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H. M. Nayak

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H. M. Nayak
BornHarogadde Manappa Nayak
(1931-09-12)12 September 1931
Harogadde, Shivamogga, Mysore State, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Died10 November 2000(2000-11-10) (aged 69)
Mysore, Mysuru District, Karnataka, India
Occupation
  • Academician
  • essayist
  • folklorist
  • writer
GenreFolklore and Essays

Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an academic, writer and folklorist.

Early life and career

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He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university. Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.[1]

Death

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Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore in the year 2000, at the age of 69.[2]

Literary works

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  • Namma Maneya Deepa, collection of essays
  • Kannada Vratha
  • Karnataka (1992)
  • South Indian Studies (edited with B R Gopal, 1990)
  • Samprati (1988)
  • Soolangi, a collection of thirty reflective essays (1985)
  • Epic in Indian literature (1985)
  • Impact of Marxism on Indian life and literature - proceedings of a national seminar (editor, 1972)
  • Janapada Swarupa, collection of essays on the nature and scope of folklore (1971)
  • Kannada - Literary and Colloquial, a study of two styles (1967)

Accolades

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References

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  1. ^ "Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university". Gulbarga University. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  2. ^ "Kannada writer Nayak dead". The Tribune India. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.