Bengaluru: The Kannada Sahitya Parishat Organizing Committee has appointed veteran literarian Dr H S Venkatesh Murthy, popularly known as “HSV”, as president of the 85th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, which will be held in Kalaburagi next year.
The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held on February 5, 6 and 7, 2020 at the Gulbarga University Grounds.
HSV is a prominent Kannada poet and playwright, who is well known for his works such as “Chithrapata”, “Uriya Uyyale”, “Agnivarna”, “Vaidehi Mattu Itara Kavanagalu”, “Shankhadolagina Mouna” etc.
He has won several state and national accolades.