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Marali Mannige
File:MaraliMannigeCover.jpg
Cover of the novel
AuthorK. Shivaram Karanth
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Published1941
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)

Marali Mannige (meaning: Back to soil) is a Kannada novel by novelist K. Shivaram Karanth.[1]

The novel has the story of three generations spanning from 1850 to 1940. This books is written in Dakshina Kannada dialect, capturing the changing face of a traditional, agrarian, caste-ridden society in the wake of its brush with ‘modernity’ and participation in the Indian freedom movement.

This novel got translated into other 10 Indian language.[2] This books got translated to English by Padma Ramachandra Sharma, has been conferred the State Sahitya Akademi award.[3]

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  1. "'Marali Mannige' - Dr Shivarama Karanth's Heritage Home Goes back to Dust". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  2. "Telugu Translation of Marali Mannige".
  3. "Earthy concerns". The Hindu. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

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