemporary vibes And also writing Kannada poems , stories, criticism For Tushara, Taranga And Web journal esuddi, Sangati, Nasaku.com And Nayan, Yugapurusha....too. And have worked as a President Lekhakiyara Sangha Ramadurga And I have a member of Jilla Lekhakiyara Sangha Belagavi Di : Belagavi. And also writing stories poems for children.
Zabiulla M. Asad has hailed from a town the name of Molakalmuru, a taluk center famous for silk saree weaving in Chitradurga district. He completed his undergraduate education in Kannada medium, then his graduate education in Chitradurga, the district headquarters, studied English literature as an optional subject, then became interested in medical subjects, completed his Diploma in General Nursing Midwifery in Bellary, worked as a nurse and assistant surgeon for many years in Bellary and Bangalore. Then working as asst. Project manager cum Nurse in medical NGO, named Karuna Trust at Bangalore from the last seven years. After the Corona crisis he turned his instincts into a career and is currently lives in Hiriyur. Asad is interested in painting, handicrafts, collecting stamps and old coins, writing, photography, traveling and in social work. His debut work is a collection of poems titled Yekaangiya Kanavarikegalu published in 2015, from the CVG India Publications, Bangalore. A collection of criticism Bayalalli illada daariya Arasutta and his second collection of poems "Ee Tanaka Tattvagnana" are forthcoming.
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