Aravind Malagatti

Aravind Malagatti (ಕನ್ನಡ: ಅರವಿಂದ ಮಾಲಗತ್ತಿ) (1 May 1956) is a prominent Indian Dalit poet and writer writing in Kannada. He is the author of more than forty books which include poetry collections, short fiction collections, a novel, essay-collections, critical works and folklore studies. He is the recipient of the prestigious Ambedkar Fellowship Award from the Government of Karnataka. His Government Brahamana, the first Dalit autobiography in Kannada, has won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award. Apart from these, the Honorary Award of Karnataka Sahitya Academy was conferred on him for his total contribution to Kannada literature.

Malagatti is known for being a provocative and thoughtful orator. He has founded a number of Dalit organizations and has played an active role in the Dalit movement. As of 2015 Malagatti is serving as professor of Kannada in the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, Mysore University. He has also served as the Director of the Institute and as the Director of Prasaranga, the publication wing of Mysore University, prior to this. He is also served as the Hon. Director of Jayalakshmi Vilas Palace Museum, Mysore University.^[1]

Bibliography

Poetry

• Mookanige Baayi Bandaaga (When the dumb opens his mouth, 1982)
• Kappu Kavya (Black Poetry, 1985)
• Mooraneya Kannu (The Third Eye, 1996)
• Naada Nianaada(Rhythm Re-Rhythm, 1999)
• Aneel Aradhana (Composite Poetry, 2002)
• Silicon City Mattu Kogile (Silicon City and the Cuckoo, 2003)
• Chandaal Swargaarohanam (The Untouchable Ascends to Heaven, 2003)
• Aravinda Malagattiyavara Ayda Kavithegalu (Selected Poems of Aravind Malagatti, 2004)
• Kavyakumkume(Selected Poems of Aravinda Malagatti, 2009)
• The Dark Cosmos: Selected Poems of Aravinda Malagatti (2009) Translated into English by Dr. C. Naganna aravinda malagatti
• Vishwatomukha (Towards the universe, 2010)
• Huvu Balubhara (Flower is too heavy, 2010)

Short stories

• Mugiyada Kategalu (Unending Stories, 2000)

Novel

• Karya (The Death Ceremony, 1988)

Drama

• Masthakaabhisheka (The Ablution, 1983)
• Samudradolagana Uppu (The Salt in the Ocean, 1999)

Criticism, literary and social thought

• Dalitha Yuga Mattu Kannada Sahithya (Dalit Millennium and Kannada Literature, 1999)
• Dalita Prange: Sahithya, Samaaja Mattu Samskuthi (Dalit Consciousness: Literature, society and Culture, 2003)
• Samskuthika Dange (Cultural mutiny, 2004)
• Benki Beldingalu (Fire and Moonlight, 2006)
• Sahitya Saakshi(A Collection of Critical Essays, 2009)
• Selected writing's of Aravind Malagatti(Translated works, Ed. Prof: D.A.Shankar, 2011)

Autobiography

Government Brahmana (1994) Translated into English, Pub. Oriental Longman

Folklore research and miscellany

• Anipeeni-Janapada Samshodhane (1983)
• Jaanapada Vyasanga (Study of Floklore, 1985)
• Jaanapada Shobha (Search for Floklore, 1990)
• Thuluvara Aati Kalenja-Janapada Samshodane (1993)
• Janapada Aatagalu (Folk Games, 1993)

Research

• Bhootaradhane (Ghost Worship, 1991)
• Dalita Sahithya Chalvaliy thatvika Chinthane (Theoretical Study of Dalit Literary Movement, 1991)
• Purana Jaanapada mattu Deshivaada (Myth, Folklore and Nativism, 1998)
• Janapada Aatagalu (Folk Games Ph.D. Thesis-1985)
• Janapada Abhiyana (Folk Journey, 2005)

Studies and reflections

• Dalitha Sahithya Praveshike (An Introduction to Dalit Literature, 1996)
• Antharjaathiy Vivaaha yeshtu pragathipara? (How Progressive is Intercaste-Marriage? 1996)
• Poonapyakt Mattu Dalitarettha Sagabeku? (Poona Pact: What Should be the Dalit Approach? 1998)

Further reading

• Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2011) No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 1: Tamil and Malayalam, New Delhi: Penguin Books.
• Satyanarayana, K & Tharu, Susie (2013) From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu, New Delhi: HarperCollins India.

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