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Ammembala passes away

By Our Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE, JAN. 8. Ammembala Shankaranaryana Navada, one of the frontrunners of "Navodaya Kavya," died at the residence of his son, A.V. Navada, at Hampi on Saturday morning. He was 88.

According to family sources, Mr. Navada went to Hampi, where his son is a lecturer at the Hampi University, and died after a brief illness.

One of his students, the president of the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Vaman Nandavar, remembered him as a teacher par excellence. He was one of the first poets, who thought about the `Kannada Sahitya Sangha' concept and founded the Kotekar Sahitya Sangha.

He also published the poetry compilations of celebrated poets, such as Kadengodlu Shankar Bhat and Amruta Someshwar, under his publishing house "Sahityanjali." He received an award from the Government of Madras in 1948 for his work, Pranaya Darshana. His works for children included Ramashwamedha, which was published by Panje Balasahitya Mandala. Ammembala was awarded by the Union Education Department for published small stories from the Upanishads for Children. He also wrote a booklet on Manjeshwar Govind Pai, which was published by Rashtrotthana Parishat. He translated Sanskrit `Shubshita' quartets into Kannada.

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