Udupi: Winner of the Kendra Sahitya Academy award, renowned rational literary figure, Udupi’s Dr. Bhaskar Mayya passed away early on Thursday morning after experiencing a cardiac arrest, sources at the hospital revealed. He was 70 years old.
Reportedly, he had been receiving treatment at the Pranav Hospital in Brahmavar.
Dr. G. Bhaskar Mayya has served as the Hindi professor at the Bhandarkars College in Kundapur. In the field of rational and progressive literature, he has written more than 50 books and his passing, has left the literary world in a state of sorrow.
He has translated several popular pieces of Hindi literature into the Kannada language. Dr. G. Bhaskar Mayya, who possessed a mastery over Hindi literature, was honoured with the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for his rational writing in 2004 by the Central government.
Dr. Bhaskar Mayya is survived by a multitude of relatives and friends.
