Karanam Pavan Prasad

Karanam Pavan Prasad
Born	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Novelist, Playwright
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Bangalore University
Genre	Fiction, Drama
Subject	Philosophy, Realism, Contemporary
Notable works	Karma(ಕರ್ಮ) Nunni (ನನ್ನಿ)

Karanam Pavan Prasad(Kannada ಕರಣಂ ಪವನ್ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ) is an Indian author in Kannada language. He is famous for his first ever Novel Karma (ಕರ್ಮ).^[1][2] Basically, he is a playwright. His work echoes like the works of popular Novelist SL Bhyrappa.^[3] After the release of his second Novel Nunni, Pavan Prasad proved himself by delivering unique literature stuff. It made him Full fledged Novelist of Kannada literature.

Early life

Karanam Pavan Prasad was born in the Bangalore district in Karnataka. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Bangalore University. His theatrical productions made him to enter the world of Kannada literature.^[4] His second most play Purahara got an immense response from theatre enthusiasts, he acted himself the role called Arab Adil Shaw.^[5] In 2013 he took a break from theatre productions and involved in writing a novel called Karma. As he mentioned in the foreword of the book Karma, he got some inputs from eminent novelist SL Bhyrappa and prominent scholar Shatavadhani Ganesh from the scratch. Recently, novel karma translated into English also.

Karanam Pavan Prasad Discussing about the novel Karma with Novelist and Scholar SL Bhyrappa ^[6]

Career

He started his career as a theatre director and playwright. Presently he is working as User Interface Designer, simultaneously engaging himself with Research, literature study and writing.^[7]

His second novel called 'Nunni' ^[8] was released on 25 September 2015. It made a critical analysis of christian missionaries Having Nun as a protagonist.^[9] With the commencement of NUNNI novel Karanam Pavan Prasad Listed as Prominent writer for Kannada literature. 'Mother Elisa' The character which resembles Mother Teresa,^[10] Eminently portrayed in this novel and also it propagated significant debates about truth, harmony and service. The novel went out well with selling perspective as well as critical perspective.

Plays

1. Beedi Bimba Rangada Tumba (ಬೀದಿ ಬಿಂಬ ರಂಗದ ತುಂಬ) 2011
2. Purahara (ಪುರಹರ) 2012

Novels

1. Karma (ಕರ್ಮ) 2014
2. Nunni (ನನ್ನಿ) 2015

Translations

1. Karma (English) 2015

Seminar Paper

1. 'Parva'da Krishna : Rajatantra mattu Rajakarana ^[11]

References