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	\| honorific-prefix ='''[[Doctor of philosophy\|Dr.]]'''		\| honorific-prefix = '''[[Doctor of philosophy\|Dr.]]'''
	\| name = Siddalingaiah		\| name = Siddalingaiah
	\| image = Dr. Siddalingaiah.jpg		\| image = Dr. Siddalingaiah.jpg
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	\| caption = Siddalingaiah at Tathvapada singers gathering in Mandya in 2012		\| caption = Siddalingaiah at Tathvapada singers gathering in Mandya in 2012
	\| birth_name = Siddalingaiah		\| birth_name = Siddalingaiah
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1954\|02\|03\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1954\|02\|03\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Manchanabele]],<ref>kannada wikipedia}}</ref> [[Karnataka]], India		\| birth_place = [[Manchanabele]],<ref>kannada wikipedia}}</ref> [[Karnataka]], India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2021\|06\|11\|1954\|02\|03\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2021\|06\|11\|1954\|02\|03\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Bangalore		\| death_place = Bangalore
	\| occupation = Poet, Dramatist, Kannada Professor, Legislator and Dalit Activist		\| occupation = Poet, Dramatist, Kannada Professor, Legislator and Dalit Activist
	~~\| nationality = Indian~~		\| education = M. A. and Ph.D in Kannada
	~~\| citizenship =~~		\| alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]]
	\| education = M. A. and Ph.D in Kannada		\| period = 1974-2021
	\| alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]]		\| genre = Dalit-Bandaya Movement
	\| period = 1974-2021		\| subjects =
	\| genre =Dalit-Bandaya Movement		\| movement = Dalit-[[Bandaya movement]]
	\| subjects =		\| notableworks = Holemadigara Haadu, Saviraaru Nadigalu and Meravanige
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	\| notableworks = Holemadigara Haadu, Saviraaru Nadigalu and Meravanige		\| partner =
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	'''Siddalingaiah''' (1954 in [[Magadi]], [[Bangalore]] – 11 June 2021), was an Indian poet, playwright, and Dalit activist, writing in the [[Kannada]] language. He is credited with starting the Dalit-[[Bandaya movement]] in Kannada and with starting the genre of [[Dalit literature\|Dalit writing]]. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with [[B. Krishnappa]].		'''Siddalingaiah''' (1954 in [[Magadi]], [[Bangalore]] – 11 June 2021), was an Indian poet, playwright, and Dalit activist, writing in the [[Kannada]] language. He is credited with starting the Dalit-[[Bandaya movement]] in Kannada and with starting the genre of [[Dalit literature\|Dalit writing]]. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with [[B. Krishnappa]].

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	==Death==		==Death==
	Siddalingaiah died on 11 June 2021, in Bangalore, due to [[~~Covid~~-19]] illness.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/state/bengaluru-urban-kannada-poet-dr-siddalingaiah-died-due-to-covid-sesr-577193.html\|title=Kannada poet Dr. Siddalingaiah died due to Covid\|work=News 18\|date=11 June 2021\|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>		Siddalingaiah died on 11 June 2021, in Bangalore, due to a [[COVID-19]] illness.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/state/bengaluru-urban-kannada-poet-dr-siddalingaiah-died-due-to-covid-sesr-577193.html\|title=Kannada poet Dr. Siddalingaiah died due to Covid\|work=News 18\|date=11 June 2021\|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

	== Notable works ==		== Notable works ==
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	* 1998-99 -[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist]] for his song ''Hasivininda Satthoru'' from the movie 'Pratibhatane'		* 1998-99 -[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist]] for his song ''Hasivininda Satthoru'' from the movie 'Pratibhatane'
	* 1986 - [[Rajyotsava Prashasti\|Rajyostava Award]] by [[Karnataka Government]]		* 1986 - [[Rajyotsava Prashasti\|Rajyostava Award]] by [[Karnataka Government]]
			* 2022 - Padma Shri Award (Posthumous) for Literature and Education by Government of India<ref>{{Cite magazine\|date=January 25, 2022 \|title=Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees {{!}} Full list here\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/late-cds-bipin-rawat-kalyan-singh-and-ghulam-nabi-azad-among-padma-awardees-1904364-2022-01-25\|access-date=2022-01-25\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	\| birth_date = {{birth ~~year~~\|1954}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1954\|02\|03\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Manchanabele]],<ref>kannada wikipedia}}</ref> [[Karnataka]], India		\| birth_place = [[Manchanabele]],<ref>kannada wikipedia}}</ref> [[Karnataka]], India
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	\| death_place = Bangalore		\| death_place = Bangalore
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| honorific-prefix = '''[[Doctor of philosophy|Dr.]]'''
| name = Siddalingaiah
| image = Dr. Siddalingaiah.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Siddalingaiah at Tathvapada singers gathering in Mandya in 2012
| birth_name = Siddalingaiah
| birth_date = {{birth year|1954}}
| birth_place = [[Manchanabele]],<ref>kannada wikipedia}}</ref> [[Karnataka]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2021|06|11|67|df=y}}
| death_place = Bangalore
| occupation = Poet, Dramatist, Kannada Professor, Legislator and Dalit Activist
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship =
| education = M. A. and Ph.D in Kannada
| alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]]
| period = 1974-2021
| genre =Dalit-Bandaya Movement
| subjects =
| movement = Dalit-[[Bandaya movement]]
| notableworks = Holemadigara Haadu, Saviraaru Nadigalu and Meravanige
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| relatives =
| awards = Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award and Nrupatunga Award
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}}
'''Siddalingaiah''' (1954 in [[Magadi]], [[Bangalore]] – 11 June 2021), was an Indian poet, playwright, and Dalit activist, writing in the [[Kannada]] language. He is credited with starting the Dalit-[[Bandaya movement]] in Kannada and with starting the genre of [[Dalit literature|Dalit writing]]. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with [[B. Krishnappa]].

