Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet, politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.
Early life and background Lankappa Hanumanthaiah was born to Lankappa and Shrimati Channamma on 10 June 1958.
Hanumanthaiah studied at Government Science College, Bangalore, Post Graduate Studies in Kannada Literature at Bangalore University and Ph.D. from Mysore University.
Books published
Poetry Source:
Kappu Kannina Hudugi (Black-eyed Girl), 1990 Avva (Mother), 1995 Avvana Kavithe (Mother's Poem), (the poems have been translated and published in Bengali, Gujarati, English, Malayalam and Tamil languages), Akshara Aksharave (Oh' Letters! My Letters!), 2001 Karna Raaga (Karna's Agony), 2008 Harigolu (Hudder), 2012 ಕಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾಲಿನ ಕಡಲು : Kalli Halina Kadalu - Published on 17 August 2020 ಒಂಟಿ ಕಾಲಿನ ನಡಿಗೆ : Onti Kalina Nadige - Published on 3 September 2020
Dalitha Lokada Olage (In the world of Dalits), 1989 Ambedkar Mattu Samakaaleenathe (Ambedkar and Contemporary Times), 1993 Kanakadasa (biography on saint poet of medieval Karnataka), 1995
Research thesis Source:
Katha Kathana (thesis on stories), 1999 Ambedkar (a play), (the play has been staged at Bangalore, Bellary, Tumkur, Chitradurga and other parts of Karnataka), 1998; Autobiography - Ontikalina Nadige (walk in one leg)
Edited works Source:
Ambedkar Kavithegalu (An Anthology of Poems on Dr Ambedkar) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy Dalitha Kathegalu (An Anthology of Dalit Short Stories) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy Kelavargada Vachanakaararu (Saint poets from the lower strata of the society of 12th century Karnataka) Rangabhumi Antharanga: C.G.K. (a commemorative volume on a well-known theatre Director Sri C.G. Krishna Swamy) and (v) Suvarna Sanchaya ( An Anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry from the beginning of the 20th century) for Kannada Sahitya Parishad; Chairman, Committee for publishing Babu Jagjivan Ram’s works in Kannada
Position held +YearDescription1995 - 1996Member, Kannada Development Authority, Government of Karnataka1996 - 1998Member, State Executive Committee, Kannada Sahitya Parishat1998Jury Member, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award1998Member, Kannada Book Authority1999 - 2000Member, Ambedkar Annual Award Committee, Government of Karnataka2000Member, Script Approval Committee, Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore2001 - 2007Member, Karnataka Legislative Council2002 - 2005Member, Academic Council, Bangalore University2003 - 2007Member, Kannada Advisory Board, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi2004 Member, Kannada Advisory Board, National Book Trust, New Delhi2015 - 2017Chairman, Kannada Development AuthorityJune 2018 - May 2019Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureJune 2018 - May 2019 and Oct. 2019 onwardsMember, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and EmpowermentSept. 2019 onwardsMember, Committee on Health and Family WelfareMarch 2020 onwardsMember, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical ResearchJuly 2020Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya SabhaJuly 2020 onwardsMember, Committee on PetitionsAug. 2020 onwardsMember, General Purposes CommitteeSept. 2020 - April 2021Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
External links Interview with L. Hanumanthaiah on religion and poetry in India by Sahapedia
References