Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ
Genre	Kannada literature
Frequency	1 year
Location(s)	Various
Years active	100
Inaugurated	1915
Most recent	2015
Patron(s)	Karnataka Government
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Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ) (Kannada Literature Conference) is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing Kannada language, its literature, arts, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by H. V. Nanjundaiah and held at Bangalore for the first time.^[1] It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from 1915 to 1948. Since then it has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is responsible for holding the gathering.

List

No Year Location President 1 1915 Bangalore H. V. Nanjundaiah 2 1916 Bangalore H. V. Nanjundaiah 3 1917 Mysore H. V. Nanjundaiah 4 1918 Dharwad R. Narasimhachar 5 1919 Hassan Karpura Srinivasa Rao 6 1920 Hospet Rodda Srinivasa Rao 7 1921 Chikkamagaluru K. P. Pattana Shetty 8 1922 Davangere M. Venkatakrishnaiah 9 1923 Bijapur Siddhanta Shivashankar Shastri 10 1924 Kolar Hoskote Krishnashastri 11 1925 Belgaum Benagal Ramarao 12 1926 Bellary P. G. Halakatti 13 1927 Mangalore R. Tatacharya 14 1928 Gulbarga B. M. Srikantaiah 15 1929 Belgaum Masti Venkatesh Iyengar 16 1930 Mysore Aluru Venkata Rao 17 1931 Karwar Muliya Thimmappaiah 18 1932 Madikeri D. V. Gundappa 19 1933 Hubli Y. Nagesh Shastri 20 1934 Raichur Panje Mangesh Rao 21 1935 Mumbai N. S. Subbarao 22 1937 Jamkhandi Bellave Venkatanaranappa 23 1938 Bellary Ranganath Diwakar 24 1939 Belgaum Mudaveedu Krishnarao 25 1940 Dharwad Y. Chandrashekar Shastri 26 1941 Hyderabad A. R. Krishna Shastri 27 1943 Shimoga D. R. Bendre 28 1944 Rabkavi S. S. Basavanala 29 1945 Chennai T. P. Kailasam 30 1947 Harpanahalli C. K. Venkataramaiah 31 1948 Kasaragod Ti Ta Sharma 32 1949 Gulbarga Channappa Uttangi 33 1950 Solapur M. R. Srinivasamurthy 34 1951 Mumbai M. Govinda Pai 35 1952 Belur S. C. Nandimath 36 1954 Kumta M. V. Seetharamiah 37 1955 Mysore Shivaram Karanth 38 1956 Raichur Shriranga 39 1957 Dharwad Kuvempu 40 1958 Bellary V. K. Gokak 41 1959 Bidar D. L. Narasimhachar 42 1960 Manipal A. N. Krishna Rao 43 1961 Gadag K. G. Kundangar 44 1963 Siddaganga R. S. Mugali 45 1965 Karwar Kadangodlu Shankar Bhatt 46 1967 Shravanabelagola Dr. A.N. Upadhye 47 1970 Bangalore Javare Gowda 48 1974 Mandya Jayadevitayi Ligade 49 1976 Shimoga S. V. Ranganna 50 1978 New Delhi G. P. Rajarathnam

No Year Location President 51 1979 Dharmasthala Gopalakrishna Adiga 52 1980 Belgaum Basavaraj Kattimani 53 1981 Chikkamagaluru Pu Ti Narasimhachar 54 1981 Madikeri Shamba Joshi 55 1982 Sirsi Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar 56 1984 Kaivara A. N. Murthy Rao 57 1985 Bidar Ha Ma Nayak 58 1987 Gulbarga Siddaiah Puranik 59 1990 Hubli R. C. Hiremath 60 1990 Mysore K. S. Narasimhaswamy 61 1992 Davangere G. S. Shivarudrappa 62 1993 Koppal Simpi Linganna 63 1994 Mandya Chaduranga 64 1995 Mudhol H. L. Nage Gowda 65 1996 Hassan Chennaveera Kanavi 66 1997 Mangalore Kayyar Kinhanna Rai 67 1999 Kanakapura S. L. Bhyrappa 68 2000 Bagalkot Shantadevi Malawada 69 2002 Tumkur U. R. Ananthamurthy 70 2003 Belgaum Patil Puttappa 71 2003 Moodabidri Kamala Hampana 72 2006 Bidar Shantarasa Hemberalu 73 2007 Shimoga K. S. Nissar Ahmed 74 2008 Udupi L. S. Sheshagiri Rao 75 2009 Chitradurga L. Basavaraju 76 2010 Gadag Geetha Nagabhushan 77 2011 Bangalore G. Venkatasubbaiah 78 2012 Gangavati C.P.Krishnakumar 79 2013 Bijapur[2] KO.Chanabassapa 80 2014 Madikeri[3] Na D'Souza 81 2015 Sravanabelagola Dr. Siddalingaiah

See also

• Kannada Sahitya Parishat
• http://zeebal.com/77th-kannada-sahitya-sammelana-2011-bangalore-live.html

References

1. Hunasavadi, Srikanth (29 January 2009). "Sahitya Parishat can do with more funds". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
2. http://kannada-sammelana-bijapur-2013.blogspot.in/2013/01/welcome-to-akhil-bharat-79th-kannada.html
3. "Madikeri to host Kannada Sahitya Sammelan in January". The Hindu. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.