Poornachandra Tejaswi

Poornachandra Tejaswi
Born(1938-09-08)8 September 1938
Kuppalli, Princely State of Mysore, British India
Died5 April 2007(2007-04-05) (aged 68)[1]
Mudigere, Karnataka, India
Pen namePoochanthe
OccupationWriter, novelist, farmer, photographer, ornithologist, painter, polymath
Alma materSahyadri Arts College,Shimoga - UG Maharaja College of Mysore - PG
Period1957–2007
GenreFiction, non-fiction
Literary movementNavya, Bandaya movement
Notable works Jugari Cross, Karvalo, Chidambara Rahasya, Millennium Series
SpouseRajeshwari Tejaswi
ChildrenSusmita and Esanye
ParentsKuvempu, Hemavathi
RelativesKuvempu (father), Hemavathi (mother)

Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007[1]) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. He made a great impression in the Navya ("new") period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the Bandaaya Saahitya genre of protest literature with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu. He is the son of noted Kannada poet Kuvempu.

At early stages of his writing career, Tejaswi wrote poems but later concentrated on short stories, novels and essays. His distinctive style of writing is credited with heralding a new era in Kannada literature.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Mangalorian.com – Noted Kannada writer Poornachandra Tejasvi passes away". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Flights of fancy". Online webpage of The Hindu. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)