Bengaluru: Writer Veena Shantheshwara, folk scholar Go.Ru. Channabasappa, veteran scholar Ham. Pa. Nagarajaiah, well-known poet Doddarangegowda and writer Mallepuram G. Venkatesh have been given Honorary Membership of Kannada Sahitya Parishat. The Parishat has also announced an honorarium of Rs. 1 lakh each for the awardees.
Disclosing this at a press meet recently, Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Manu Baligar, said, “Since 1985, Kannada Sahitya Parishat has been following the tradition of felicitating dignitaries for their service to Kannada land and language. Out of the five Honorary members selected earlier, except for H.J. Lakkappagowda, remaining four are no more with us. Parishat members have increased manifold in recent years. Hence, we decided to award Honorary Memberships to these five distinguished writers this year.”
