Dr.Panchakshari Hiremath (born 1933) is a writer and noted poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, editor and freedom fighter who writes in Kannada, Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 and Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

. In 2005, he won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 for translation.

Early life

Hiremath was born at Bisarahalli, Koppal District

Koppal district

Koppal district is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. In the past Koppal was referred to as 'Kopana Nagara'. Hampi, a World heritage center, covers some areas of Koppal District. It is situated approximately 38 km away...

 in Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

. He was actively 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.

Hiremath is most famous as a Poet. He is a strong opponent of division of Indian society on the basis of language. Hiremath strongly 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.

Awards

2010 'Goenka Hindi Sahitya Sarswata Sammana' Awarded by Kamala Goenka Foundation, Bangalore.

In 2005, Hiremath won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 for translating Qurratulain Hyder

Qurratulain Hyder

Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider was an influential Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. One of the most outstanding literary names in Urdu literature, she is most known for her magnum opus, Aag Ka Darya , a novel first published in Urdu in 1959, from Lahore, Pakistan, that...

 Urdu short stories Patjhar Ki Awaz to Kannada. The translated collection was titled Hemantha Ruthuvina Swaragalu.

In 2003, Hiremath won The Gorur Foundation Trust's award for Poetry. He has also won many other awards including the Soviet Land Nehru Award, the Karnataka State Sahitya Akademi Award, Sri Moorusavirmath Literary Award, Karandikar Literary Award, and the Karnataka State Rajyotsava Award.Bhaaratendu Harischandra Samman (2008), awarded by Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, University Wing, Chennai. Sahitya Vibhushan (2008), awarded by H.H.Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Jnana Peetham, Jangamwadi Math, Varanasi. Nudi Namana (2008), awarded by Kanthavara Karnataka Sangha, Dist. Udupi. Shivakamala Sahitya Prashasthi (2009), awarded by H.H.Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Jnana Peetham, Jangamwadi Math, Varanasi.

1968 Samaja Bandhu. Awarded in Sarva-Dharma Conference held at Navalgund,
1972 Nudi Kala Kushala and Vidya Vachaspati title conferred by Dr. Ja.Cha.Ni.durin Rath Saptami celebrations,
1992 Shiva Sahitya Sarwabhaum title conferred by Bendre Pratishthan, Adnur,
1997 Sahitya Sudhakar title conferred by H.H. Jagadguru Shrimadrambhapuri Peetha, Balehonnur,
2002 Navaratna title conferred by Bharat Ratna M. Visweshwarayya Institute, Bangalore,
2003 Satkula Kavi Tilak title conferred by H.H. Swamiji of Guddaleshwarmath, Hosaritti,
2003 Sahitya Martand title conferred during Hindi Sahitya Sammelan held at Prayag,
2003 Yashaswi Kavi conferred by Acharya Rupchandaji of Manas Mandir Institute, Delhi,
2006 Sahitya Shiroratna title conferred by H.H. Jagadguru Shrimadrambhapuri Peetha, Balehonnur. during Dashahara Durbar held in Shimoga,
2007 Sahitya Vibhooshanam title conferred by H.H.Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Jnana Peetham, Jangamwadi Math, Varanasi. during Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Sammelan,

Published works

Poetry

• Chaityakshi
• Nee Rudranagu
• Bayake Ee Manake (Prescribed as textbook by Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachara Sabha, Chennai)
• Mitra Deshada Kavithegalu (Russian poems)(Reveived Soviet Land Nehru Award)
• Gaali Gandha
• Belakina Heppu Hakuva Tavaka
• Indhradhanussu (Translation from Hindi)
• Manasi (Forty five poems of Rabindranath Tagore)
• Bayala Baninalli (Translation from Hindi)(Awarded Moorusavirmath Literary Award)
• Ondu Mattu Ondu, Eradu (Translation from Hindi)
• Aashe Tumbida Usirugalu(Translation from Hindi)
• Bhooma (Translation from Hindi)
• Aarambhava Maduve (Awarde Gorur Literary Award)
• Samagra Kavye - Volume 1
• Samagra Kavye - Volume 2 (500 poems translated from different languages)
• Keladi (Samagra Kavya - Volume 3) (5005 Muktakas)

Stories

• Ennaleka (Prescribes as textbook by Karnataka University, Dharward)
• Hematha Rutuvina Swaragalu (Tr. from Urdu. Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2005)
• Quratul Ein Hyder Avara Aida Kathegalu
• Kshitij
• Krishna Chandara Kathegalu
• Hennondu Madhupatre (Ten stories of Amrita Preetam)
• Ippattelu Urdu Kathegalu
• Kashmirada Hovu (Translation from Urdu)
• Gulabi Hoovu (Translation from Urdu)
• Desha - Videshada Kathegalu (Stories from different nations and languages)

Novels

• Kappu Hottage(Tr. from Gujarati)
• Aaru Adi Bhoomi (Kannada Translation of Abdus Samad
  Abdus Samad Azad
  Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...
  
