Dr. D. Javare Gowda is a Kannada author and winner of the Padma Shri

Padma Shri

Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...

 and the Karnataka Ratna

Karnataka Ratna

Karnataka Ratna is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka. It is awarded to a person for his extraordinary contribution in any field. It was constituted in the year 1992 by the Government of Karnataka. There have been a total of 8 recipients of this award.- The Award :The Award...

 awards. He is known as "De Ja Gow" in literary circles. His guru was T.N. Srikantaiah.

Career

He was the Vice Chancellor of Mysore University from 1969 to 1975. Prior to that he was Professor of Literature and Director of the Institute of Kannada Studies in the University.

Awards

• Pampa Prashasti
  Pampa Prashasti
  The Pampa Prashasti or Pampa Awards is a literary award in Indian state of Karnataka, The award was established in 1987 by Government of Karnataka, it is the highest literary honor conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture, Karnataka State Government...
  
   in 1998
• Padma Shri
  Padma Shri
  Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
  
   in 2001
• Gorur Award in 2003
• Karnataka Ratna
  Karnataka Ratna
  Karnataka Ratna is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka. It is awarded to a person for his extraordinary contribution in any field. It was constituted in the year 1992 by the Government of Karnataka. There have been a total of 8 recipients of this award.- The Award :The Award...
  
   in 2008

Causes

Kannada as a classical language

He observed a dawn-to-dusk fast seeking classical language

Classical language

A classical language is a language with a literature that is classical. According to UC Berkeley linguist George L. Hart, it should be ancient, it should be an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own, not as an offshoot of another tradition, and it must have a large and extremely rich...

 status for Kannada. He also threatened to return the Padma Shri if the Centre did not accord classical language status to Kannada by January 1, 2006.

See also

• Kannada
• Kannada literature
  Kannada literature
  Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script....
  
  
• Padma Shri Award winners in 2001
• List of people from Karnataka