Prof Imrapur gets Ambikatanayadatta award

Dharwad: Folk expert, researcher professor Someshekhar Imrapur has been selected for the Ambikatanayadatta award instituted by the Dr Da Raa Bendre National Memorial Trust for 2022.
Announcing this here on Wednesday, Trust chairman Danayya Mahantayya Hiremath said a committee comprising Gurudevi Huleppanavarmath, Venkatagiri Dalawai and MB Hugar selected Imrapur for the award.The award carries a purse of Rs 1 lakh and citation. It will be presented at Bendre Bhavan in Sadhanakeri of Dharwad on January 31.
The committee had considered 10-12 writers and shortlisted the names of Professor Imrapur, Mallika Ghanti and Jinadatt Desai. The Trust finalized the name of Imrapur, said Hiremath.
Born at Abbigeri in Ron taluk of Gadag district in 1940, Someshkhar Imrapur passed MA Kannada with a gold medal and obtained a PhD in Folk literature from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He served as professor and head of the department of Kannada Studies in Karnatak University. He was also the founder chairman of Folk Studies department in KU. He has penned several poems and edited many collections of poems besides being a literary critic. tnn