Writer, translator Surkod wins Rajyotsava award
- Ramdurg-based translator and intellectual Hasan Nayeem Surkod, 70, is among the Rajyotsava award winners this year.
- Born into a poor landless family, Mr. Surkod started as a journalist in Kannada daily Mungaru in the 1970s. He shifted to teaching later and retired in Ramdurg.
- He is known for his pioneering translations of Persian and Urdu works into Kannada. He has brought out books based on translations of Sahir Ludhianvi ( Sadhyakidu Huchchara Santi ) and Saadat Hasan Manto ( Raseedi Tikitu ).
- He also wrote a book that contains translations from Persian letters of Aurangzeb to Hindu temples.