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'''Kirtinath Kurtakoti''' ({{lang-kn|ಕೀರ್ತಿನಾಥ ಕುರ್ತಕೋಟಿ}}) (13 October 1928 – 31 July 2003) was a [[Kannada]] writer and critic who won among other awards, the Central [[Sahitya Akademi]] honour of [[India]].<ref name="k1">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-01/bangalore/27208876_1_keertinath-kurtakoti-dharwad-marathi-book|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-01/bangalore/27208876_1_keertinath-kurtakoti-dharwad-marathi-book|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-19|date=2003-08-01|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Kannada critic Kurtakoti dead|accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref> Apart from Kannada, he was well-versed in other languages including [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kurtakoti was born in the town of [[Gadag]] in the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]] on 13 October 1928.<ref name="k1"/> He completed his graduation in [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Karnataka College in [[Dharwad]] and served as a teacher in few colleges, before moving to the town of [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] in [[Gujarat, India|Gujarat]]. He completed his post-graduation in English and was employed at the [[Sardar Patel University]] in Gujarat.<ref name="k1"/> He married Saraswati.<br />
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==Contribution==<br />
His most prominent Kannada work is ''Marathi Samskruti - Kelavu Samasyegalu'' (''Marathi Culture - Some Problems'') which was originally written in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] by Sham. Bha. Joshi. This won him the Karnataka [[Sahitya Akademi]] award. Kannada Book Authority (KBA) allegedly included this translated version in a publication that it brought out, without taking the permission of Kurtakoti, forcing him to send a legal notice to KBA.<ref name="alle">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-02-10/bangalore/27128318_1_kba-akademi-award-kurtakoti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212746/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-02-10/bangalore/27128318_1_kba-akademi-award-kurtakoti|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-19|date=2002-02-10|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Kurtakoti says KBA published his work sans permission|accessdate=2008-03-04}}</ref> He won the central [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1995 for his book ''Uriya Nalage''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10307.htm#kannada | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234009/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10307.htm | archivedate=31 March 2009 | title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | accessdate=4 May 2018 }}</ref> Other books include ''Chandragupta'', ''Bhringada Benneri'', ''Nadedu Banda Daari'' and ''Putta Bangara''. He has also written plays like ''Aa Mani'', which have been staged by troupes like [[Ninasam]].<ref name="nins">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/apr122004/metro11.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080228232105/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/apr122004/metro11.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-28|date=2004-04-12|title=Conflict between real and surreal|author=Narayan Raichur|accessdate=2008-03-04}} </ref> His book ''Nadedu Banda Daari'' (''Path Traversed'') is a treatise on the achievement of [[Kannada literature]] from the past to the present, while his book ''Bhringada Benneri'' provides an overview of the poems of [[D. R. Bendre]].<br />
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==Later life==<br />
He spent his retired life at [[Dharwad]]. He held certain positions like that of an adviser to ''Manohara Granthamele'', a publishing house and was also nominated to the [[Jnanpith]] language panel. He was also a member of the syndicate of the [[Kannada University]] at [[Hampi]].<ref name="k1"/> On 31 July 2003, aged 75, he died of [[cardiac arrest]], just about three hours after his wife's death.<ref name="k1"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Uriya Nalage''<br />
* ''Marathi Samskruti-Kelavu Samasyegalu''<br />
* ''Yugadharma mattu Sahitya Darshana''<br />
* ''Nadedu Banda Daari''<br />
* ''Bhringada Benneri''<br />
* ''Chandragupta''<br />
* ''Pratyabhijnana''<br />
* ''Adhyayana mattu Parayana''<br />
* ''Putta Bangara''<br />
* ''Rajakeeya mattu Dharma''<br />
* ''Arthantara''<br />
* ''Aa Mani''<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[L. S. Sheshagiri Rao]]<br />
* [[D. R. Nagaraj]]<br />
* [[Vijaya Dabbe]]<br />
* [[C. P. Siddhashrama]]<br />
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