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| | name = Yashawant Vithoba Chittal
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| | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|3|df=y}} | |
| | birth_place = Hanehalli, [[Uttar Kannada]], [[Karnataka]]
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|3|22|1928|8|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Yashwant Chittal dead - The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/yashwant-chittal-dead/article5821000.ece}}</ref>
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| | death_place = [[Mumbai]]
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| | occupation = Chemist, fiction writer
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| | nationality = Indian
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| | period = 1950-2014
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| | genre = Fiction
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| | language = Kannada
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| | movement = Navya
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| | awards = [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award, <br /> [[Maasti Venkatesh Iyengar|Dr.Masti]] Award, <br /> [[Adikavi Pampa]] Award
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| '''Yashwant Vithoba Chittal''' ({{lang-kn|ಯಶವಂತ ವಿಠೇೂಬಾ ಚಿತ್ತಾಲ}}) (3 August 1928 – 22 March 2014) was a [[Kannada]] fiction writer.<ref>[http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/21/theme/21T4.html Modernity in Kannada Literature]</ref> [[G. S. Amur]] said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with his distinct touch.The kind of experimentation he did with language, style and narrative is unparalleled."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Unknown beckons him|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-unknown-beckons-him/article5843603.ece}}</ref> | | '''Yashwant Vithoba Chittal''' (3 August 1928 – 23 March 2014) was a leading [[India]]n fiction writer. His work was mostly in [[Kannada language]]. He won four Sahitya Akademi Awards, one Dr. Masti Award, and one Adikavi Pampa Award. He was born in [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli]], [[Uttara Kannada]]. |
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| ==Biography==
| | Chittal died after a brief illness on 23 March 2014 at a private hospital in [[Mumbai]]. He was 85 years old. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=topnews&type=8833|title=Mumbai: Noted author Yashwant Chittal no more|publisher=[[Bellevision Media Network]]|date=23 March 2014|accessdate=23 March 2014|first=Rons|last=Bantwal}}</ref> |
| He was born in [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli|Hanehalli]], [[Uttar Kannada]] District.<ref>[http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/21732.htm Chittal's photo]</ref> He completed his primary school education from his village school and his high school from the [[Gibbs High School, Kumta]] (1944).Later he did his Bachelors in science and Bachelors in technology both from [[Bombay University]] being a top ranker and gold medalist in the year 1955 and master's degree in chemical engineering from [[Stevens Institute of Technology]], United States, and simultaneously pursued a career in science and technology along with literature.<ref>{{cite web|title= The South Asian Literary recording project|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/chittal.html}}</ref> His contributions in the field of Polymer Science and synthetic resins was well recognized and he was selected as Fellow of [[Plastics and Rubber Institute]], [[London]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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| ==Collection of Stories== | | ==References== |
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| * Sandarshana/ಸಂದರ್ಶನ (1957)
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| * Aabolina/ಆಬೇೂಲಿನ (1960)
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| * Aata/ಆಟ (1969)
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| * Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು (1976)
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| * Katheyadalu Hudugi/ಕತೆಯಾದಳು ಹುಡುಗಿ (1980)
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| * Benya/ಬೇನ್ಯಾ (1983)
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| * Samagra Kathegalu/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು (1983)
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| * Siddhartha/ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ (1988)
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| * Aivattondu Kathegalu/ಐವತ್ತೊಂದು ಕತೆಗಳು (2001)
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| * Kumatege Banda Kindarijogi/ಕುಮಟೆಗೆ ಬಂದಾ ಕಿಂದರಿಜೇೂಗಿ
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| * Odihoda Mutti Banda/ಓಡಿಹೇೂದಾ ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಂದಾ
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| * Puttana Hejje Kaanodilla/ಪುಟ್ಟನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಕಾಣೇೂದಿಲ್ಲ
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| * Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು
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| * Koli Kooguva Munna/ಕೇೂಳಿ ಕೂಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ
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| * Samagra Kathegalu Volume 1 and 2/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು ಸಂಪುಟ ೧ ಮತ್ತು ೨
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| ==Novels==
| | * [https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/chittal.html Yashwant Vithoba Chittal] at the [https://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress website] |
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| * Muru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು (1964) [Made into Kannada Movie by Girish Kasaravally]
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| * Shikaari/ಶಿಕಾರಿ (1979)
| | [[Category:1928 births]] |
| * Cheda/ಛೇದ (1985)
| | [[Category:2014 deaths]] |
| * Purushottama/ಪುರುಷೇೂತ್ತಮ (1990) [Also Translated into English by Penguin Books]
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| * Kendra Vrittanta/ಕೇಂದ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತ (1996)
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| * Digambara/ದಿಗಂಬರ (Unpublished)
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| ==Poetry==
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| * Danapeyaacheya Oni/ದಣಪೆಯಾಚೆಯ ಓಣಿ
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| ==Criticism==
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| * Sahityada Sapta Dhatugalu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಸಪ್ತ ಧಾತುಗಳು
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| * Sahitya, Srujanasheelathe Mattu Naanu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಸೃಜನಶೀಲತೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು
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| * Anthakarana/ಅಂತಃಕರಣ
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| ==Translations==
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| * The Hunt/Shikaari - English Translation by Pratibha Umashankar-Nadiger (2019)
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| * Purushottama (1990)
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| *''[[The Boy who Talked to Trees]]/ '' - English Translation by [[B. C. Ramchandra Sharma|Ramachandra Sharma]] & Padma Ramachandra(1994) Collection of short stories.
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| The US Library of Congress holds 15 of his titles, including works translated into English and other languages.<ref>{{cite web|title= Library of congress New Delhi office|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/chittal.html}}</ref>
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| ==Movies and Teleserial==
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| * Mooru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು Directed by Girish Kasaravalli
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| * Mukhamukhi/ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿ (DD Chandana)
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