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  Kannada poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language spoken in Karnataka state of India.
Kannada had poetry similar to haiku in the 12th century.
This indeed was the reincarnation of Kannada poetry which was dormant for quite a few centuries in the face of British occupation of India.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kannada_poetry   (805 words)

  
 Kannada Language, History Of Kannada Language, Kannada Literature, Kannada Sahitya Parishad Mysore.
Kannada is almost as old as Tamil, the truest of the Dravidian family.
Initially the area of the Kannada speech extended much further to the north than present Karnataka, but was pushed back by the Aryan Marathi.
Poetry, too, wasn’t left behind; B. Shrikanthayya too Kannada poetry to great heights with innovations like the blank verse.
languages.iloveindia.com /kannada.html   (701 words)

  
 The Hindu : 'Kannada poetry is in transition'
Although he shot into fame when the Navya (modern) literary tradition was at its zenith, his poems have withstood the tests of the traditions of Kannada literature with their contemporaneous nature and their having no intellectual pretensions in content and form.
The lyrical quality of Kannada poetry is gradually waning, and an analytical form of poetry is taking its place.
Kannada poetry is in transition, which is likely to herald another renaissance.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/12/03/stories/2001120301530300.htm   (564 words)

  
 Irish poetry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Towards the last quarter of the century, modern Irish poetry has tended to a wide range of diversity, from the poets of the Northern school to writers influenced by the modernist tradition and those facing the new questions posed by an increasingly urban and cosmopolitan society.
Their poetry also changed, with a move away from the syllabic verse of the schools to accentual metres, reflecting the oral poetry of the bardic period.
John Hewitt (1907–1987), whom many consider to be the founding father of Northern Irish poetry, also came from a rural background but lived in Belfast and was amongst the first Irish poets to write of the sense of alienation that many at this time felt from both their original rural and new urban homes.
www.tocatch.info /en/Irish_poet.htm   (4691 words)

  
 Languages of India
Kannada has a long history of literature next only to Sanskrit and Tamil.
The three gems of earlier Kannada poetry Pampa, Ranna and Ponna (all born in the 10th century), rendered the epics in Kannada.
A great change took place in the Kannada literature when Basaveswara (12th century) introduced the Vachana style of writing which introduced a social revolution.
www.indiansaga.com /languages/kannada_lang.html   (363 words)

  
 Kannada poetry should eschew pseudo romanticism: Kaikini - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Mr Kaikini said that Kannada poetry in the last few years has showed indications of pseudo romanticism and pseudo mysticism.
Such poetry may have appeared to be a change from the pamphlet like poetry of the Bandaya movement.
But one should remember that this pseudo poetry was already rejected during the Navya or the modernist period and is now making a backdoor entry.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may172004/d16.asp   (568 words)

  
 kannada language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Masti is considered as the father of Kannada short story.
One notable features as far as modern Kannada literature is concerned is that there are quite a few writers who have made a mark in more than one field: A.N.Krishna Rao (poet and novelist), V.K.Gokak (poet and novelist), Gopalakrishna Adiga (poet and essayist) and R.S.Mugali (poet and historian) are writers of repute.
Kannada is flourishing in almost all branches of literature, and modernity is noticeable in various phases: Pragatishila, Navodaya and Navya.
www.indiavisitinformation.com /indian-language/kannada-language.shtml   (605 words)

  
 Mysore Round Up- mysoredasara.com
Considered as the doyen of Kannada literature, B.M. Srikantaiah was born in Tumkur district.
Karanth was born at Babukodi in South Canara district of Karnataka in 1929.
A popular columnist in Kannada magazines, H. Krishnaswamy Iyengar was born on August 20, 1920 at Haleyur in K.R. Nagar taluk of Mysore district.
www.mysoredasara.com /html/personalities.htm   (3886 words)

  
 Kannada Learning Center
Kannada is spoken in various dialects across different parts of Karnataka.
Sampada Kannada Learning Center has been established with a view to enable kannada studies, learning and knowledge sharing on the Internet.
Sampada Kannada Learning Center is a part of Sampada.net Community initiative.
learning.sampada.net   (227 words)

