Jayant Kaikini

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Jayant Kaikini(Kannada: ಜಯಂತ ಕಾಯ್ಕಿಣಿ) (1955- ) is a poet, short stories author and movie scriptwriter in Kannada. He is the son of noted Kannada author Gourish Kaikini

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[edit] Early Life

Jayant Kaikini was born in Gokarna, a town of coastal Karnataka. His father, Gourish Kaikini, a schoolteacher, was an Kannada littérateur and mother Shanta, a social worker. After a Masters in Biochemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwad, he moved to Bombay where he worked as a production chemist for 23 years.[1]

[edit] Works

Jayanth Kaikini, since his early days as a writer has had short stories published in varied compilations and collections. Apart from these, he has published four books containing compilations of his poetry. He also contributes to movie scripts and has written lyrics of several hit Kannada movie songs. He became a household name when the songs he had penned for the movie Mungaru Male became superhits.

[edit] Awards and Honours

Kaikini received the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for his first poetry collection at the age of nineteen in 1974. He received the same award again in 1982, 1989 and 1996 for his short story collections. He has been awarded the Dinakar Desai award for his poetry, the B. H. Sridhar award for fiction, as well as the Katha National award and Rujuwathu trust fellowship for his creative writing.

[edit] Bibliography

Poetry
Rangadindostu doora. Published by Akshara Prakashana, Sagar, Karnataka 1974.
Kotitirtha. Published by Akshara Prakashana, Sagar, Karnataka 1982.
Shravana Madhyahna. Published by Akshara Prakashana, Sagar, Karnataka 1987.
Neelimale. Published by Patrike Prakashana, Bangalore 1997.
Toofan Mail, collection of short stories.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Jayant Kaikini".