H. M. Nayak

Harogadde Manappa Nayak (Kannada: ಹಾ.ಮಾ.ನಾಯಕ್, Ha Ma Nayak) (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an academician, writer and folklorist.

H M Nayak
Native name
ಹಾರೋಗದ್ದೆ ಮಾನಪ್ಪ ನಾಯಕ
BornHarogadde Manappa Nayak
1931 (1931)
Harogadde, Shimoga, Mysore State, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Died10 November 2000(2000-11-10) (aged 68–69)
Mysore, Mysuru District, Karnataka, India
OccupationAcademician, Essayist, Folklorist, Writer
GenreFolklore and Essays

He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university. Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.[1]

H. M. Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore.[2] in the year 2000 at the age of 69.

Awards

He won the Central Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989, for the work Samprati, collection of his column writing.[3]

Bibliography
  • 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)

References
  1. "Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university". Gulbarga University. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  2. "Kannada writer Nayak dead". The Tribune India. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  3. "Sahitya Akademi Awards". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.


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