  
 INDIAN MIRROR - ARTS - Literature
Most of the religious and often mystic poetry of the period has been preserved in the Adi Granth, which is a great anthology of Bhakthi poems.
Early Kashmiri poetry is an extension of the Saiva texts in Sanskrit.
The three important names of early Kannada poetry are Pampa, Panna and Ponna all born in the 10th century.
www.indianmirror.com /arts/arts7.html   (2773 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka News : Programmes to increase Kannada awareness
BELGAUM: The Department of Kannada and Culture has initiated steps to boost native culture, besides raising awareness on the Kannada language through special programmes `Kannada Kavya Vaibhava' and `Gadi Nadu Utsav' involving 57 taluks in 16 border districts.
Talking to presspersons here on Wednesday, the Director (Kannada and Culture), Muddu Mohan, said the department has accorded high priority to revive and strengthen the declining art forms and native culture.
Artists will be invited to recite Kannada poems in `gamaka' style; there will also be literary personalities to explain the meaning of the poems.
www.hindu.com /2005/06/09/stories/2005060908790400.htm   (309 words)

  
 Kannada Language,official Language of Karnataka,Regional Languages of Karnataka
Kannada emerged as an independent language in the 9
It is spoken by 65% of the population of Karnataka.
Kannada literature took a strong Hindu bend with the orthodox Vijayanagara kings (14
www.indiasite.com /language/kannada.html   (785 words)

  
 E-KAVI:::Universal Platform for Global Kannadigas!!!
The award was given to Kannada writers six times, five times each to Hindi and Bengali writers, four times to Malayalam, thrice to Oriya, twice each to Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu, and one each to Assamese, Punjabi and Tamil writers.
His poems are linked to the Kannada poetic tradition through their use of folklore, the vachanas and the kirthanas.
The main phase of his literary career and his life itself began in 1925 when he was swayed by the magnetic force of the towering figure of Kannada poetry D.R.Bendre, like many other young poets of his time.
ekavi.org /jnanpeeth.htm   (1168 words)

  
 Kamat's Potpourri: Dattatraya Ramachandra Bendre    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bendre is considered as colossal of modern Kannada poetry.
Reading and writing of Kannada poetry was not popular in the early decades of last century.
By precept and practice he started a custom of reading old Kannada classics, started literary festivals after Pampa Vidyaranya and Santakavi, encouraged young poets to read out their compositions in such festivals.
www.kamat.com /kalranga/kar/leaders/bendre.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Contemporary Kannada Poetry II « sotosay
Contemporary Kannada Poetry II I read a few volumes of Kannada poetry recently.
I hope that these posts on Kannada poetry may interest those who are interested in what is happening in poetry scene.
This entry was written by Kamalakar and posted on September 5, 2006 at 1:12 pm and filed under Poetry, Kannada Literature.
sotosay.wordpress.com /2006/09/05/contemporary-kannada-poetry-ii   (500 words)

  
 || Nrupathunga Kannada Koota ||
I know local talent gets first preference, but the group from Memphis was amazing and if we had that program in the afternoon after lunch, with instructions to sing "only kannada songs", I am sure we would have celebrated kannada poetry "in fusion!".
It is an honor and privilege to have your family with us who take lots of interest and spend lots of your personal time to organize kannada cultural functions.This give us a forum for us and our children to show case the talents and be a part of the kannada speaking community.
Its a general feeling that kannadigas lack love for their language, especially when out of karnataka, and that theory was fully demolished when I saw the function on saturday.
www.atlantakannada.org /comments.htm   (1292 words)

  
 INDIA JOURNEY - ONLINE INDIA - LANGUAGES OF INDIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Poetry is the key word, with writers experimenting with different forms of it in all ages.
Poetry, novels, short stories and essays were the avenues of the liberal expression.
In the medieval period, poetry was actually the means of expressing religious sentiments and the first poetry of the language was Bharateswara Bahubali Rasa.
www.indiajourney.com /indiaonline/indiaonline-language.htm   (11177 words)

  
 Poet Bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
His translations of ancient Tamil and medieval Kannada poetry have been widely acclaimed, and are published as "The Interior Landscape" (1967), "Speaking of Siva" (1972), "Hymns for the Drowning" (1981), and "Poems of Love and War" (1985).
Although his later poetry reveals a deep consciousness of social issues, an experimentation with symbolism, and an increasingly optimistic view of human destiny, his most lasting work is probably his early verse.
He rejected the contemporary emphasis on the intellectual approach to poetry, maintaining that the scenes and events of everyday life and the speech of ordinary people were the raw material of which poetry could and should be made.
www.ncguru.org /poems/poetbio_q-z.htm   (8866 words)

  
 Feminist voices in Kannada « sotosay
Here is a common motif in Kannada (and I suspect in many Indian languages) feminist poetry (written by those from Hindu communities): invoking the mythical female characters.
This is usually found in the poetry of those who write form within the upper caste Hindu communities.
This entry was written by Kamalakar and posted on August 25, 2006 at 7:41 am and filed under Poetry, Kannada Literature.
sotosay.wordpress.com /2006/08/25/feminist-voices-in-kannada   (411 words)

