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'''Na D'Souza''' ({{lang-kn|ನಾ ಡಿಸೋಜ}}; born June 6, 1937) is a novelist and writer in [[Kannada language]] living in [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. He was selected as the President of 80th [[Kannada Sahitya Sammelana]] held in [[Madikeri]] in the year 2014.<ref name=norbert>{{cite news|title=Na D'Souza to chair Kannada literary fest|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/372837/na-d039souza-chair-kannada-literary.html|accessdate=4 December 2013|date=4 December 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Na D'Souza was born in [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]], [[Karnataka]] on June 6, 1937. He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's higher primary school and higher studies at Sahyadri College, [[Shimoga]]. He worked in the [[Karnataka Public Works Department]] for 37 years. He is married to Philomena D' Souza and has 3 children - Shobha, Naveen and Santhosh.<ref name=shimogadiocese>{{cite news|title=Mr Na D'Souza Chosen as the President of the 80th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana|url=http://www.shimogadiocese.org/news/mr-na-dsouza.html|accessdate=2 February 2016|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>

Na D'Souza has written more than 40 novels, many short stories, plays and literature for children<ref name=chair>{{cite news|title=Na. D’Souza to chair 80th Kannada literary meet|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/na-dsouza-to-chair-80th-kannada-literary-meet/article5422400.ece|accessdate=4 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> and total number of his published books cross 94.<ref>Mulugade, page 186</ref> He has received Central Sahitya Academy's Bala Sahitya Puraskar for his children novel ''Mulugadeya Oorige Bandavaru''.<ref name=chair/> He has been writing in Kannada for more than three decades and his two novels ''Dweepa'' and ''Kadina Benki'' were made into motion pictures and won National awards.<ref name=norbert/> He also participated in agitations of public interest.<ref name=norbert/> Some of his works like ''Dweepa'' have been translated into English.<ref name=novel>{{cite web|title=Dweepa - Island|url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198097440.do|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=6 December 2013}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
* Karnataka Sahitya Academy award - 1993<ref>Mulugade.P 187</ref>
* Karnataka Rajyotsava Award - 1998<ref>Mulugade.P 188</ref>
* Alwas Nudisiri Award - 2006<ref name="Mulugade.P 189">Mulugade.P 189</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate (D.Lit) by [[Kuvempu University]]<ref name="Mulugade.P 189"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last=D'Souza|first=Na|title=Mulugade (Kannada Novel)
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[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]
[[Category:Novelists from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Shimoga district]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]

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