Poornachandra Tejaswi
Poornachandra Tejaswi | |
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| Born | 8 September 1938 Kuppalli, Princely State of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 5 April 2007 (aged 68) Mudigere, Karnataka, India |
| Pen name | Poochanthe |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist, farmer, photographer, ornithologist, painter, polymath |
| Alma mater | Sahyadri Arts College,Shimoga - UG Maharaja College of Mysore - PG |
| Period | 1957–2007 |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
| Literary movement | Navya, Bandaya movement |
| Notable works | Jugari Cross, Karvalo, Chidambara Rahasya, Millennium Series |
| Spouse | Rajeshwari Tejaswi |
| Children | Susmita and Esanye |
| Parents | Kuvempu, Hemavathi |
| Relatives | Kuvempu (father), Hemavathi (mother) |
Kuppali Puttappa Poornachandra Tejaswi (8 September 1938 – 5 April 2007) was a prominent Indian writer and novelist in Kannada. He also worked as a photographer, publisher, painter, naturalist, and environmentalist. He made a great impression in the Navya ("new") period of Kannada literature and inaugurated the Bandaaya Saahitya genre of protest literature with his short-story collection Abachoorina Post Offisu. He is the son of noted Kannada poet Kuvempu.
At early stages of his writing career, Tejaswi wrote poems but later concentrated on short stories, novels and essays. His distinctive style of writing is credited with heralding a new era in Kannada literature.