H. M. Nayak

H. M. Nayak

Infobox Writer
name = H M Nayak


caption =
birthdate = 1931
birthplace = Harogadde, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
deathdate = death date|2000|11|10|df=y
deathplace = Mysore, India
occupation = Academician, Essayist
nationality = Indian
period =
genre = Folklore and Essays
subject =

Dr. Harogadde Manappa Nayak (Kannada: ಹಾ.ಮಾ.ನಾಯಕ್, "Ha Ma Nayak") (1931 - 10 November, 2000) was an academician, writer and folklorist.

He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university.

Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November, 1984, he served until 15 February, 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.cite web
title = Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university
publisher = Gulbarga University
url = http://www.gulbargauniversity.kar.nic.in/earliervice.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-25
]

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989, for the work Samprati.cite web
title = Sahitya Akademi Awards
publisher = Sahitya Akademi
url = http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10307.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-25
]

He died, following a heart attack, in Mysore.cite web
title = Kannada writer Nayak dead
publisher = The Tribune India
url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001112/nation.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-25
]

Bibliography

* "Namma Maneya Deepa", collection of essays
* "Kannada Vratha"
* Karnataka (1992)
* South Indian Studies (edited with B R Gopal, 1990)
* "Samprati" (1988)
* "Soolangi", a collection of thirty reflective essays (1985)
* Epic in Indian literature (1985)
* Impact of Marxism on Indian life and literature - proceedings of a national seminar (editor, 1972)
* "Janapada Swarupa", collection of essays on the nature and scope of folklore (1971)
* Kannada - Literary and Colloquial, a study of two styles (1967)

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