Siddalingaiah (poet)

Siddalingaiah Devaiah (Born 1954, Magadi, Bangalore) is an Indian poet-playwright writing in the Kannada language, and Dalit activist and politician. 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.

Dr.

Siddalingaiah
Siddalingaiah at Tathvapada singers gathering in Mandya in 2012
BornSiddalingaiah
1954
Manchanabele,[1] Karnataka, India
OccupationPoet, Dramatist, Kannada Professor, Legislator and Dalit Activist
NationalityIndian
EducationM. A. and Ph.D in Kannada
Alma materBangalore University
Period1974-present
GenreDalit-Bandaya Movement
Literary movementDalit-Bandaya movement
Notable worksHolemadigara Haadu, Saviraaru Nadigalu and Meravanige
Notable awardsKarnataka Sahitya Akademi Award and Nrupatunga Award

In 1988, at the age of 34, he became a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and, in 2006, chairman of the Kannada Development Authority, 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 Dalit movement and a leading public intellectual and Kannada poet.[2]

Works


  • 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)
  • 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

See also

References

  1. kannada wikipedia}}
  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.
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