Chennaveera Kanavi


Chennaveera Kanavi was born on 28 June 1928 in Hombal village, Gadag District, Karnataka, India. His parents were Sakkareppa and Parvathavva. He finished his school and college education in Dharwad. In 1952, he got his B. A. degree from Karnataka College Dharwad and M. A. Degree from Karnataka University Dharwad. From 1956 to 1983 he worked as a Director for 'Prasaranga' of Karnataka University.
He is considered as one of the major poet and writer in the Kannada language and received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Jeeva Dhwani in 1981. He is popularly known as "Samanvayada Kavi" and "Soujanyada Kavi".
In 2011, he was honored with the Sahitya Kala Kaustubha Award.

Poetry