Panchakshari Hiremath (Kannada: ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರಿ ಹಿರೇಮಠ; born 1933) is a writer and poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, translator, orator, editor and freedom fighter who writes in Kannada, Urdu and Hindi. In 2005, he won the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation.

Early life

Hiremath was born at Bisarahalli, Koppal District in Karnataka.[citation needed] He was involved in the freedom struggle of Hyderabad Karnataka. He worked as a professor in Karnataka University and Karnatak College, Dharwad. His first collection of poems appeared in 1959.[citation needed]

Hiremath is most famous as a poet. He is a opponent of division of Indian society on the basis of language. Hiremath opposed dividing the society on the basis of language. Some of Hiremath's own works have been translated into Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Nepali, English, Spanish, French and German.[citation needed]

Awards and honours

Published works

Poetry

Stories

Novels

Criticism/Essays

Chintana Sahitya

Biography

History

Religion and Philosophy

Travelogue

Literary Letters

Children's literature

Dramas (Translations)

Hindi

English

Edited