Govindray H. Nayak

Govindaray Hammanna Nayak (18 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was an Indian writer and academic. A professor of Kannada at University of Mysore, he was awarded the Central Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Sanskrit Chintana in 2014 ^{[citation needed]}

G. H. Nayak
Native name	ಜಿ.ಎಚ್.ನಾಯಕ
Born	Govindaray H. Nayak (1933-09-18)18 September 1933 Soorve, Ankola, Bombay Presidency, British India (Now Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India)
Died	26 May 2023(2023-05-26) (aged 89) Mysore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Professor and writer in Kannada
Period	20th Century

Nayak was born in Soorve near Ankola, a village in coastal Karnataka, India. In 1951, Nayak earned his high school diploma from Peoples Multi-purpose High School, Ankola and a M. A. in Kannada from University of Mysore.

Nayak died on 26 May 2023, at the age of 89.^[1]

His works

• Sanskrit Chintana
• Nirapekshe
• Samakalina
• Nijadani
• Bendre Naada Naadu Olavu
• Moulya Marga (vol 1-5)
• Matte Matte Pampa
• Shathamanada Kannada Sahitya -1
• Harishchandra Kavya Ondu Vimarshe
• Sthitiprajne
• Krithisaakshi

Awards

• Central Sahitya Akademi Award (2014)
• Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
• Pampa Award^[2]