In 1988, at the age of 34, he became a member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]], serving till 2001 and, in 2006, chairman of the [[Kannada Development Authority]], a post with Cabinet rank that he held until 2008.

He has been head of the Department of Kannada at [[Bangalore University]] and a member of the University Syndicate of [[Kannada University]], Hampi. He is acknowledged as a symbol of the [[Dalit movement]] and a leading public intellectual and Kannada poet.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Satyanarayana and Tharu|title=From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South India Vol II|date=2013|publisher=Harper Collins India|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-93-5029-376-8|pages=151–155}}</ref>

==Death==
Siddalingaiah died on 11 June 2021, in Bangalore, due to [[Covid-19]] illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/state/bengaluru-urban-kannada-poet-dr-siddalingaiah-died-due-to-covid-sesr-577193.html|title=Kannada poet Dr. Siddalingaiah died due to Covid|work=News 18|date=11 June 2021|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

== Notable works ==
===Poetry===
* ''Holemadigara Haadu'' (Songs of the [[Holeya]] and [[Madiga]], 1975)

* ''Saaviraaru Nadigalu'' (Thousands of Rivers, 1979)

* ''Kappu Kaadina Haadu'' (The Song of the Black Forest, 1982)

* ''Aayda Kavithegalu'' (Selected Poems, 1997)

* ''Meravanige'' (Procession, 2000)

* ''Nanna Janagalu mattu Itara Kavitegalu'' (My People and Other Poems, 2005)

* Kudiva Neeliya Kadalu (2017)

* Ooru Saagaravagi (2018)

===Autobiography===

* Ooru Keri-1 : Atmakathana (1997)

* Ooru Keri-2 : Atmakathana (2006)

* Ooru Keri-3 : Atmakathana (2014)

* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7ENOnADOlncC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ooru+Keri+-+An+Autobiography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIpe2r2sKLxgIVw6ymCh0_BAAC#v=onepage&q=Ooru%20Keri%20-%20An%20Autobiography&f=false Ooru Keri - An Autobiography]'' ([[Sahitya Akademi]], 2003)

* ''A Word With You, World : The Autobiography of a Poet'' ([[Navayana (publishing house)|Navayana]], 2013) Translated by S.R. Ramakrishna ([http://www.caravanmagazine.in/fiction/magadi-and-manchanabele Excerpt)]

* [[K. Satyanarayana (academic)|Satyanarayana, K]] & [[Susie Tharu|Tharu, Susie]] (2013) ''From those Stubs Steel Nibs are Sprouting: New Dalit Writing from South Asia, Dossier 2: Kannada and Telugu'', New Delhi: HarperCollins India.

===Plays===

* Panchama

* Nelasama

* Ekalavya

===Criticism and Essays===
* Hakkkinota
* Gramadevathegalu
* Avataragalu
* Jana Samsakruthi
* Aa Mukha Ee Mukha

== Accolades ==
* 2019 - [[Pampa Award]], highest literary award in Kannada, presented by [[Karnataka Government]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ಕವಿ ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯಗೆ ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ|url=https://www.prajavani.net/stories/stateregional/pampa-award-for-poet-siddalingaiah-702827.html|date=4 Feb 2020|access-date=11 Sep 2020|publisher=Prajavani.com}}</ref>
* 2018 - [[Nrupatunga Award]] by [[BBMP]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ಬಂಡಾಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಮೂಲ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಲ್ಲ|url=https://vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com/state/karnataka/nrupatunga-award-for-poet-siddalingaiah/articleshow/65723926.cms|date=8 September 2018|access-date=12 August 2019|language=kn|trans-title=Nrupatunga Award for Poet Siddalingaiah}}</ref>
* 2015 - Chaired the 81st [[Kannada Sahitya Sammelana]] held in [[Shravanabelagola]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/448737/siddalingaiah-chair-81st-kannada-lit.html|title=Siddalingaiah to chair 81st Kannada lit fest|date=20 December 2014|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
* 2007 - [[Nadoja Award]] by [[Hampi University]]
* 1998-99 -[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist]] for his song ''Hasivininda Satthoru'' from the movie 'Pratibhatane'
* 1986 - [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Rajyostava Award]] by [[Karnataka Government]]

==See also==
* [[K. B. Siddaiah]]
* [[Aravinda Malagatti]]
* [[Devanur Mahadeva]]

== References ==
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