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'''Janaki Srinivasa Murthy''' (born as '''Vasanti''' on 12 February 1945), popularly known by her nickname '''Vaidehi''' is an Indian writer and well-known writer of modern [[Kannada language]] fiction. Vaidehi is one of the most successful women writers in the language and a recipient of prestigious national and state-level literary awards.<ref>http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=144737</ref> She has won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for her collection of short stories, ''Krauncha Pakshigalu'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/Sahitya%20Akademi%20Award2009.pdf|title=2009 Sahitya Akademi Award list|work=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|access-date=19 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life===
Vaidehi was born on 12 February 1945 to A. V. N. Hebbar (father) and Mahalakshmi (mother) in [[Kundapura]] taluk of [[Udupi district]], Karnataka.<ref name="kk">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/01/stories/2010010151050400.htm | location=Chennai, India | title=Standing at the threshold | date=1 January 2010 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121820/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/01/stories/2010010151050400.htm | work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=2011-06-04}}</ref> She grew up in a large traditional Brahmin family. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the Bhandarkar College in Kundapura. Her father is a lawyer and her mother was a homemaker. At home, a dialect of Kannada called [[Kundagannada|Kundapur Kannada]]<ref name="kk"/> is spoken and she uses this dialect in her works as well.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052059070300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525001256/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/20/stories/2009052059070300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 May 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=A little-known 'Kannada' dialect on the wane | date=20 May 2009}}</ref> Vaidehi became her pen-name under unusual circumstances. Early in her writing career, she had sent a story to the Kannada weekly magazine [[Sudha (weekly magazine)|Sudha]] for publication but later requested the publisher not to go ahead with the print as the story was non-fictional and included a real-life story. However, the editor went ahead with the publication by changing the author's name to 'Vaidehi'. This name stuck in her later writings as well as she gained popularity.

===Married life===
Vaidehi married to K. L. Srinivasa Murthy at the age of 23. The couple have two daughters, Nayana Kashyap (née Nayana Murthy) and Pallavi Rao (née Pallavi Murthy). After marriage Vaidehi changed her legal name to Janaki Srinivasa Murthy and moved to Shivamogga. Later the family moved to [[Udupi]] and then to [[Manipal]] where she currently resides. Vaidehi's daughter [[Nayana Kashyap]] is a translator, Kannada writer and English teacher. She has translated some of the Vaidehi's works into English including five novels.

==Works==

===Collection of short stories===
*''Mara Gida Balli'' (1979)
*''Antharangada Putagalu'' (1984)
*''Gola'' (1986)
*''Samaja Shastrajneya Tippanige'' (1991)
*''Ammacchi Yemba Nenapu'' (2000)
*''Hagalu Geechida Nenta''
*''Krouncha Pakshigalu''

Beautiful essays
*''Mallinathana Dhyana'' (1996)
*''Meju Mattu Badagi''
*''Jatre''

===Novels===
*''Asprushyaru'' (1992)

===Collection of poems===
*''tottilu tuguva hadu''
*''Bindu Bindige (1990)
*''Parijatha (1999)
*''Hoova Kattuva Haadu (2011)

===Children's dramas===
*''Dham Dhoom Suntaragali''
*''Mookana Makkalu''
*''Gombe Macbeth''
*''Danadangura''
*''Nayimari Nataka''
*''Kotu Gumma''
*''Jhum Jham Aane Mathu Putta''
*''Surya Banda''
*''Ardhachandra Mitayi''
*''Hakki Haadu''
*''Somari Olya''

===Biography===
*''Nenapinangaladalli Mussanjehothu'' (life of Kota Lakshminarayana Karanth)
*''Sediyapu Nenapugalu'' - (life of Sediyapu Krishna Bhatta)
*''Illiralare allige hogalare'' - (life of B. V. Karanth)

===Translations===
*''Bharathiya Mahileyara Swathanthra Horata'' (from Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya's "Indian women's freedom struggle")
*''Belliya Sankolegalu'' (from Maithreyi Mukkhopadhyaya's "Silver Shakles")
*''Surya Kinnariyau'' (from Swapna Dutta's "Sun Fairies")
*''Sangeetha Samvada'' (from [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]]'s "Lecture on Music")

==Awards==
Vaidehi has won numerous awards for her writings in Kannada.

*[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2009) for ''Krouncha Pakshigalu''
*Geetha Desai Datti Nidhi (1985, 1992) by Karnataka Lekhakiyara Sangha for ''Antharangada Putagalu'' and ''Bindu Bindige''
*Vardhamana Udayonmukha Award (1992) by Vardhamana Prashasti Peetha for ''Gola''
*Katha Award (1992, 1997) by Katha Organisation, New Delhi for ''Hagalu Geechida Nenta'' and ''Ammacchiyemba Nenapu''
*Anupama Award (1993) for ''Samaja Shastrajneya Tippanige''
*Karnataka State Sahitya Akademi Award (1993, 1998) for her five children's dramas and ''Mallinathana Dhyana''
*Sahtya Kama Award for ''Ammachi Yemba Nenapu''
*Sadodita Award (2001) by Shashwathi Trust
*Sudha Weekly Award for ''Asprushyaru''
*[[Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award]] in 1997 by [[Government of Karnataka]]
*Attimabbe Award by Attimabbe Pratishtan

==References==
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