V. K. Gokak
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| Born: | 9 August 1909 Savanur, Haveri district, Karnataka |
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| Died: | 28 April 1992 Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Occupation: | Professor, Writer |
| Nationality: | India |
| Genres: | Fiction |
| Literary movement: | Navodaya |
| Debut works: | Urnanabha |
| Influences: | D.R. Bendre |
For other uses, see Gokak (disambiguation).
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak Kannada:ವಿನಾಯಕ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಗೊಕಾಕ್ (1909-1992) was a major writer in Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was fifth among seven recepients[1] of Jnanpith Award for Kannada language for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi is perhaps the longest epic written in any language in the 20th Century. It deals with the vedic age. Gokak was a Professor of English literature.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Epics
- Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi (Jnanpith Award)
[edit] Novels
- Samarasave Jeevana
[edit] Poetry Collections
- Urnanaabha
- Abyudaya
- Baaladeguladalli
- Dhyava Pruthvi (Kannada Saahithya Academy Award)
- Samudra Geethegalu
[edit] See also
- Gokak agitation - a language campaign
[edit] External links
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