Mangaluru:

Noted Kannada and Tulu writer Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty passed away at a hospital here, after he suffered cardiac arrest on Sunday. He was 72.

He is survived by his wife and two children.

Shetty was born in Bola, Karkala taluk of Udupi district, on August 30, 1944. He was the first son of Partimar Guthu Manjayya Shetty and Bola Mathrengi Parari Rukmini Shetty. He was brought up in Mumbai, where he studied till class IX.

Shetty was the president of the 16th Mangalore taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in 2010. He had written an essay on kambala, a popular rural sport, in 1983.

His other notable works include Ponnu Mann da bombe (Tulu drama); ‘Alidulidavaru’, a Kannada novel on Bunts and Aliyakattu culture, Kudi, a Kannada novel, ‘Neer’ (Tulu drama for children); ‘Binnedi’ about information about ‘Paadana’ , a traditional Tulu artform.

He was the recipient of Rajyotsava Award for literature in 2013.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Mangalore / TNN / August 18th, 2016