Biography
Padigaru Venkataramana Acharya, also known by his pen name Langulacharya, was a Kannada and Tulu scribe, journalist, writer and poet who received the B.D. Goenka award for journalism in 1992. Born: 15 February 1915 Died: 4 April 1992 Birth place: Kunjibettu village, Udupi District, Karnataka, India Death place: Hubli, Karnataka, India Nationality: Indian Occupation: Journalist, writer, poet, thinker, mentor Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Acharya Career: P.V. Acharya started his career as a primary school teacher in 1932 and quit the job in 1933. He joined Tulunadu Press as an accountant. Which helped him to learn about publishing. He also had a short stint as editor of “Antaranga” previously.The Modern Review - Volume 63 - Page 337 Ramananda Chatterjee - 1938 "" Hindi as the Lingua Franca " by P. V. Acharya appears in the January number of The Modem Review. I beg to correct some notions of the learned author.." He worked as an accountant at several places after that until finally joining Samyukta Karnataka Press as a supervisor for the jobs division in 1942. Luck came his way when H.R. Purohit, the then editor-in-chief of Karmaveera, a popular Kannada weekly magazine of that time had to take a 6 week-long vacation for personal reasons. P.V. Acharya was asked to fill in for H.R. Purohit. From 1947 onward he worked for Karmaveera full-time and penned several satirical and gabby articles (ಹರಟೆ) under the pen name of Langulacharya. His articles gained instant popularity with the mass and they are regarded as being instrumental in increasing the magazine's circulation. His major contributions to Kannada literature and journalism were through the Kannada monthly digest called “Kasturi”, which he modelled after the popular English digest – “Reader’s Digest”. He graced the position of founder-editor for the magazine from 1956 to 1975. During his tenure at Kasturi, the magazine saw success in Kannada publications. Post-retirement from Kasturi as editor, he continued to contribute to the magazine via a unique section called “Padartha Chintamani”, which explored the origins, contextual meanings, and historical references of words. Later, a collection of these articles was published as two-volume book series. The Media and Public Interest Foundation of Hubli have also set up "Pavem Vichara Vedike" since 2009, which presents the "Pavem Award" for lifetime achievement and upcoming talent categories in the Kannada language. References: date=October 2017 Category:1915 births Category:1992 deaths Category:Kannada poets Category:People from Udupi district Category:Kannada people Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Indian male poets Category:Poets from Karnataka Category:20th-century Indian male writers Category:Tulu poets Category:Tulu male writers Category:Tulu writers Category:Tulu Brahmins