H. M. Nayak
# H. M. Nayak

Harogadde Manappa Nayak (1931 - 10 November 2000) was an academician, writer and folklorist.

## Early life and career

He was born in the village Harogadde, Shimoga district in Karnataka. He served as a lecturer, and then professor, at the Mysore University, before being appointed the Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the university. Appointed the Vice-chancellor of Gulbarga University on 2 November 1984, he served until 15 February 1987, when he resigned citing moral responsibility for examination malpractices.

## Death

Nayak died, following a heart attack, in Mysore in the year 2000, at the age of 69.

## Literary works

* Namma Maneya Deepa, collection of essays
* Kannada Vratha
* Karnataka (1992)
* South Indian Studies (edited with B R Gopal, 1990)
* Samprati (1988)
* Soolangi, a collection of thirty reflective essays (1985)
* Epic in Indian literature (1985)
* Impact of Marxism on Indian life and literature - proceedings of a national seminar (editor, 1972)
* Janapada Swarupa, collection of essays on the nature and scope of folklore (1971)
* Kannada - Literary and Colloquial, a study of two styles (1967)

## Accolades

* 1985 - Nayak was presided the chair of 57th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Bidar.
* 1989 - Sahitya Akademi Award for the work Samprati, collection of column writing.
