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Purohita Thirunarayana Narasimhachar (17 March 1905 – 13 October 1998), commonly known as PuTiNa, was a playwright and poet in the Kannada language. Along with, Kuvempu and D. R. Bendre, he forms the well-known trio of Kannada Navodaya poets.[1] He was a Sahitya Akademi fellow and the winner of the Pampa Award, awarded by the Government of Karnataka in 1991.[2]

P. T. Narasimhachar (Pu Ti Na)
Born	(1905-03-17)17 March 1905 Melukote, Pandavapura taluk, Mysore district, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now Mandya district, Karnataka, India)
Died	13 October 1998(1998-10-13) (aged 93) Bangalore, Karnataka
Pen name	Pu Ti Na (ಪು ತಿ ನ)
Occupation	Writer, poet
Nationality	India
Genre	Fiction
Literary movement	Kannada: Navodaya

Life and career

Narasimhachar was born on 17 March 1905 into an orthodox Iyengar family in the town of Melkote in Mandya district of Karnataka.[3]

Apart from being a writer, PuTiNa also worked in the army of Mysore state and later in the legislature of the Government of Mysore state.[4] He died on 13 October 1998.[5]

Literary contributions

PuTiNa was one of the catalysts of the Navodaya style of Kannada literature. According to Lakshminarayana Bhat, "At a broader level, the growth of the Navodaya style of literature resembles the growth of the writings of PuTiNa".[6] In his first collection of poems Hanathe, he conveys profound insights into significant moments in life by using a simple language and style. Many of PuTiNa's writings detail the beauty and majesty of nature, bordering on the spiritual.[7] Two of his well-known writings are Ahalye, which subtly narrates the conflict between kama and dharma, and Gokula Nirgamana, which narrates the departure of Krishna from Gokula.[8] PuTiNa's essays reflect his dominant poetic personality.[9]

Awards and recognitions

• Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1966 for his work "Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Roopakagalu"
• Pampa Prashasthi in 1991 from Karnataka Government[10]
• Padma Shri from the Government of India, 1991[11]

Bibliography

Collection of poems

• Hanate
• Mandaliru
• Sharadayaamini
• Hrudaya vihari
• Ganesha darshana
• Rasa Sarasvati
• Maley Degula
• Irula Meragu
• Haley Chiguru – Hosa Beru
• Raaga raagini
• honala haadu

Musical dramas

• Vasanta Chandana
• Seeta Kalyana
• Ahalye
• Gokula Nirgamana
• Shabari
• Doniya Binada
• Vikatakavi
• Ramapatabisheka

Collection of stories

• Ramachariya Nenapu
• Rathasaptami and other stories
• Sri Rama Pattabhiskekham
• Hamsa Damayanti
• Eechalu marad kelage

Notes

References

• K. M. George (1992) [1992]. Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
• P. T. Narasimhachar (2001) [2001]. Hill Temple. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-0814-8.
• Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2. Sahitya Akademi. p. 1142. ISBN 81-260-1194-7.
• Sisir Kumar Das, various (1995). A History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 81-7201-798-7.
• Documentary by Chadrashekhar Kambar

External links

• An essay of PuTiNa's poetry^{[permanent dead link]}
• A dance production based on PuTiNa's poetry

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