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Chennaveera Kanavi


Chennaveera Kanavi with a sad face, wearing an off-white taqiyah, eyeglasses, and a white thobe.

Full name  Chennaveera Sakkereppa Kanavi

Neelambike poem by chennaveera kanavi sung by jayadevi jangamshetti avi


Chennaveera Kanavi (Kannada: ಚನ್ನವೀರ ಕಣವಿ) was born on 28 June 1928 in Hombal (Kannada: ಹೊಂಬಳ ) village, Gadag District, Karnataka, India. His father's name is Sakkereppa and mother's name is Parvathavva. He finished his medium and high school education in Dharwad. In 1952, he got his M A degree from Karnataka University. From 1956 to 1983 he worked as a Director of 'Prasaranga' of Karnataka University.

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Poster featuring Chennaveera Kanavi with smiling face, wearing eyeglasses, a yellow taqiyah, and a brown thobe.

He is one of the leading writers in the Kannada language and received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Jeeva dhwani (Poetry) in 1981. He is popularly known as "Samanvayada Kavi" and "Soujanyada Kavi".

Poster featuring Chennaveera Kanavi with a serious face, wearing eyeglasses, and a white shirt.

In 2011, he was honored with the Sahitya Kala Kaustubha Award.

Chennaveera and Shantadevi Kanavi with serious faces while sitting on a chair. Chennaveera wearing an off-white taqiyah, eyeglasses, and a white thobe while his wife wearing eyeglasses and a yellow and red dress.

Poets in conversation chennaveera kanavi and h s venkateshmurthy 1 mp4


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Chennaveera Kanavi Wikipedia
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