Siddalingaiah died on 11 June 2021 in Bangalore, due to post Covid-19 illness.
About:
Siddalingaiah (1954 - 2021), was an Indian poet and playwright writing in the Kannada language.
He was a Dalit activist acknowledged as a symbol of the Dalit movement.
He is credited with starting the Dalit-Bandaya movement in Kannada and with starting the genre of Dalit writing. He is one of the founders of the Dalita Sangharsh Samiti along with B. Krishnappa.
In 1988, at the age of 34, he became a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council, serving till 2001. He has been head of the Department of Kannada at Bangalore University and a member of the University Syndicate of Kannada University, Hampi.
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