Honorary D.Honorary D.Litt from Gulbarga University, 2007.Saraswati Samman for the novel Mandra from Birla Foundation, 2011.Vagvilasini Puraskar from Deenanath Memorial Foundation, Mumbai, 2012.Honorary Doctorate from Mysore University,2015.Sahitya Akademi Fellowship from Government of India, 2015.Honorary Doctorate from Mysore University,2016.Mamoni Raisom Goswami National Literature Award from Asam Sahitya Sabha, 2016.Padma Shri award from Government of India, 2016.He has trekked in the Alps, the Rockies, Andes and in Fujiama, but the Himalayas remain his greatest passion.Īutobiography: Bhitti (Canvas) 1996 – 11 th reprint Travelling has been his paasion since childhood and he has travelled across the globe touching the glaciers of poles, forests of Amazon, deserts of Africa, bustling cities of Europe and the United States. of Philosophy over three decades at NCERT.ĭr Bhyrappa is an avid listener of both Indian and Western classical music and has a keen eye for Art. Most of his novels are translated into almost all the Indian languages and six into English. He has penned 24 novels and four volumes of literary criticism and books on aesthetics, social issues and culture. His books have found their way to the curriculum of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses of the universities in the state of Karnataka, and have been the subject of about 20 PhD dissertations. Seminars have been and are being held on his novels, and volumes of literary criticism have been published on his works. Consequently, his characters are deeply rooted in Indian soil. In addition to his profound knowledge of Indian philosophical and cultural traditions, Professor Bhyrappa has since his childhood had intense personal experiences in both rural and urban milieu. He is a conscious artist that depicts fundamental human emotions in his novels. He is the bestselling novelist in Marathi over the past decade and is among the top-five bestselling authors in Hindi. His novels are widely translated to pan Indian languages. 84th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana chaired by Dr.Chandra Shekhar Kambar passed the 4 resolution. He writes in the south Indian language, Kannada, and has been the bestselling novelist for over 25 years now. Kannada Vyakarana Darpana grammar Book was published in 1971. Bhyrappa is a litterateur par excellence. Professor of Philosophy (Retired).Currently National Professorĭr S.L. Philosophy (1958), PhD in Aesthetics (1963)
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