  
 Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Since long, poetry has always been a public phenomenon and all attempts to confine poetry to academics and narrow confines must be resisted.
His poems are available in English.One of the anthologies Poems of Vinda is dedicated to A K Ramanujam with whom he spent weeks going over the translations during his stay in Chicago.
He is greatly impressd by Ramanujam’s poetry as well as his translations of old Tamil and Kannada poetry.
www.freeindiamedia.com /poetry/13_feb_06.html   (1181 words)

  
 Kannada Literature « sotosay
During the peak of modernist poetry in Kannada he would write rhyming couplets.
Manjunath is one of the major voices in contemporary Kannada poetry. His poems are rich in their micro details and careful construction.
This poem is by Kannada poet Anand Zunjarwad.
sotosay.wordpress.com /tag/kannada-literature   (285 words)

  
 Allama Prabhu : Poems and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Audio files of several lyrics by Allama Prabhu sung in the original Kannada language.
Please support the Poetry Chaikhana, as well as the authors and publishers of sacred poetry, by purchasing some of the recommended books through the links on this site.
Ivan M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright © 2002 - 2006 by Ivan M. Granger.
www.poetry-chaikhana.com /A/AllamaPrabhu   (258 words)

  
 Feminist voices in Kannada poetry- II « sotosay
Feminist voices in Kannada poetry- II Dr. Vijayasri Sabarad is a well known feminist writer and an activist.
The urge among the feminists writing from within Hindu communities to critique the injustice meted out to the mythical women is a double edged sword – critiquing the past as well as debunking their present value.
This entry was written by Kamalakar and posted on August 28, 2006 at 4:56 am and filed under Poetry, Kannada Literature.
sotosay.wordpress.com /2006/08/28/feminist-voices-in-kannada-poetry-ii   (409 words)

  
 WELCOME : www.jainsamaj.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Although it was the Kadambas, the earlist Kannada kings of Brahmanical leanings to rule over Karanataka, who gave Kannada a prestigious place by making it the language of administration.
In the case of Jainism which was the most popular religion in the eighth and the ninth century extending up to the twelfth century, the religion had the direct patronage of powerful dynasties and the poets were inspired to write in Kannada for propogating their religion.
Vacana form was very different in the sense it was not narrative, the authors not interested in royal courts nor the royal patronage, not interested which was 'poetry' or 'not poetry'.
jainsamaj.org /literature/jaina-180904.htm   (3169 words)

  
 Kannada, Kannadiga and Karnataka: OurKarnataka.com : Celebration of Kannada, Kannadiga and Karnataka:
This is done in the evening during the weekdays in a programme called Hotair.
The issue here is not just about Kannada songs but it should be seen in a broader sense.
It is about the bias against Kannada by Radiocity.
www.ourkarnataka.com   (821 words)

  
 Filipino - Tanaga
The Tanaga is a type of short Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line --- that is to say a 7-7-7-7 Syllabic verse, with an AAAA rhyme scheme as in this example:
It is almost considered a dying art form, but is currently being revived by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and National Commission of the Arts.
Poetry groups, like the PinoyPoets who have been promoting Filipino poetry in English and the vernacular are also advocating the spread of this art form.
www.clipart.teleactivities.com /poetry/tanaga.html   (354 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The problems are more complicated in the case of lyric translations because; apart from retaining the confessional mode, the translator has to accommodate the seemingly merged but irreconcilable voices of the source-poem.
We seek to analyze the differing polyphonies in multiple translations with the help of examples from the translations of Kannada poetry of Gopala Krishna Adiga and Marathi poetry of Karandikar.
One of the major concerns for choosing two poets belonging to two different languages is to understand the significance of the socio-cultural processes of two different regions in the assertion of the multiple voices that characterize their poetry and also to examine the influence of these processes on translations.
www.hss.iitb.ac.in /TCITI/Amith.doc   (604 words)

  
 History of the Kannada Literature -III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
History of Kannada Literature-I and II he rise of the 12th century saw the versatile growth of Kannada literature.
Govaidya by Keertivarma (1125 A.D. Poet Harihara and his nephew Raghavanka are recognized as trend setters in Kannada literature.
Sukti Sudharnava, an anthology by Mallikarjuna is helpful for a study of ancient Kannada poetry.
www.kamat.com /kalranga/kar/literature/history3.htm   (677 words)

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