Gourish Kaikini
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Gourish Kaikini was a litterateur, teacher and columnist in Kannada language
Kannada language
Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

. He was conferred with many prestigious awards including Sahitya Academy award and Rajyotsava Award given by Government of Karnataka
Government of Karnataka
The Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the Governor as the constitutional head. The Governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers...

. He also wrote in Konkani language
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...

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Early life

Gourish Kaikini was born on October 12, 1912. He graduated from Dharwad
Dharwad
Dharwad, also known as Dharwar, is a city and a DISTRICT PLACE in India's Karnataka state.Dharwad is the administrative seat of the Dharwad District. The municipality of Hubli-Dharwad covers an area of 200.23 km²...

 and served as a high school teacher at Bankikodla
Anandashram High School, Bankikodla
Ananadasharm High School , one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada, was a private school located in Bankikodla-Hanehalli. The school was founded by M.N.Kulakrni and Datta master Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins from Bankikodla-Hanehalli...

 and Gokarna
Gokarna, India
Gokarna is a village in the Uttara Kannada district of the Karnataka state, India. It is a Hindu pilgrimage centre as well as a tourist destination in India. Gokarna is a temple town and is referred to in a number of Hindu historical literature pieces. The main deity is Lord Mahabhaleshwara, a...

 from 1937 to 1976. He married Shantabai in 1953. His son Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini is a poet, short stories author and movie songs scriptwriter in Kannada.-Early life:Jayant Kaikini was born in Gokarna. His father, Gourish Kaikini, a schoolteacher, was a Kannada littérateur and mother Shanta, a social worker...

 is a poet and writer in Kannada literature
Kannada literature
Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script....

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Works

Gourish Kaikini wrote a total of 62 books, most of them in Kannada language
Kannada language
Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

. He has written some novels and poetry collections too. He served as a writer and a columnist for several newspapers and periodicals. His style of writing attracted widespread acclaim. Dialectic between tradition and modernity has been Kaikin's central concern.

Awards and honors

Kaikini has been honored with number of prestigious awards. He was honored with the Ideal Teacher award in 1973. He was bestowed with the diamond jubilee award of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat
Kannada Sahitya Parishat
Kannada Saahithya Parishath is an Indian non-profit organisation that promotes the Kannada language. Its headquarters are in the city of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, India. It strives to promote Kannada through publishing books, organising literary seminars and promoting research projects...

, Vardhamana Prashasti, Sahitya Academy Award, Karnatak University
Karnatak University
The Karnatak University established initially at Mumbai in 1949, the location was shifted to Dharwad in October, 1949 and Karnatak University had its official inauguration in March 1950. The campus spans 750 acres . Dr. D. C. Pavate was the vice-chancellor of the university from 1954 to 1967...

's honorary doctorate degree, Karnataka Rajyotstava Prashasti, Dr Sham Bha Forum Prashanti, Mangalore Sandesh Prashanti and Konkani Sahitya Prashasti for his Konkani work Meenakshi. An organization has been set up in his name and writers in Kannada literature
Kannada literature
Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script....

 are conferred with awards every year from the organization.

Major works

Dr. (h.c). Kaikini's major works include Avamanavathavaada, Nasthika Mathu Devaru, Manovignanada Roopureshegalu and Sathyarthi.

Footnotes

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