Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (lit. 'Kannada Literature Conference') is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the Kannada language, its literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by H. V. Nanjundaiah and held at Bangalore.^[1] It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from 1915 to 1948. Since then it has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is responsible for holding the gathering.

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
85th Sahitya Sammelana logo
Genre	Kannada literature
Frequency	1 year
Location(s)	Various
Years active	109
Inaugurated	1915
Most recent	February 2023 in Haveri
Next event	December 2023 in Mandya
Patron(s)	Karnataka Government
Website	kasapa.in/sahithyasammelana.htm

Recently held

The 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was held from 24 to 26 November in Mysore. Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, was the president that year(2017). The 84th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sammelana was held at Dharwad during January 2019 when Chandrashekara Kambara was the president. The 85th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was held in February 2020 at Kalburgi and H. S. Venkateshamurthy held the presidency of this event.^{[citation needed]}

List of conferences

No.	Date	Place	President	Ref.
1st	3–6 May 1915	Bangalore	H. V. Nanjundaiah
2nd	6–8 May 1916	Bangalore	H. V. Nanjundaiah
3rd	8–10 June 1917	Mysore	H. V. Nanjundaiah
4th	11–13 May 1918	Dharwad	R. Narasimhachar
5th	6–8 May 1919	Hassan	Karpura Srinivasa Rao
6th	20–21 June 1920	Hospet	Rodda Srinivasa Rao
7th	19–21 May 1921	Chikmagalur	K. P. Puttanna Chetty
8th	12–13 May 1922	Davanagere	M. Venkatakrishnaiah
9th	21–23 May 1923	Bijapur	Siddhanti Shivashankara Shastry
10th	16–18 May 1924	Kolar	H. Krishna Sastri
11th	9–11 May 1925	Belgaum	Benegal Rama Rau
12th	22–24 May 1926	Ballari	Phakirappa Gurubasappa Halakatti
13th	19–21 May 1927	Mangalore	R. Thathacharya
14th	1–3 June 1928	Kalaburagi	B. M. Srikantaiah
15th	12–14 May 1929	Belgaum	Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
16th	5–7 October 1930	Mysore	Aluru Venkata Rao
17th	28–30 December 1931	Karwar	Muliya Timmappaiah
18th	28–30 December 1932	Madikeri	D. V. Gundappa
19th	29–31 December 1933	Hubli	Y. Nagesha Shashtry
20th	28–30 December 1934	Raichur	Panje Mangesh Rao
21st	26–28 December 1935	Mumbai	N. S. Subbarao
22nd	29–31 December 1937	Jamkhandi	Bellave Venkatanaranappa
23rd	29–31 December 1938	Bellary	R. R. Diwakar
24th	25–28 December 1939	Belgaum	Mudaveedu Krishnarao
25th	27–29 December 1940	Dharwad	Y. Chandrashekhara Shastry
26th	27–29 December 1941	Hyderabad	A. R. Krishnashastry
27th	26–28 January 1943	Shimoga	D. R. Bendre
28th	28–30 December 1944	Rabakavi	S. S. Basavanala
29th	26–28 December 1945	Madras	T. P. Kailasam
30th	7–9 May 1947	Harapanahalli	C. K. Venkataramaiah
31st	29–31 December 1948	Kasaragod	T. T. Sharma
32nd	5–7 March 1949	Kalaburagi	Channappa Uttangi
33rd	24–26 May 1950	Sollapur	M. R. Srinivasamurthy
34th	26–28 December 1951	Mumbai	M. Govinda Pai
35th	16–18 May 1952	Belur	S. C. Nandimata
36th	26–28 December 1954	Kumta	V. Seetharamaiah
37th	10–12 June 1955	Mysore	K. Shivaram Karanth
38th	25–27 December 1956	Raichur	Sriranga
39th	7–9 May 1957	Dharwad	Kuvempu
40th	18–20 January 1958	Ballari	V. K. Gokak
