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| name        = Yashawant Vithoba Chittal
| image      = Yashwantchittal.jpg
| caption    =
| pseudonym  =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1928|8|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hanehalli, [[Uttar Kannada]], [[Karnataka]]
| 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>
| death_place = [[Mumbai]]
| occupation  = Chemist, fiction writer
| nationality = Indian
| period      = 1950-2014
| genre      = Fiction
| language    = Kannada
| movement    = Navya
| awards      = [[Sahitya Akademi]] Award, <br /> [[Maasti Venkatesh Iyengar|Dr.Masti]] Award, <br /> [[Adikavi Pampa]] Award
| signature  =
| website    =
| <!-- Radical Humanist [[M.N. Roy]], <br /> [[Eric Fromm]], <br /> [[Gourish Kaikini]] -->
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'''Yashwant Vithoba Chittal''' ({{lang-kn|ಯಶವಂತ ವಿಠೇೂಬಾ ಚಿತ್ತಾಲ}}) (3 August 1928 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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]].


==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}}


==Collection of Stories==
==References==
{{Reflist}}


* Sandarshana/ಸಂದರ್ಶನ (1957)
== External links ==
* Aabolina/ಆಬೇೂಲಿನ (1960)
* Aata/ಆಟ (1969)
* Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು (1976)
* Katheyadalu Hudugi/ಕತೆಯಾದಳು ಹುಡುಗಿ (1980)
* Benya/ಬೇನ್ಯಾ (1983)
* Samagra Kathegalu/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು (1983)
* Siddhartha/ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ (1988)
* Aivattondu Kathegalu/ಐವತ್ತೊಂದು ಕತೆಗಳು (2001)
* Kumatege Banda Kindarijogi/ಕುಮಟೆಗೆ ಬಂದಾ ಕಿಂದರಿಜೇೂಗಿ
* Odihoda Mutti Banda/ಓಡಿಹೇೂದಾ ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಂದಾ
* Puttana Hejje Kaanodilla/ಪುಟ್ಟನ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಕಾಣೇೂದಿಲ್ಲ
* Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕತೆಗಳು
* Koli Kooguva Munna/ಕೇೂಳಿ ಕೂಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ
* Samagra Kathegalu Volume 1 and  2/ಸಮಗ್ರ ಕತೆಗಳು ಸಂಪುಟ ೧ ಮತ್ತು ೨


==Novels==
* [https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/chittal.html Yashwant Vithoba Chittal] at the [https://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress website]


* 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]
[[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]]
* Kendra Vrittanta/ಕೇಂದ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತ (1996)
[[Category:Indian writers]]
* Digambara/ದಿಗಂಬರ (Unpublished)
[[Category:Poets]]
 
==Poetry==
 
* Danapeyaacheya Oni/ದಣಪೆಯಾಚೆಯ ಓಣಿ
 
==Criticism==
 
* Sahityada Sapta Dhatugalu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಸಪ್ತ ಧಾತುಗಳು
* Sahitya, Srujanasheelathe Mattu Naanu/ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಸೃಜನಶೀಲತೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು
* Anthakarana/ಅಂತಃಕರಣ
 
==Translations==
* The Hunt/Shikaari - English Translation by Pratibha Umashankar-Nadiger (2019)
* Purushottama (1990)
*''[[The Boy who Talked to Trees]]/ '' - English Translation by [[B. C. Ramchandra Sharma|Ramachandra Sharma]] & Padma Ramachandra(1994) Collection of short stories.
 
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>
 
==Movies and Teleserial==
 
* Mooru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು Directed by Girish Kasaravalli
* Mukhamukhi/ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿ (DD Chandana)


==References==
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[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
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