Mysuru: City-based writer N.R. Roopashree has won ‘Kodagina Gouramma’ book award for her work “Kaalaya Tasmai Namaha’ by securing the third place in the annual Kodagina Gouramma Endowment Prize contest-2026.

Roopashree has eight works to her credit and Doordarshan Chandana has broadcast her interview  live in its ‘Shubhodaya Karnataka’ programme.

She has bagged many awards including ‘Shikshaka Ratna’ award during World Havyaka Sammelan held at Bengaluru, Sharada Ramalingappa Endowment award given by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Gudibande Purnima Endowment award given by  Women Writers Council, Bengaluru, Dasara Kavya Puraskara, Narayana Acharya Endowment award given by Manikya Prakashana, Hassan, Sahitya Siri award given by Mysuru Literary and Cultural Foundation and ‘Streeratna’ award given by Mysuru-based Dance School.

Roopashree is the wife of Sadvidya High School Head Master Vidwan Ramachandra Bhat.