Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni

Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni (born 1939) is a Kannada historian from Vijayapura. He is also a research scholar who works include extensive research on Dasa Sahitya.[1] He wrote more than 50 books. At least 14 of them were on Dasa Sahitya. He received the Kanakashree award, in recognition of his research on Dasa Sahitya.[2] He is the president of the Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishat. He worked and used gamaka to popularise literature.[2]

Kulkarni heads the Adil Shahi Literature Translation Project. Under the project seven volumes were commissioned to be translated by January 2024.[3] Kulkarni inaugurated the first Dasa Sahitya Sammelan in Bidar.[4] The professor also translated, the ancient history of the dynasty that ruled Bijapur from Persian to Kannada.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ 'Nanna Kathe' With Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni Unhappy With Today's Politics. Tv9 Kannada. Retrieved 2024-01-24 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c Prathibha Nandakumar (November 22, 2013). "Tryst with Adil Shahi". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. ^ "Kanakashree award for Prof Kulkarni". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  4. ^ "Meet focusses on expanding reach of Dasa literature". The Hindu. 2013-01-10. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-24.