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Yashawant Vithoba Chittal
ಯಶವಂತ ವಿಠೇೂಬಾ ಚಿತ್ತಾಲ
Born(1928-08-03)3 August 1928
Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
Died22 March 2014(2014-03-22) (aged 85)[1]
Mumbai
OccupationChemist, fiction writer
LanguageKannada
NationalityIndian
Period1950-2014
GenreFiction
Literary movementNavya
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award,
Dr.Masti Award,
Adikavi Pampa Award

Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (Template:Lang-kn) (3 August 1928 – 22 March 2014) was a Kannada fiction writer.[2] G. S. Amur said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with his distinct touch.The kind of experimentation he did with language, style and narrative is unparalleled."[3]

Biography

Yashwant Chittal was born Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada District.[4] in August, 1928, in a family of remarkable talent — the eldest of five brothers, Damodar, was a lawyer and politician; Gangadhar, five years older than Yashwant, was one of the finest modern Kannada poets. Chittal was educated in Dharwad, where he was influenced by the radical humanism of MN Roy. He had wished to join the JJ College of Arts in Bombay, but ended up with a Bachelor’s degree in science — and a successful career at the polymer manufacturer, Bakelite Hylam Limited. “There are very few Indian writers, who have this experience of the corporate world. As a result,Chittal's celebrated novel Shikari is unlike anything I have read in Indian literature,” says Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhag, whose internationally acclaimed book Ghachar Ghochar is dedicated to Chittal.Chittal completed his primary school education from his village school and his high school from the Gibbs High School, Kumta (1944).Later he did his Bachelors in science and Bachelors in technology both from Bombay University being a top ranker and gold medalist in the year 1955 and master's degree in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, United States, and simultaneously pursued a career in science and technology along with literature.[5] His contributions in the field of Polymer Science and synthetic resins was well recognized and he was selected as Fellow of Plastics and Rubber Institute, London.[citation needed] Despite a demanding corporate life, Chittal dedicated himself to writing: waking up at 4.30 am every day to read and write in the hours before the city stirred from its slumber. His first collection of stories, Sandarshana, was published in 1957. Short stories were what he excelled at — they were inventive in form, and language. He wrote close to 80 stories.The Navya or modernist movement in Kannada literature in the 1960s threw up a galaxy of writers, including Chittal, P Lankesh, UR Ananthamurthy, Poornachandra Thejaswi, and poet Gopalkrishna Adiga, among others. “But Chittal was unique. The others were concerned with the caste system, Lohiate socialism and the politics of that period. They wrote about the society of the hinterland. He lived away from all of this in Bombay, and dealt with issues which the others were unaware of or not interested in, including me,” said Girish Karnad. “We didn’t value him enough. But now we know that he was the one who saw the future.”

Collection of Stories

  • Sandarshana/ಸಂದರ್ಶನ (1957)
  • Aabolina/ಆಬೇೂಲಿನ (1960)
  • Aata/ಆಟ (1969)
  • Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು (1976)
  • Katheyadalu Hudugi/ಕತೆಯಾದಳು ಹುಡುಗಿ (1980)
  • Benya/ಬೇನ್ಯಾ (1983)
  • Samagra Kathegalu/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು (1983)
  • Siddhartha/ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ (1988)
  • Aivattondu Kathegalu/ಐವತ್ತೊಂದು ಕತೆಗಳು (2001)
  • Kumatege Banda Kindarijogi/ಕುಮಟೆಗೆ ಬಂದಾ ಕಿಂದರಿಜೇೂಗಿ
  • Odihoda Mutti Banda/ಓಡಿಹೇೂದಾ ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಂದಾ
  • Puttana Hejje Kaanodilla/ಪುಟ್ಟನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಕಾಣೇೂದಿಲ್ಲ
  • Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು
  • Koli Kooguva Munna/ಕೇೂಳಿ ಕೂಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ
  • Samagra Kathegalu Volume 1 and 2/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು ಸಂಪುಟ ೧ ಮತ್ತು ೨

Novels

  • Muru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು (1964) [Made into Kannada Movie by Girish Kasaravally]
  • Shikaari/ಶಿಕಾರಿ (1979)
  • Cheda/ಛೇದ (1985)
  • Purushottama/ಪುರುಷೇೂತ್ತಮ (1990) [Also Translated into English by Penguin Books]
  • Kendra Vrittanta/ಕೇಂದ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತ (1996)
  • Digambara/ದಿಗಂಬರ (Unpublished)

Poetry

  • Danapeyaacheya Oni/ದಣಪೆಯಾಚೆಯ ಓಣಿ

Criticism

  • Sahityada Sapta Dhatugalu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಸಪ್ತ ಧಾತುಗಳು
  • Sahitya, Srujanasheelathe Mattu Naanu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಸೃಜನಶೀಲತೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು
  • Anthakarana/ಅಂತಃಕರಣ

Translations

  • The Hunt/Shikaari - English Translation by Pratibha Umashankar-Nadiger (2019)
  • /Purushottama (1990)
  • The Boy who Talked to Trees/ - English Translation by Ramachandra Sharma & Padma Ramachandra(1994) Collection of short stories.

The US Library of Congress holds 15 of his titles, including works translated into English and other languages.[6]

Movies and Teleserial

  • Mooru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು Directed by Girish Kasaravalli
  • Mukhamukhi/ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿ (DD Chandana)

References

  1. ^ "Yashwant Chittal dead - The Hindu".
  2. ^ Modernity in Kannada Literature
  3. ^ "The Unknown beckons him".
  4. ^ Chittal's photo
  5. ^ "The South Asian Literary recording project".
  6. ^ "Library of congress New Delhi office".
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