Jayanth Kaikini was born on 24 January 1955 and is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema.
14 Facts About Jayanth Kaikini
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Jayanth Kaikini has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collection of essays.
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Jayanth Kaikini is valued as one of the best writers in Kannada literature and has revolutionized the field by giving it a fresh new perspective.
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Jayanth Kaikini has bagged in many notable awards like 'Karnataka Sahitya Academy' award.
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Jayanth Kaikini has been conferred the honorary doctorate from Tumkur University.
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Jayanth Kaikini began his career working as a production chemist, eventually working as a copywriter for advertising agencies in Bombay for 23 years before moving to Bangalore, where he held several key institutional positions - as founder of Kannada television channels Etv Kannada, Zee Kannada, becoming the literary editor of a monthly magazine Bhavana and hosting a widely popular television talk-show series Namaskara while being intellectually associated with the Kannada film industry.
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Jayanth Kaikini has published a number of poetry collections including Rangadindondishtu Doora, Kothitheertha, Shravana Madhyana, Neelimale, Theredashte Bagilu.
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Jayanth Kaikini is the author of short stories collections for Dagadoo Parabana Ashwamedha, Aamruthaballi Kashaya, Shabda Teera, Bannada kaalu, Toofan Mail, Ondu Jelebi, Charminar, Anarkaliya Safety Pin and Vichitraseneya Vaikhari.
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Jayanth Kaikini is credited with revolutionising the image of Kannada film songs, with the classic touch of literature, a nouvelle vocabulary and imagery that belongs to our lived worlds.
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Jayanth Kaikini was hosting a TV Show "Rasa Rushige Namaskara" in Etv Kannada which a biography on Rashtrakavi Kuvempu.
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Jayanth Kaikini continued it with other series' such as "Kadala Theerada Bharghava",.
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Jayanth Kaikini received the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for his first poetry collection at the age of nineteen in 1974.
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Jayanth Kaikini received the same award again in 1982,1989 and 1996 for his short story collections.
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Jayanth Kaikini's daughter Dr Srajana Kaikini is a philosopher, artist, academic who has a trained Odissi dancer, and son Ritwik Kaikini is a multimedia artist, musician and writer.