Keshava Malagi is an Indian Kannada language writer of the post-Bandaya generation. He has published two novels, Template:Lang and Template:Lang, and three short story collections, Template:Lang, Template:Lang and Template:Lang.[1]
Life and career
Malagi was born in 1963 in the northern region of Karnataka. He obtained his MA from Mysore University and began his career as a journalist. He served as sub-editor in Template:Lang, Prajavani and Times of India, and as editor with Orient Longman. Malagi moved from journalism to education and joined MAYA, a Bangalore-based NGO. He now works with the Azim Premji foundation.[2]
Literary works
Malagi's works began to be published in 1986. Template:Transl was one of his early stories. The novel Template:Transl appeared in 1990.[3] His collection of stories Template:Lang earned him the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi book prize in 2005.[4] Malagi's novels and stories are known for their use of lyricism and sentimentalism as a style. His stories can be classified into three major types. The first type explores man-woman relationship in the modern world. Stories like Template:Transl, Template:Transl, Template:Transl and Template:Transl belong to this category. The second one deals with the struggles of women in today's society and the question of social justice. Template:Transl, Template:Transl and Template:Transl are among these stories. The third type deals with nostalgia about an estranged childhood and adolescence. Template:Transl and Template:Transl are examples.[2]
His novel Template:Transl has been acclaimed as a major work in Kannada literature.[5] It deals with the story of Siddharama, a PhD student, who opts out of research to become a monk. Siddharama eschews worldliness, but his well-meaning acts creates effects which are against his wishes. A group of devotees are attracted towards him, which soon turns into a big patron-base. A large religious establishment with affiliate schools, colleges and charity organizations starts growing around him in his name. But Siddharama is helpless and remains a mute spectator. At last abandons the establishment and leaves the place to make a fresh beginning.
Malagi has received many awards for his fiction, including a gold medal from Gulbarga University.Template:Citation needed He has also received the Pavem Acharya award, Sapna Book House-Kannada Prabha short Story award, and Lankesh Patrike Short Story award.Template:Citation needed
He has awarded a Senior Fellowship in the field of literature from Ministry of Culture, Government of India, for the year 2008–09.Template:Citation needed
Works
Short story collections
Novels
Others
- Template:Transl (Boris Pasternak, a reader)
- Template:Transl – children's novelette
- Template:Transl (a collection of lyrical and personal essays)
- Template:Transl – narration of Kandar air hostage crisis
- Translations of B R Ambedkar and Babu Jagajeevana Ram works
- Template:Transl (French Literature)
- Template:Transl (French Literature)
References
- ↑ news of india deshabhimani daily at saadhaara.com. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vennela Dorasani, Kathana, Bangalore, 2004
- ↑ Kunkuma bhoomi, Kalyani Prakashana, Bangalore, 1990
- ↑ Archive News. The Hindu.
- ↑ C.N.Ramachandran, Bayalu Alayavaaguva Prakriyeya Manojna Chitrana, Prajavani, 22 July 2007
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211917/http://saadhaara.com/themes/article/unicode/kannada/111/2/doresani_keshavamalagi_uni.htm
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20110720192656/http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/literature/short-story/2004/291004keshavmalagi.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010224134051/http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/lit11.htm
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