Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy

Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy
Born22 September 1954
Mudnakudu, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
Occupations
  • Writer
  • poet
Writing career
Notable workBahutvada Bhaaratha Mattu Bouddha Thaatvikate
Notable awards

Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy (22 September 1954) is an Indian Kannada–language poet, playwright and essayist. He authored over 50 works and has received recognitions including Kendra Sahitya Academy award in 2022, for his work "Bahutvada Bhaaratha Mattu Bouddha Thaatvikate".

In 2016, his collection of poems was compiled as Before It Rains Again and translated into English by Rowena Hill, a poet and translator living in Venezuela.

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "साहित्य 75" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 11–16 March 2023. p. 5, English version. Retrieved 1 July 2025. Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy is a distinguished Kannada writer, poet, playwright and translator. He was born on 22 September 1954 at Mudnakudu, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka.
  2. 1 2 3 Sayeed, Vikhar Ahmed (25 March 2025). "Vedic religion in its original form was barbaric: Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy". Frontline. Retrieved 30 June 2025. ..hails from Mudnakudu village of Chamarajanagar district in southern Karnataka..His prodigious corpus of 50 books (..) ..Chinnaswamy has been awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award (2009), the Karnataka State Award for Lifetime Achievement (2014), and the Sahitya Akademi Award (2022).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  3. ↑ "Profile of Rajyotsava Award Recipients(Year-Wise)". karnataka.gov. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "They Lit The Torch, Caste Aside Darkness". Outlook India. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy gets Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2022" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Chinnaswamy, Mudnakudu; Hill, Rowena (2019). "Poet and translator: A dialogue between Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy and Rowena Hill". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 54 (1): 105–115. doi:10.1177/0021989417717295. ISSN 0021-9894. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Before it Rains Again". Book Store. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kannada writer Moodnakudu Chinnaswamy bags Sahitya Akademi award". Deccan Herald. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.