Acclaimed Kannada poet NS Lakshminarayana Bhat passes away at 85
News Network
March 6, 2021
Bengaluru, Mar 6: Veteran Kannada poet, eminent academic, and critic Prof NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta (85) passed away on Saturday morning in Bengaluru. Known as 'NSL' in the literary circles and Kannada music world, Lakshminarayana Bhatta was born in Shivamogga in 1936.
A former dean and Kannada professor at Bangalore University, NSL's poems gave new direction to the Kannada Light Music (Sugama Sangeeta) world.
Achieving a blend of tradition and modernity in his poems, Prof NSL was one of the finest poets of modern Kannada literature (Navya tradition) with a special love for children's literature and contributed several works.