Sumatheendra R. Nadig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSumatheendra R. Nadig
Indian writer
Date of Birth: 04-May-1935
Place of Birth: Kalasa, Karnataka, India
Date of Death: 07-Aug-2018
Profession: poet
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Sumatheendra R. Nadig
- Sumathendra Raghavendra Nadig (4 May 1935 - 7 August 2018) was an Indian professor and writer.
- Nadig came upon the literary scene as a prominent modern poet in the 1960s.
- He was a close associate of Gopalakrishna Adiga, the leader of the modernist movement. Nadig's "Dampatya Gita" has been translated into English, Hindi, Bengali and other Indian languages.
- His other major poem, "Panchabhut", is considered to be an important and original contribution to modern Indian literature.
- His poetic achievement has been acknowledged by great poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga, Pu.
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- Narasimhachar, Ayyappa Panikar, Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Manohar Rai Sardesai, and G.
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- Shivrudrappa; writers including S.
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- Anantha Murthy; and scholars including Kapila Vatsyayan and Sibnarayan Ray. Nadig had two master's degrees in English, one from Mysore University and the other from Temple University (US).
- He also received a PhD in Kannada from Bangalore University and an honorary doctorate, "Shabda Marthand", from Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar. He had received many awards, including the Karnataka Rajyothsava Prashsti, Dinakara Pratisthana Prashasti, V.
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- Inamdar Prashsti, and M.V.Si.
- Puraskara. He was the Chairman of National Book Trust from 1996 to 1999. He was well known for his critical studies of Bendre, K.S.
- Narasimha Swamy and Adiga, and short stories and nursery rhymes, and translations from Bengali to Kannada, and from Kannada to English.
- He knew Kannada, English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, and Bengali. "Poetry makes strange things happen.
- I reach the society in me, and the society meets me in my poetry." — Sumatheendra Nadig
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