Dr. Anand V Patil, Pawan Kumar Verma
Anand Patil
Born at Navalgund, the sacred abode of Nagalinga Yogi, in 1955. Had his primary education in Ghataprabha, Hidkal, Navalgund, and had his college education in Nvalgund, secured M. A. in Folk Literature, and Ph D (Folk art and rituals) from Karnataka University, Dharwad.
Served in All India Radio for 30 years.
Publications in Chidlren’s Literature
11 collections of children’s poetry
15 prose works of children’s literature (including short stories, novels, other works)
7 translations (from English and Hindi)
1 collection of plays
3 collection edited collections of articles
2 online journals, one in English and one in Kannada (four each in a year)
Awards and honours
Awards from Central Sahitya Academy, State Sahitya Academy
Number of other honors including G. B. Hombal state award, Hardekar Manjappa award, Ladwa Pratisthana etc . . .
Participated in number of national and state seminars