Bhaskar Maiya

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{{Short description|Indian writer, author, scholar, translator and professor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bhaskar Maiya
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| birth_date = 1950/1951
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| death_date = 6 May 2021
| death_place = [[Udupi]], [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = writer, author, scholar, translator and professor
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| notable_works = ''Ajanabeepan Ek Saiddanthik Anushilan''
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] Award (2002)
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'''Bhaskar Maiya''' also '''Gundmi Bhaskar Maiya'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Udayavani|title=Gundmi Bhaskar Maiya no more|url=https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/gundmi-bhaskar-maiya-no-more|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Udayavani|language=kn}}</ref> or '''Bhasker Mayya'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Veteran writer Bhasker Mayya passes away|url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Veteran-writer-Bhasker-Mayya-passes-away.html|access-date=2021-05-06|website=www.mangaloretoday.com}}</ref> (died 6 May 2021) was an Indian writer, author, scholar, translator and professor. He was well known for his progressive style of writing.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2021-05-06|title=Writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away at 70 in Mangaluru|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/writer-bhaskar-maiya-passes-away-at-70-in-mangaluru/article34495731.ece|access-date=2021-05-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Career ==
He pursued doctorate in [[Hindi-language]] and obtained [[master's degree]] in [[Philosophy]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Prakrit]] and [[English language|English]] from the [[Karnatak University]] in [[Dharwad]].<ref name=":2" /> He also completed his [[PhD]] at [[Mysore University]].<ref name=":1" /> He was academically fluent and had done research on Hindi, [[Kannada]], Sanskrit and English. He had published nearly 52 books out of which 20 of them being written in Hindi while 32 of them being written in Kannada.<ref>{{Cite web|last=report|first=Web|title=Covid India: Award-winning writer Bhaskar Maiya passes away|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/covid-india-award-winning-writer-bhaskar-maiya-passes-away|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Khaleej Times|language=en}}</ref>

Maiya also served as Hindi-language professor for a long period of time, nearly two decades teaching Hindi at the Bhandarkar College in [[Kundapur]].<ref name=":2" /> He then served as the head of Department of Hindi at the Bhandarkar College for a brief period of time from 2010 to 2012.<ref name=":0" /> He also later taught Sanskrit to students.

He received the [[Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2002 from the then Indian Prime minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] for his book titled ''Ajanabeepan Ek Saiddanthik Anushilan''.<ref name=":2" />

== Death ==
Maiya died on 6 May 2021 at the age of 70 in [[Udupi]], Mangalore due to [[COVID-19]] complications and cardiac arrest. He was hospitalized about four days prior to his death as he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in [[Bramavara]], Udupi.<ref name=":2" />

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[[Category:Scholars from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]
[[Category:Karnatak University alumni]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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