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ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ | S.L. Bhyrappa

Born

in Hassan district, Karnataka, India, India

August 20, 1931

Died

September 24, 2025

Website

http://slbhyrappa.in/

Genre

Philosophy, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, Adi Shankaracharya, M.K. Gandhi, Ananda K. Co ...more

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Dr S.L. Bhyrappa was a litterateur par excellence. He writes in the south Indian language, Kannada, and has been the bestselling novelist for over 25 years now. His novels are widely translated to pan Indian languages. He is the bestselling novelist in Marathi over the past decade and is among the top-five bestselling authors in Hindi. He is a conscious artist that depicts fundamental human emotions in his novels. In addition to his profound knowledge of Indian philosophical and cultural traditions, Professor Bhyrappa has since his childhood had intense personal experiences in both rural and urban milieu. Consequently, his characters are deeply rooted in Indian soil. Seminars have been and are being held on his novels, and volumes of litera Dr S.L. Bhyrappa was a litterateur par excellence. He writes in the south Indian language, Kannada, and has been the bestselling novelist for over 25 years now. His novels are widely translated to pan Indian languages. He is the bestselling novelist in Marathi over the past decade and is among the top-five bestselling authors in Hindi. He is a conscious artist that depicts fundamental human emotions in his novels. In addition to his profound knowledge of Indian philosophical and cultural traditions, Professor Bhyrappa has since his childhood had intense personal experiences in both rural and urban milieu. Consequently, his characters are deeply rooted in Indian soil. Seminars have been and are being held on his novels, and volumes of literary criticism have been published on his works.

His books have found their way to the curriculum of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses of the universities in the state of Karnataka and have been the subject of about 20 PhD dissertations. He has penned 24 novels and four volumes of literary criticism and books on aesthetics, social issues and culture. Most of his novels are translated into almost all the Indian languages and six into English. He has served as a Prof. of Philosophy over three decades at NCERT.

Dr Bhyrappa is an avid listener of both Indian and Western classical music and has a keen eye for Art. Travelling has been his passion since childhood and he has travelled across the globe touching the glaciers of poles, forests of Amazon, deserts of Africa, bustling cities of Europe and the United States. He has trekked in the Alps, the Rockies, Andes and in Fujiama, but the Himalayas remain his greatest passion.

Academic Publications in English
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Values in Modern Indian Educational Thought, 1968 (New Delhi: National Council of Educational Research and Training)
Truth & Beauty: A Study in Correlations, 1964 (Baroda: M. S. University Press)
20 Research Papers published in various Journals like Indian Philosophical Quarterly, Darshana International, Journal of University of Baroda

Research and Fellowship
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National Research Professor, Government of India, 2014
One of the five members of the Indian Literary Delegation that visited China on invitation by the Government of China, 1992
Ford Foundation Award to visit the USA to study the cultural problems of Indian immigrants to the USA, 1983
British Council Fellowship tenured at the School of Education, University of London, 1977 ...more

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	ಆವರಣ [Aavarana] 4.45 avg rating — 4,570 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parva 4.45 avg rating — 2,309 ratings — published 1979 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ಗೃಹಭಂಗ [Grihabhanga] 4.45 avg rating — 1,387 ratings — published 1970 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vamshavriksha by ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ \| S.L. Bhyrappa, Sushuma Chandrasekhar (Translator) 4.54 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 1965 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ಸಾರ್ಥ [Sartha] 4.38 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1998 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ಯಾನ [Yaana] 4.06 avg rating — 977 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ನಾಯಿ ನೆರಳು [Naayi Neralu] by ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ \| S.L. Bhyrappa, ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪ 4.19 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 1968 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The purpose of reading history is not to deride or vilify anybody. And it shouldn’t be. At best, the study of history should help us to honestly, dispassionately understand the rights and wrongs of people we regard as our ancestors and use those lessons to shape our present and future.”
― Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil

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“ಹಳ್ಳ ಕೊಳ್ಳದ ಬಳಿ ತನುವು ತಂಪಿದ ಬಳಿ
ಗುಳ್ಳದ ಹಣ್ಣು ಫಲಮಾದುದು
ಗುಳ್ಳದ ಹಣ್ಣು ನೆಲಕುದುರಿ ಬೀಳುವಾಗ
ಅದರ ಬಳ್ಳಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಹೋಯಿತೆ ಒಂದು ಮಾತ ....”
― Bhyrappa S.L.

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“Awards get their value from the person—the person doesn’t become great because he has bagged awards.”
― Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna S.L. Bhyrappa, Aavarana: The Veil

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