Govindray H. Nayak

Govindaray Hammanna Nayak (18 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was an Indian writer and academic. A professor of Kannada at University of Mysore, he was awarded the Central Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Sanskrit Chintana in 2014

Nayak was born in Soorve near Ankola, a village in coastal Karnataka, India. In 1951, Nayak earned his high school diploma from Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola and a M. A. in Kannada from University of Mysore.

Nayak died on 26 May 2023, at the age of 89.

His works

• Sanskrit Chintana
• Nirapekshe
• Samakalina
• Nijadani
• Bendre Naada Naadu Olavu
• Moulya Marga (vol 1-5)
• Matte Matte Pampa
• Shathamanada Kannada Sahitya -1
• Harishchandra Kavya Ondu Vimarshe
• Sthitiprajne
• Krithisaakshi

Awards

• Central Sahitya Akademi Award (2014)
• Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
• Pampa Award

References

• An article on Nayak from "Karavali Munjavu" a Kannada e-paper dated 19 September 2010.

External links

• G. H. Nayak's reminiscences of Maharaja's College, Mysore