Biography
Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (18.2.1918–14.11.1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of New style" poetry. Born: 1918 Died: 1992 Birth place: Mogeri, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India) Death place: Bangalore, Karnataka Occupation: Poet, writer, professor Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopalakrishna_Adiga Career: In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in Mysore.The Mysore generation The Hindu - 25 Apr 2004. From 1964 until 1968 he was the principal of Lal Bahadur College in Sagara, and from 1968 until 1971 he was Principal of Poorna Prajna College in Udupi. - Indian Poets His style has been described date= February 2013 as a response to the independence of India from British rule in 1947. The style called Navya was generally about the new times. Inspired by modern Western literature and Indian tradition, he set out to portray the "disillusionment and angst of the times". Works: *Bhavataranga - 1946 *Anathey - 1954 (novel) *Bhoomi Geetha - 1959 *Mannina Vasane (book of essays) - 1966 *Vardhamana - 1972 *Idanna Bayasiralilla (poems) - 1975 *Samagra Kavya (collection of poems) - 1976 * Sakshi (Magazine) - 1962 References: Category:Kannada poets Category:Hindu poets Category:1918 births Category:1992 deaths Category:People from Udupi district Category:Mangaloreans Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada Category:Academic staff of the University of Mysore Category:Maharaja's College, Mysore alumni Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Poets from Karnataka Category:Indian male poets Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians Category:20th-century Indian male writers