Siddalingaiah (poet)

**Dr.**

Siddalingaiah
Dr.; Siddalingaiah
	Siddalingaiah at Tathvapada singers gathering in Mandya in 2012
Born	Siddalingaiah; 3 February 1954; Manchanabele, Karnataka, India
Died	11 June 2021 (aged 67); Bangalore
Occupation	Poet, Dramatist, Kannada Professor, Legislator and Dalit Activist
Education	M. A. and Ph.D in Kannada
Alma mater	Bangalore University
Period	1974-2021
Genre	Dalit-Bandaya Movement
Literary movement	Dalit-Bandaya movement
Notable works	Holemadigara Haadu, Saviraaru Nadigalu and Meravanige
Notable awards	Padma Shri (Posthumous)

Siddalingaiah (1954 in Magadi, Bangalore – 11 June 2021), was an Indian poet, playwright, and Dalit activist, writing in the Kannada language. He is credited with starting the Dalit-Bandaya movement in Kannada and with starting the genre of Dalit writing. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with B. Krishnappa.

In 1988, at the age of 34, he became a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, serving till 2001 and, in 2006, chairman of the , a post with Cabinet rank that he held until 2008.

He has been head of the Department of Kannada at Bangalore University and a member of the University Syndicate of Kannada University, Hampi. He is acknowledged as a symbol of the and a leading public intellectual and Kannada poet.^[2]

Death[]

Siddalingaiah died on 11 June 2021, in Bangalore, due to Covid-19 illness.^[3]

Notable works[]

Poetry[]

Holemadigara Haadu (Songs of the Holeya and Madiga, 1975)

Saaviraaru Nadigalu (Thousands of Rivers, 1979)

Kappu Kaadina Haadu (The Song of the Black Forest, 1982)

Aayda Kavithegalu (Selected Poems, 1997)

Meravanige (Procession, 2000)

Nanna Janagalu mattu Itara Kavitegalu (My People and Other Poems, 2005)

Kudiva Neeliya Kadalu (2017)

Ooru Saagaravagi (2018)

Autobiography[]

Ooru Keri-1 : Atmakathana (1997)

Ooru Keri-2 : Atmakathana (2006)

Ooru Keri-3 : Atmakathana (2014)

Ooru Keri - An Autobiography (Sahitya Akademi, 2003)

A Word With You, World : The Autobiography of a Poet (Navayana, 2013) Translated by S.R. Ramakrishna (Excerpt)

Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2013) From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu, New Delhi: HarperCollins India.

Plays[]

Panchama

Nelasama

Ekalavya

Criticism and Essays[]

Hakkkinota
Gramadevathegalu
Avataragalu
Jana Samsakruthi
Aa Mukha Ee Mukha

Accolades[]

2019 - Pampa Award, highest literary award in Kannada, presented by Karnataka Government^[4]
2018 - Nrupatunga Award by BBMP^[5]
2015 - Chaired the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Shravanabelagola^[6]
2007 - Nadoja Award by Hampi University
1998-99 -Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his song Hasivininda Satthoru from the movie 'Pratibhatane'
1986 - Rajyostava Award by Karnataka Government
2022 - Padma Shri Award (Posthumous) for Literature and Education by Government of India^[7]

References[]

^ kannada wikipedia}}
^ Satyanarayana and Tharu (2013). From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South India Vol II. New Delhi: Harper Collins India. pp. 151–155. ISBN 978-93-5029-376-8.
^ "Kannada poet Dr. Siddalingaiah died due to Covid". News 18. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "ಕವಿ ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯಗೆ ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ". Prajavani.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "ಬಂಡಾಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಮೂಲ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಲ್ಲ" [Nrupatunga Award for Poet Siddalingaiah] (in Kannada). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "Siddalingaiah to chair 81st Kannada lit fest". Deccan Herald. 20 December 2014.
^ January 25, India Today Web Desk; January 25, 2022UPDATED; Ist, 2022 22:22. "Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees | Full list here". India Today. Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[2] Satyanarayana and Tharu (2013). From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South India Vol II. New Delhi: Harper Collins India. pp. 151–155. ISBN 978-93-5029-376-8.

[3] "Kannada poet Dr. Siddalingaiah died due to Covid". News 18. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[4] "ಕವಿ ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯಗೆ ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ". Prajavani.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[5] "ಬಂಡಾಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಮೂಲ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಲ್ಲ" [Nrupatunga Award for Poet Siddalingaiah] (in Kannada). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

[6] "Siddalingaiah to chair 81st Kannada lit fest". Deccan Herald. 20 December 2014.

[7] January 25, India Today Web Desk; January 25, 2022UPDATED; Ist, 2022 22:22. "Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees | Full list here". India Today. Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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