Gopalkrishna Adiga & Shivaram Karanth

Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (18.2.1918–14.11.1992) was a modern Kannada poet. He is known by some commentators as the “pioneer of New style” poetry.^[1]

He was born in the coastal village of Mogeri, Udupi district, in Karnataka State. After primary education in Mogeri and Baindooru, he went to high school in Kundapur.^[2] As editor of Saakshi magazine he helped bring Kannada literature to the masses.^[3]

Adiga’s grandson is Manu Raju, Senior Political reporter for CNN.^[4] Another grandson, Sharat Raju, is a film director in the US.