Yashwant Vithoba Chittal

Yashawant Vithoba Chittal
Born (1928-08-03)3 August 1928
Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
Died 22 March 2014(2014-03-22) (aged 85)[1]
Mumbai
Occupation Fiction writer
Nationality Indian
Genre Fiction
Subject Kannada
Notable awards Sahitya Akademi award,
Dr.Masti award,
Adikavi Pampa award

Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (3 August 1928 – 22 March 2014) was a Kannada fiction writer.[2]

He was born in Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada District.[3] He completed his primary school education from his village school and his high school from the Gibbs High School, Kumta (1944).Later he did his Bachelors in science and Bachelors in technology both from Bombay University being a top ranker and gold medalist in the year 1955 and master's degree in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology,USA and simultaneously pursued a career in science and technology along with literature.[4] His contributions in the field of Polymer Science and synthetic resins was well recognized and he was selected as Fellow of Plastics and Rubber Institute,London.[5]

Career

Chittal was known for his many novels and short stories. He also authored literary criticism and essays. His early writing shows the influence of his brother Gangadhar V. Chittal, a poet. His writings, including The girl who became a story, either depict the culture of his village Hanehalli in the Uttar Kannada District or the surroundings of Bandra in Mumbai. His later novels, portraying the themes of urban reality and related complexities of modern Indian life, show the influence of the Radical Humanist M.N. Roy and Eric Fromm. His subjects have always been drawn from contemporary socio-political realities.

G. S. Amur said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with his distinct touch.The kind of experimentation he did with language, style and narrative is unparalleled."[6]

Awards and honors

Chittal has been honored with number of prestigious awards. Some notable awards were: [7]

The US based Library of Congress acquired fifteen of his titles which includes works translated into English and other languages.[9]

Selected Works

References


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