V. K. Gokak

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Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

Born 9 August 1909(1909-08-09)
Savanur, Haveri district, Karnataka
Died 28 April 1992 (aged 82)
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Occupation Professor, Writer
Nationality Indian
Genres Fiction
Literary movement Navodaya
Influences
For other uses, see Gokak (disambiguation).

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak Kannada:ವಿನಾಯಕ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಗೊಕಾಕ್ (1909-1992) was a major writer in Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was fifth among seven recipients[1] of Jnanpith Award for Kannada language for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi is perhaps the longest epic written in any language in the 20th Century. It deals with the vedic age. Gokak was a Professor of English literature.

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[edit] Works

[edit] Epics

[edit] Novels

  • Samarasave Jeevana

[edit] Poetry Collections

  • Urnanaabha
  • Abyudaya
  • Baaladeguladalli
  • Dhyava Pruthvi (Kannada Saahithya Academy Award)
  • Samudra Geethegalu

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jnanapeeth Awards. Ekavi. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.

[edit] External links

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