Panchakshari Hiremath (Kannada: ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರಿ ಹಿರೇಮಠ; born 1933) is a writer and poet,[1] short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, editor and freedom fighter who writes in Kannada, Urdu and Hindi. In 2005, he won the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation.[2]
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Born | Bisarahalli, India | 6 January 1933
Hiremath was born at Bisarahalli, Koppal District in Karnataka.[citation needed] He was involved in the freedom struggle of Hyderabad Karnataka. He worked as a professor in Karnataka University and Karnatak College, Dharwad. His first collection of poems appeared in 1959.[citation needed]
Hiremath is most famous as a poet. He is a opponent of division of Indian society on the basis of language.[3] Hiremath opposed dividing the society on the basis of language. Some of Hiremath's own works have been translated into Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Nepali, English, Spanish, French and German.[citation needed]
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Criticism/Essays
Chintana Sahitya
Biography
History
Religion and Philosophy
Travelogue
Literary Letters
Children's literature
Dramas (Translations)
Hindi
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