Govindacharya Bhimacharya Joshi was an Indian playwright in the 1950s. He was born in Hombal village in

Gadag district Gadag is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad district. As of 2011, it had a population of 1064570 (of which 35.21 percent was urban). The overall population increased by 13.14 perce ...

of Karnataka state in 1904. He established a theatre group named ''Vasudeva Vinodini Natya Samsthe'' at

Bagalkot Bagalakote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalakote district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha about 481 km (299 mi) northwest of state capital Bengaluru, 410 km (2 ...

and another theatre group named ''Kalopasaka Mandali'' in Dharwad in 1954. He was also a founder publisher of ''Manohara Granthamala'' which has published the works of Jnanapeetha awardee D.R. Bendre,

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, Shivaram Karanth, A.N. Krishna Rao,

Shankar Mokashi Punekar Shankar Mokashi Punekar (ಶಂಕರ ಮೊಕಾಶಿ ಪುಣೇಕರ್, 8 May 1928 – 11 August 2004) was a well known writer in the Kannada Language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian ...

, N. Kasturi,

R. S. Mugali Ram Shri Mugali (Ranganatha Srinivasa Mugali) (15 July 1906 – 20 February 1993) was a Kannada language writer. He was awarded the central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre". He was the president of the 44th Kannad ...

Keertinath Kurtakoti Kirtinath Kurtakoti ( kn, ಕೀರ್ತಿನಾಥ ಕುರ್ತಕೋಟಿ) (13 October 1928 – 31 July 2003) was a Kannada writer and critic who won among other awards, the Central Sahitya Akademi honour of India. Apart from Kannada, he ...

, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Girish Karnad, V. Sitaramaiah and several others.

Notable works

''Playwrights'' * Aa Ooru Ee Ooru * Kadadida Neeru * Mooka Bali * Nane Bijjala * Nakrasheela * Parimaladavaru * Sattavara Neralu directed by B.V. Karanth in 1974 ''Novels'' * Aa Ooru Ee Ooru * Dharmasere (1934) * Mooka Bali (1956) * Neeru

Awards

He received the Padma Shri award in 1986 and

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

in 1989 for his contribution to theatre. The Karnataka Government has honoured him in 1983 and 1986 for his cultural contributions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, G. B. People from Gadag district Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka Kannada-language writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 1904 births 1993 deaths Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award