H. M. Nayak

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

H M Nayak
Native name	ಹಾರೋಗದ್ದೆ ಮಾನಪ್ಪ ನಾಯಕ
Born	Harogadde Manappa Nayak 1931 Harogadde, Shivamogga, Mysore State, British India (now in Karnataka, India)
Died	10 November 2000 (aged 68–69) Mysore, Mysuru District, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Academician, Essayist, Folklorist, Writer
Genre	Folklore and Essays

Early life - Career

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.[1]

Death

Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore in the year 2000, at the age of 69.[2]

Literary works

• 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)

Accolades

• 1985 - Nayak was presided the chair of 57th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Bidar.

• 1989 - Sahitya Akademi Award for the work Samprati, collection of column writing.[3]

References

1. "Earlier Vice-chancellors of the university". Gulbarga University. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
2. "Kannada writer Nayak dead". The Tribune India. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
3. "Sahitya Akademi Awards". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2007.