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    Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in Kannada and scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi, which deals with the Vedic age and is one of the longest epics of the 20th century. Gokak was also principal of several colleges and universities. He was a prolific writer in both Kannada and English, influenced by Kannada poet D.R Bendre. His epic Bharatha Sindhurashmi at 35,000 lines is the longest of the century. Gokak headed the committee that recommended declaring Kannada the first

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    Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in Kannada and scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi, which deals with the Vedic age and is one of the longest epics of the 20th century. Gokak was also principal of several colleges and universities. He was a prolific writer in both Kannada and English, influenced by Kannada poet D.R Bendre. His epic Bharatha Sindhurashmi at 35,000 lines is the longest of the century. Gokak headed the committee that recommended declaring Kannada the first

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    Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in Kannada and scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He received the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi, which deals with the Vedic age and is one of the longest epics of the 20th century. Gokak was also principal of several colleges and universities. He was a prolific writer in both Kannada and English, influenced by Kannada poet D.R Bendre. His epic Bharatha Sindhurashmi at 35,000 lines is the longest of the century. Gokak headed the committee that recommended declaring Kannada the first

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    Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

    Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (9 August 1909 – 28 April 1992) was a major writer in the Kannada
    language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer[1] to be honoured
    with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language, for his epicBharatha Sindhu Rashmi.
    Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi deals with the Vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic narrative in any
    language in the 20th Century. In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of
    India for Dyava Prithvi.

    Academic life[edit]
    Gokak was born on 9 August 1909 to Sundarabai and Krishna Rao.[2] He was educated in Majid High
    School, Savanur, and attended the Karnatak College Dharwar, where he studied literature. He was
    later awarded first class honours by the University of Oxford. On his return from Oxford in 1938, he
    became the principal of Willingdon College, Sangli. He was principal of Rajaram College, Kolhapur,
    Maharashtra from 1950 to 1952. Between 1983 and 1987, he served as the president of the Sahitya
    Akademi. He also served as the Director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, and
    the Central Institute of English, Hyderabad. He was an ardent devotee of the spiritual guru Sathya
    Sai Baba and served as the first Vice-Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher
    Learning, Puttaparthi, between 1981 and 1985, after a stint with the Bangalore University.[3] His
    novel Samarasave Jeevana is considered one of the typical works of Navodaya literature in
    Kannada.

    Literary Career and Success[edit]


    Gokak was a prolific writer in both Kannada and English. He was deeply influenced by the Kannada
    poet D.R Bendre who mentored him during his early forays into Kannada literature. Bendre is
    reputed to have said that were Gokak to allow his talent to bloom in Kannada, there was a bright
    future in wait for Gokak and Kannada literature.
    His epic 'Bharatha Sindhurashmi', running into 35000 lines, is notably the longest epic written in this
    century, for which he received the Jnanpith Award and also honorary doctorates from Karnataka
    University and Pacific University, USA.
    His novel 'Samarasave Jeevana' was translated by his daughter Yashodhara Bhat into English
    under the title 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' and released to worldwide popularity.
    In the 1980s, Karnataka was in the midst of an agitation which demanded the replacement of
    Sanskrit with Kannada as the medium of instruction in schools. V.K Gokak also headed the 'Gokak
    Committee' which recommended declaring Kannada as the first language in schools in the state.
    Gokak's writing reflected his interest in religion, philosophy, education and cultures. His education
    abroad prompted him to write two sets of travelogues.
    The Navodaya movement was at its peak and Gokak stayed true to his spirit- his poems showed
    nuances of Victorian poetry, oral traditions in Kannada storytelling and epics in Sanskrit and
    Kannada.
    V.K Gokak wrote many collections of poetry under the pen name Vinayaka. These collections
    include 'Samudra Geethegalu', 'Baaladeguladalli', 'Abhyudaya', 'Dhyava Prithvi' and 'Urnabha'.
    Gokak's anthology of poetry by Indian poets titled The Golden Treasury of Indo Anglican poetry was
    a treatise on poets like Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu and Toru Dutta, Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala
    Das.
    In the late 1960s he was deeply influenced by Sri Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi and over the years,
    Gokak became the medium for translating the guru's words into English and spreading it to the
    world. His book 'The Advent of Sathya Sai' explains the meaning of Sathya Sai Baba's miracles, his
    work with the poor and his impact on the educational system.
    The state of Karnataka hosts a series of literary events to mark Gokak's birth centenary on 9 August
    of every year.

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