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These readers have found an ally in translator Vanamala Viswanatha. A long career as an English professor, intricate knowledge of Kannada, and even a stint as a newsreader eventually led her to this ...

Kuvempu (the popular name of poet, playwright, novelist, and critic Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, 1904-1994) was a towering personality who profoundly influenced and shaped Kannada literature in the ...