Updated Mar 06, 2021 | 11:59 IST
He had translated about 50 of William Shakespeare sonnets, the poetry of TS Elliot and works of poet Yeats into Kannada. Late Kannada poet NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Bengaluru: Noted Kannada poet, critic and translator NS Lakshminarayana Bhatta died early on Saturday.
He was 84 and was suffering with age related ailments, family sources said.
Popularly known as NSL in Kannada literary world, he was born in 1936 in Shivamogga district.
Bhatta has been household name through his bhavageetes (lyrical poems), and is known for his contribution of modern Kannada poetry, critical works and translations.
He had translated about 50 of William Shakespeare sonnets, the poetry of TS Elliot and works of poet Yeats into Kannada.