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Panchakshari Hiremath
Born (1933-01-06) 6 January 1933 (age 91)
Bisarahalli, India

Panchakshari Hiremath (Kannada: ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರಿ ಹಿರೇಮಠ; born 1933) is a writer and poet,[1] short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, editor and freedom fighter who writes in Kannada, Urdu and Hindi. In 2005, he won the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation.[2]

Early life

Hiremath was born at Bisarahalli, Koppal District in Karnataka.[citation needed] He was involved in the freedom struggle of Hyderabad Karnataka. He worked as a professor in Karnataka University and Karnatak College, Dharwad. His first collection of poems appeared in 1959.[citation needed]

Hiremath is most famous as a poet. He is a opponent of division of Indian society on the basis of language.[3] Hiremath opposed dividing the society on the basis of language. Some of Hiremath's own works have been translated into Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Nepali, English, Spanish, French and German.[citation needed]

Awards and honours

Published works

Poetry

Stories

Novels

Criticism/Essays

Chintana Sahitya

Biography

History

Religion and Philosophy

Travelogue

Literary Letters

Children's literature

Dramas (Translations)

Hindi

English

Edited

References

  1. ^ "Literary function". Deccan Herald. 26 June 2004. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Akademi Translation Prizes 1989–2005". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  3. ^ "Translated works act as bridge between people". The Hindu. 13 March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 November 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  4. ^ "Gorur Sahitya Prashasti for 3". The Hindu. 3 April 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2006.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2006.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Top 10 Books of the Week". The Hindu. 26 May 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  7. ^ Booklist-Kannada Archived 12 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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