Gopalakrishna Adiga


Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the "pioneer of New style" poetry.

Biography

As editor of Saakshi magazine he helped bring Kannada literature to the masses.
Adiga's grandson is Manu Raju, Senior Political reporter for CNN.

Work

In the 1950s and 1960s Adiga was a teacher in Mysore. From 1964 until 1968 he was the principal of Lal Bahadur College in Sagara, and from 1968 until 1971 he was Principal of Poorna Prajna College in Udupi.
His style has been described as a response to the independence of India from British rule in 1947. The style called Navya was generally about the new times. Inspired by modern Western literature and Indian tradition, he set out to portray the "disillusionment and angst of the times".

Works

Is life leaving everything we have and craving for things which we do not have?