Bhaskar Maiya also Gundmi Bhaskar Maiya
or Bhasker Mayya
(1950/1951 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian writer, author, scholar, translator and professor. He was well known for his progressive style of writing.
Career
He pursued doctorate in
Hindi-language
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and obtained
master's degree in
Philosophy
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,
Sanskrit,
Prakrit and
English from the
Karnatak University in
Dharwad.
He also completed his
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at
Mysore University.
He was academically fluent and had done research on Hindi,
Kannada, Sanskrit and English. He had published nearly 52 books out of which 20 of them being written in Hindi while 32 of them being written in Kannada.
Maiya also served as Hindi-language professor for a long period of time, nearly two decades teaching Hindi at Bhandarkars' Arts & Science College in
Kundapur.
He then served as the head of Department of Hindi from 2010 to 2012.
He also later taught Sanskrit to students.
He received the
Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 from the then Indian Prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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for his book titled ''Ajanabeepan Ek Saiddanthik Anushilan''.
Death
Maiya died on 6 May 2021, at the age of 70 in
Udupi, Mangalore due to
COVID-19 complications and cardiac arrest. He was hospitalized about four days prior to his death as he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in
Bramavara, Udupi.
References
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1950s births
2021 deaths
Indian writers
Indian scholars
Indian translators
Indian educators
Indian academics
Scholars from Karnataka
Kannada-language writers
Karnatak University alumni
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India