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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Govindacharya Bhimacharya Joshi<br />
| penname = Jadabharata, Anamadheya <ref name=kannadakavi>{{cite web |title=G B Joshi |url=http://www.kannadakavi.com/kavikoota/13nataka/g_b_joshi.htm |website=www.kannadakavi.com |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref><br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|09|29|df=y}}<ref name=kannadakavi /><br />
| birth_place = [[Hombal]], [[Gadag district]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|12|25|1904|09|29|df=y}}<ref name=kannadakavi /><br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Playwright<br />
* publisher<br />
* producer of playwrights<br />
}}<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| period = 1950s<br />
| genre = [[Play (theatre)]]<br />
| awards = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Padma Shri]](1986)<br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]](1989) <br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Govindacharya Bhimacharya Joshi''' was an Indian playwright in the 1950s. He was born in [[Hombal]] village in [[Gadag district]] of [[Karnataka]] state in 1904. He established a theatre group named ''Vasudeva Vinodini Natya Samsthe'' at [[Bagalkot]] and another theatre group named ''Kalopasaka Mandali'' in [[Dharwad]] in 1954. He was also a founder publisher of ''Manohara Granthamala'' which has published the works of Jnanapeetha awardee [[D.R. Bendre]], [[V.K. Gokak]], [[Shivaram Karanth]], [[A.N. Krishna Rao]], [[Shankar Mokashi Punekar]], N. Kasturi, [[R. S. Mugali]], [[Keertinath Kurtakoti]], [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]], [[Girish Karnad]], V. Sitaramaiah and several others.<ref name=sangeetnatak>{{cite web |title=CUR_TITLE |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1070&at=1 |website=sangeetnatak.gov.in |accessdate=26 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Meet on playwright Jadabharata's works today | newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/meet-on-playwright-jadabharatas-works-today/articleshow/1081826059.cms | date=24 December 2001 |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Notable works==<br />
'''''Playwrights'''''<br />
* Aa Ooru Ee Ooru<br />
* Kadadida Neeru <br />
* Mooka Bali<br />
* Nane Bijjala<br />
* Nakrasheela <ref name=kannadakavi /><br />
* Parimaladavaru<br />
* Sattavara Neralu directed by [[B.V. Karanth]] in 1974 <ref name=sangeetnatak /><br />
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'''''Novels'''''<br />
* Aa Ooru Ee Ooru<br />
* Dharmasere (1934)<br />
* Mooka Bali (1956)<br />
* Neeru <ref name=kannadakavi /><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He received the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1986<ref name=toi /> and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1989 for his contribution to theatre. The Karnataka Government has honoured him in 1983 and 1986 for his cultural contributions.<ref name=sangeetnatak /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Gadag district]]<br />
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:1904 births]]<br />
[[Category:1993 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]</div>Folin