  's Urdu novel Do Gaz Zameen), included in The Hindu
  The Hindu
  The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
  
  's Top 10 Books of the Week
• Magga Chellida Belaku (Translation from Hindi)
• Nari (Kannada translation of Siyaram Sharan Gupta's Hindi novel)
• Kattaleyondige (Translation from Hindi)
• Jaragavada Rani (Translation from Urdu)
• Ivan- e- Ghazal(Translation from Urdu)
• Borban Club (Translation from Urdu)

Criticism/Essays

• Kavi - Kavya - Darshana
• Kavi – Kavya – Kalpane
• Kavi - Kavya - Chintana
• Kavi - Kavya - Vihara
• Kavindra Ravindraru
• Kasmirada Mahayogini Lalleswari
• Hadinaru Prabandhagalu
• Cheluvina Alegalu
• Urdu Sahitya-Ondu Parichaya
• Galib (Translation from Urdu)
• Bhoodana
• Gnana Peetha Prasasti Vijeta Firaq Gorkhapuri
• R C Bhoosnurmath (Kavi, Kavya parichaya)

Chintana Sahitya

• Chintana - Chirantana
• Chintana - Deepti
• Manasa - 1 (Tr. from Hindi, Rajasthan Patrika, Jaipur)
• Manasa - 2 (Tr. from Hindi, Rajasthan Patrika, Jaipur)
• Manasa - 3 (Tr. from Hindi, Rajasthan Patrika, Jaipur)

Biography

• Hanagal Kumara Swamigalu
• Sri Vijaya Mahanta Shivayogigalu
• Punya Chittaru
• Linga Leela Lolaru
• Ghanamadavaru

History

• Mukti Kshetra Ulavi
• Puratana Lucknow (Translation from Urdu) (Awarded Moorusavirmath Literary Award)

Religion and Philosophy

• Veershaiva Pradeep

Travelogue

• Bharata Darshana

Literary Letters

• Ee Baduku Bangara
• Enentha Madhuravee Baduku
• Atma Sakhi, Tumbu Hrudaya Battalanu

Children's literature

• Chocolate Mattu Itara Kathegalu
• Neeti Kathegalu
• Darodegarana Maga (Translation from Hindi)
• Bharatada Arasaru Mattu Sri Samanyaara Kathegalu (Translation from English)
• Eidaga (Translation from Urdu)
• Surakhabada Garigalu
• Makkala Kathegalu

Dramas (Translations)

• Hattu Hindi Laghu Natakagalu
• Panchali Shapatha Mattu Itara Natakagalu (Tr. from Tamil and Malayalam)
• Mooru Panjabi Natakagalu
• Chitrangada Mattu Itara Natakgalu (Tr. of Radio plays from Oriya, Hindia Bengali)
• Neeru Taruva Hadi Mattu Itara Natakagalu (Tr. from Urdu, Bengali)
• Anuvadita Kathegalu (Collection of translated dramas)

Hindi

• Manjari (Poems, Features, Stories and Articles)

English

• Yuga Purusha Translation by Vijayalakshmi Wodeyar
• Swami Vijaya Mahantesh Translation by Dr. Basavaraj Naiker
• Ulavi- The Abode of salvation Translation by Prof.C.N Hiremath
• Waves of Love Translation by Dr.C.V.Venugopal
• Sing the Song of Life Translation by Dr.C.V.Venugopal

Edited

• Mani Mukura Prabhe
• Gavi Deepti (With others)
• Shivayoga
• Shivalinga Deepti
• Shiva Deva (With others)
• Padmashri(With others)
• Abhinava Renuka
• Gurukarunya
• Vibhuti
• Bhaveyavara Bhoodan
• Sarangadeva

Works on Dr Hiremath

• Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath Krutigalu - Ondhu Adhyana by Prof A H Masapati
• Vachana Panchakshari by Yellappa Halakurki
• Vatsalya (Felicitation Volume) Ed by Dr. C V Venugopal and Dr. Basavaraj Naiker
• Swatantra Senani, Prasiddha Sahiti - Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath by Dr Gavisiddappa H Patil (Gulbarga University, Gulbarga)
• Ajata Shatru Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath Ed. by Prof C V Patil and Prof H V Bhikshavarthimath

Research work carried on the literary works of Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath,
Research for M.Phil. Degree

• Stories translated from Urdu by Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath - Dissertation submitted by Shri. A.B.Rottigawad. Guide : Dr Basavaraj Yakkundimath, Karnataka University, Dharwad.
• Original Poems of Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath - Dissertation submitted by Ms.Prabha Halkurki. Guide : Dr. S V Ayyanagoudar, Karnataka University, Dharwad.

Contact : Sri Mrutyunjaya Krupa, Jayanagar DHARWAD 580001
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