41st	11–13 February 1960	Bidar	D. L. Narasimhachar
42nd	27–29 December 1960	Manipal	A. N. Krishna Rao
43rd	27–29 December 1961	Gadag	K. G. Kundanagara
44th	28–30 December 1963	Siddaganga	R. S. Mugali
45th	10–12 May 1965	Karwar	Kadengodlu Shankara Bhat
46th	26–28 May 1967	Shravanabelagola	A. N. Upadhye
47th	27–29 December 1970	Bangalore	Javare Gowda
48th	31 May–2 June 1971	Mandya	Jayadevi Taayi Ligade
49th	11–13 December 1976	Shimoga	S. V. Ranganna
50th	23–25 April 1978	Delhi	G. P. Rajarathnam
51st	9–11 March 1979	Dharmasthala	Gopalakrishna Adiga
52nd	7–10 February 1980	Belgaum	Basavaraj Kattimani
53rd	13–15 March 1981	Chikmagalur	P. T. Narasimhachar
54th	27–30 November 1981	Madikeri	Shankara Bala Dixit Joshi
55th	23–26 December 1982	Sirsi	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
56th	23–25 March 1984	Kaivara	A. N. Murthy Rao
57th	3–6 April 1985	Bidar	H. M. Nayak
58th	29 October–1 November 1987	Kalaburagi	Siddaiah Puranik
59th	16–18 February 1990	Hubli	R. C. Hiremath
60th	28–30 November 1990	Mysore	K. S. Narasimhaswamy
61st	9–12 January 1992	Davanagere	G. S. Shivarudrappa
62nd	5–7 February 1993	Koppala	Simpi Linganna
63rd	11–13 February 1994	Mandya	Chaduranga
64th	3–5 June 1995	Mudhol	H. L. Nagegowda
65th	21–24 December 1996	Hassan	Chennaveera Kanavi
66th	11–14 December 1997	Mangalore	Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
67th	11–14 February 1999	Kanakapura	S. L. Bhyrappa
68th	24–26 June 2000	Bagalkote	Shantadevi Malavada
69th	15–17 February 2002	Tumkur	U. R. Ananthamurthy	[2]
70th	7–9 March 2003	Belgaum	Patil Puttappa
71st	18–21 December 2003	Moodabidri	Kamala Hampana
72nd	27–29 January 2006	Bidar	Shantharasa
73rd	20–23 December 2007	Shimoga	K. S. Nissar Ahmed
74th	12–15 December 2008	Udupi	L. S. Sheshagiri Rao
75th	4–6 February 2009	Chitradurga	L. Basavaraju
76th	19–21 February 2010	Gadaga	Geetha Nagabhushan
77th	4–6 February 2011	Bangalore	G. Venkatasubbaiah
78th	9–11 December 2011	Gangavati	C. P. Krishnakumar
79th	9–11 February 2013	Bijapur	Ko Channabasappa
80th	7–9 January 2014	Kodagu	Na D'Souza
81st	31 January–3 February 2015	Shravanabelagola	Siddalingaiah	[3]
82nd	2–4 December 2016	Raichur	Baraguru Ramachandrappa	[4]
83rd	24–26 November 2017	Mysore	Chandrashekhar Patil
84th	4–6 January 2019	Dharwad	Chandrashekhara Kambara
85th	5–7 February 2020	Kalaburagi	H. S. Venkateshamurthy	[5]
86th	23–25 January 2023	Haveri	Doddarangegowda[6]	[7]
87th	December 2023	Mandya	(Not yet selected)	[8]

See also

• Kannada Sahitya Parishat

References

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2. "Sammlean urges govt to work for merger of Kasargod". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
3. "Siddalingaiah to chair 81st Kannada lit fest". Deccan Herald. 20 December 2014.
4. "Stage set for 82nd Akhila Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelana".
5. "H.S. Venkateshamurthy to preside over 85th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana". The Hindu. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. "Doddarangegowda to preside over sahitya sammelana". The Hindu. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
7. "ಹಾವೇರಿಗೆ 86ನೇ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ಆತಿಥ್ಯ". Vijaya Karnataka.
8. "Mandya to host 87th Sahitya Sammelana in December this year". The Hindu. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.