- Gourish Kaikini
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name = Gourish Kaikini
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birth_date = 1912
birth_place = Gokarna,Karwar ,Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka
death_date = 2002
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occupation =Litterateur ,Teacher andColumnist
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footnotes =Gourish Kaikini(
October 12 1912 -November 13 2002 ) was a litterateur, teacher and columnist inKannada language . He was conferred with many prestigious awards including Sahitya academy award andRajyotsava Award given byGovernment of Karnataka . Kaikini initially wrote inMarathi language and shifted to Kannada language in 1930 in which he excelled as a writer. He also wrote inKonkani language .Early life
Gourish Kaikini was born on
October 12 1912 . He graduated fromDharwad and served as a high school teacher at Bankikodla and Gokarna from 1937 to 1976. He married "Shantabai" in 1953.cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/28299127.cms|title= Litterateur Gourish Kaikini is dead|work=Online webpage of The Times of India|publisher=The Times of India|accessdate=2007-07-21] His sonJayant Kaikini is a poet and writer inKannada literature .Works
Gourish Kaikini wrote a total of 62 books, most of them in
Kannada language . 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.cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/sep202004/d9.asp|title= Kannada litterateur Kaikini remembered
work=Online webpage of Deccan Herald|publisher=Deccan Herald|accessdate=2007-07-21]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 , Vardhamana Prashasti, Sahitya Academy Award,Karnatak University '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 setup in his name and writers inKannada literature 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".
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