K. S. Nissar Ahmed
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| K.S. Nissar Ahmed | |
| Born: | 5 February 1936 Devanahalli, Bangalore distrrict, Karnataka |
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| Occupation: | Writer, Professor |
| Nationality: | India |
| Genres: | Fiction |
| Literary movement: | Navya |
| Debut works: | Manasu Gandhi Bazaru(1960) |
| Influences: | G.P. Rajaratnam, M.C Seetaramiah, L. Gundappa |
K.S. Nissar Ahmed,(Born February 5,1936), is a prominent peot and writer in Kannada language. His father K S Haider was a sanitary inspector and a teacher before joining the Revenue Department in Bangalore. He is a post-graduate in Geology, worked as an Assistant Geologist in The Mysore Mines and Geology at Gulbarga before coming in touch with Kuvempu and was invited to the Kannada poet's meet during dasara festival in 1959. He worked as a lecturer in geology in Central College, Bangalore and then in Chitradurga. Later he taught in the Sahyadri First Grade College in Shimoga for two terms during 1967-72 and 1975-1978.
He is better known for Nityotsava. In 1978, when the first audio cassette in Kannada light music was released, the song Nityotsava became popular, not only because of the tune, but also because of the lyrics.
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[edit] Works
Nissar Ahmed has translated Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s poems under the title Bari Maryadastare (Only Decent People) into Kannada. Professor Nissar Ahmed’s poems such as Kurigalu saar naavu kurigalu, Bharatavu namma desha (translation of Sir Mohammed Iqbal’s Saare jahaan se accha) and Benne kadda namma Krishna reflect the multifacetedness of the poet. His poem Nimmodaniddu, nimmantaagade painfully narrates the dilemma which he had to go through to retain his religious roots.
[edit] Awards
- Pampa Award
- Rajyotsava Award (1981)
- Nadoja Award (2003)
