Kannada Poets

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Kannada Poets

• A brief account

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Introduction

• Karnataka is the land that gave birth to seven
  Jnanapeeth award winners, the highest honour
  bestowed for Indian literature.
• From the period of Adikavi Pampa, who proclaimed
  his wish to be reborn as a little bee in the land
  of Kannada, Kannada poetry has come a long way to
  Kuvempu and Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre.

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Pre-history

• Kannada poetry has been traced back to around 5th
  century A.D, though none of those early works
  have been found.
• The earliest extant poetry in tripadi meter are
  the Kappe Arabhatta records of 700 C.E.

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• The first well known Kannada poet was Adikavi
  Pampa who wrote in an archaic style of kannada
  called Halegannada (literally "Old Kannada").
• His Vikramarjuna Vijaya is hailed as a classic
  even to this day.
• With this and his other important work Adipurana
  he set a trend of poetic excellence for the
  Kannada poets of the future.

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• Kannada poetry called vachanas, were pithy
  comments on that period's social, religious and
  economic conditions.
• More importantly, they hold a mirror to the seed
  of a social revolution, which caused a radical
  re-examination of the ideas of caste, creed and
  religion.

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Bhakti

• Kannada poets have the unique distinction of
  sowing the seeds of one of the richest forms of
  classical music South Indian Carnatic music. The
  Dasas or saints, around 15th century, sang the
  glory of God through poems. These poems called
  Padas were usually of 10 to 20 lines. They
  expressed the desire of the Bhakta or devotee to
  be one with God.

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Kanakadasa

• The Haridasas spread the message of peace, love
  and bhakti in their Dasa Sahitya, which are also
  popularly known Devaranamas

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Navodaya

• Navodaya literally means a new birth.
• This indeed was the reincarnation of Kannada
  poetry which was dormant for quite a few
  centuries in the face of British occupation of
  India.
• This period saw greats like Srikanthaiah,
  Kuvempu, Bendre, Shivaram Karanth writing
  poetry.

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• It was B. M. Srikanthaiah who started this
  movement of sorts with his translation of a few
  critically acclaimed English poems of the
  Romantic period.

Many educated Kannadigas, especially those were
in the teaching profession, realised that they
need to express themselves in their mother tongue
and started writing poetry in Kannada.
B .M SRIKANTHAIAH
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• Kuvempu is a case in point who was convinced by
  his professor (of British origin) that he should
  write in his mother tongue. Kuvempu went on to
  become a Rashtrakavi (national poet).
• His love of nature, realisation of the greatness
  of man's spirit and the vision to see the blend
  of nature and God made him more than Kannada's
  Wordsworth.

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• Another interesting case is that of Shivaram
  Karanth who was a man of great intellect,
  rock-solid convictions and a profound social
  sense.

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Navya (New)

• Indian Independence in 1947 brought with it
• the promises of freedom and a new genre sprouted
  in Kannada poetry.
• The torch-bearer of this tradition was
  Gopalakrishna Adiga .
• The Navya poets wrote for and liked disillusioned
  intellectuals.

Gopalakrishna Adiga
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Other genres

• Kannada poetry in the last 50 years has been
  closely related to social aspects.
• The cruel caste system gave rise to the Bandaya
  and Dalita genres of poetry.
• The atrocities against women and the general
  ill-treatment meted out to them in Indian society
  gave rise to the Stri (Woman) genre of poetry.

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Awards

• Kannada poetry has won seven Jnanapeeth awards,
  the highest for any other Indian language.
• Sahitya Academy Awards are also given to Kannada
  for their eminent contributions to Kannada
  poetry.

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Jnanapeeth awardees
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Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu)

• Year 1967
• Work Sri Ramayana Darshanam

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Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre

• Year 1973
• Work Nakutanti (Naku Thanthi)

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K.Shivaram Karanth

• Year 1977
• Work Mookajjiya Kanasugalu

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Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar

• Year 1983
• Work Chikkaveera Rajendra

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V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak)

• Year 1990
• Work Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi

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U.R. Ananthamurthy Kannada

• Year 1994
• work his contribution to Kannada literature.

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Girish Karnad

• Year 1998
• Work "for his contributions to modern Indian
  drama

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List of other important Kannada poets

• Asaga
• Gopalakrishna Adiga
• Kappe Arabhatta
• Amoghavarsha
• Basava
• Chandrashekhara Kambara

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• Chamarasa
• Chikkupadhyaya
• Gangadhar V. Chittal
• Kanaka Dasa
• Purandara Dasa
• Dinakara Desai
• Subbanna Ekkundi

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• Gangadevi
• M. Govinda Pai
• Janna
• Gourish Kaikini
• Jayant Kaikini
• Kayyara Kinyanna Rai
• Kumara Vyasa
• Akka Mahadevi

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• A. N. Murthy Rao
• Nagavarma I
• Nagavarma II
• Adikavi Pampa
• Sri Ponna
• Allama Prabhu
• Rajasekhara

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• Ranna
• Rudrabhatta
• Sarvajna
• Shishunala Sharif
• B. M. Srikantaiah
• T. N. Srikantaiah
• Tirumalamba

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• Vyasatirtha

• K. S.Narasimhaswamy
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed

• Shivakotiacharya
• G. S. Shivarudrappa

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Poet Sarvajna

• A famous Kannada poet ,his statue has been
  unveiled in Ayanavaram park,Chennai in August
  2009.

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