L. Hanumanthaiah
# L. Hanumanthaiah

Dr Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian Dalit poet, Indian politician, of Indian National Congress and a Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Karnataka.

## Early life and background

Lankappa Hanumanthaiah was born to Lankappa and Shrimati Channamma on 10 June 1958.

Hanumanthaiah studied at Government Science College, Bangalore, Post Graduate Studies in Kannada Literature at Bangalore University and Ph.D. from Mysore University.

## Books published

### Poetry

* Kappu Kannina Hudugi (Black-eyed Girl), 1990
* Avva (Mother), 1995
* Avvana Kavithe (Mother's Poem), (the poems have been translated and published in Bengali, Gujarati, English, Malayalam and Tamil languages),
* Akshara Aksharave (Oh' Letters! My Letters!), 2001
* Karna Raaga (Karna's Agony), 2008
* Harigolu (Hudder), 2012
* ಕಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾಲಿನ ಕಡಲು : Kalli Halina Kadalu - Published on 17 August 2020
* ಒಂಟಿ ಕಾಲಿನ ನಡಿಗೆ : Onti Kalina Nadige - Published on 3 September 2020
* Dalitha Lokada Olage (In the world of Dalits), 1989
* Ambedkar Mattu Samakaaleenathe (Ambedkar and Contemporary Times), 1993
* Kanakadasa (biography on saint poet of medieval Karnataka), 1995

### Research thesis

* Katha Kathana (thesis on stories), 1999
* Ambedkar (a play), (the play has been staged at Bengaluru, Bellary, Tumku Chitradurga and other parts of Karnataka), 1998; Autobiography - Ontikalina Nadige (walk in one leg)

### Edited works

* Ambedkar Kavithegalu (An Anthology of Poems on Dr Ambedkar) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy
* Dalitha Kathegalu (An Anthology of Dalit Short Stories) for Karnataka Sahitya Academy
* Kelavargada Vachanakaararu (Saint poets from the lower strata of the society of 12th century Karnataka)
* Rangabhumi Antharanga: C.G.K. (a commemorative volume on a well-known theatre Director Sri C.G. Krishna Swamy) and (v) Suvarna Sanchaya ( An Anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry from the beginning of the 20th century) for Kannada Sahitya Parishad; Chairman, Committee for publishing Babu Jagjivan Ram’s works in Kannada

## Position held

| Year | Description |
| - | - |
| 1995 - 1996 | Member, Kannada Development Authority, Government of Karnataka |
| 1996 - 1998 | Member, State Executive Committee, Kannada Sahitya Parishat |
| 1998 | Jury Member, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award |
| 1998 | Member, Kannada Book Authority |
| 1999 - 2000 | Member, Ambedkar Annual Award Committee, Government of Karnataka |
| 2000 | Member, Script Approval Committee, Doordarshan Kendra, Bangalore |
| 2001 - 2007 | Member, Karnataka Legislative Council |
| 2002 - 2005 | Member, Academic Council, Bangalore University |
| 2003 - 2007 | Member, Kannada Advisory Board, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi |
| 2004 | Member, Kannada Advisory Board, National Book Trust, New Delhi |
| 2015 - 2017 | Chairman, Kannada Development Authority |
| June 2018 - May 2019 | Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture |
| June 2018 - May 2019 and Oct. 2019 onwards | Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
| Sept. 2019 onwards | Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare |
| March 2020 onwards | Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research |
| July 2020 | Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha |
| July 2020 onwards | Member, Committee on Petitions |
| Aug. 2020 onwards | Member, General Purposes Committee |
| Sept. 2020 - April 2021 | Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |
