Mysuru: Veteran writer Prof. Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, has been selected to chair the 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelan to be held at Mysuru from Nov. 24 to 26.
The Executive Committee of Kannada Sahitya Parishat which met at Mangaluru yesterday, unanimously selected veteran writer Prof. Champa.
Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Manu Baligar said that Champa’s name was proposed by former Minister and writer B.T. Lalitha Naik. Names of Dr. Veena Shanteshwar, N.R. Nayak, Sara Aboobakkar and Dr. Latha Rajashekar were also proposed by the members.
After discussion, Prof. Champa’s name was finalised by the members, he added.
Prof. Champa, a former Professor of English at Karnataka University, Dharwad, had also served as the President of Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Chairman of Kannada Development Authority (KDA). Prof. Champa, a poet, playwright and a critic, is also the editor of Literary journal ‘Sankramana.’
This post was published on September 26, 2017 6:42 pm