Govindray H. Nayak

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Govindaray H. Nayak (born 18 September 1935) is a Kannada poet, writer and professor who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada language for 2014 for his work Sanskrit Chintana.

Nayak was born in Surve near Ankola, a village in coastal Karnataka, India. In 1951, Nayak earned his high school diploma from Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola. He was a professor of Kannada at University of Mysore.

His works

• Sanskrit Chintana
• Nirapekshe
• Samakalina
• Nijadani
• Bendre Naada Naadu Olavu
• Moulya Marga (vol 1-5)
• Matte Matte Pampa
• Shathamanada Kannada Sahitya -1
• Harishchandra Kavya Ondu Vimarshe
• Sthitiprajne
• Krithisaakshi

Awards

• Central Sahitya Akademi Award (2014)
• Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
• Pampa Award

References

• An article on Nayak from "Karavali Munjavu" a Kannada e-paper dated 19 September 2010Template:Page needed

External links

• G. H. Nayak's reminiscences of Maharaja's College, Mysore

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