H. M. Nayak
Harogadde Manappa Nayak was an academician, writer and folklorist.
He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university.
Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.
H. M. Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore.
in the year 2000 at the age of 69.Awards
He won the Central Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989, for the work Samprati, collection of his column writing.
