H. S. Venkateshamurthy

H. S. Venkatesha Murthy
Born (1944-06-23) 23 June 1944 (age 80)
Hodigere
NationalityIndian
Alma materCentral College, Bangalore
Occupation(s)Poet, playwright
Parents
  • Narayana Bhatta (father)
  • Nagarathnamma (mother)

Dr. Hodigere Shanbhog Venkateshamurthy (born 23 June 1944), often referred to by his initials, HSV, is an Indian film song-story-dialogue writer, professor, essayist, playwright, novelist, children's literature, translator, critic and poet works in Kannada Literature and Kannada Cinema.

Murthy was born to Nagarathnamma and Narayana Bhatta in the remote village of Hodigere, Channagiri Taluk, Shimoga District. After attending school in his native village, he studied in Holalkere followed by collegiate training at Chitradurga. He completed his master's degree in Kannada at Central College Bangalore.[1] He worked as lecturer and professor for more than three decades at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore, and remained in Bangalore after retirement. He received his Doctorate of Literature for his research on Kannadadalli Kathana Kavanagalu.[1]

Literary career

Murthy is a post-navya writer[2] and Bhavageete poet. His works blend the pre-navya and post-navya literary movements.[2] As of 2020, he has published more than 100 books in Kannada.

Contributions to film

Contributions to television

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "H.S.Venkatesha Murthy". Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF). Bangalore Literature Festival website. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Ganesh, Deepa (18 August 2003). "The morning song of birds and newspaper..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 October 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ Press Release: Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2013 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 23 August 2013
  4. ^ "Venkatesh Murthy chosen for Inamdar award". The Hindu. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.