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Shantinath Desai is remembered for his works such as Mukti, Om Namo, Srishti and Beeja (Novels) and short stories like
Kshitija, Naanan Tirthayatre, Ganda Satta Mele, Manjugadde, Dande, Parivartane, Kurmavatara, Rakshasa, Nadiya Neeru, Hero, Bharamya Hogi Nikhilanagiddu, Digbhrame and other works.
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His readers and admirers feel that he deserved more honours and recognition than he actually received. He got
Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously for his novel Om Namo in 2000. He is considered as one of the important writers in modern Kannada literature.
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In most of his novels, short stories, and essays, Desai explores the challenges of a changing society and its drift from traditional values. His first novel,
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Mukti/ಮುಕ್ತಿ - 1961 (Translated in all the 14 Indian
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Kadambari Nadedu Banda Reethi/ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ನಡೆದು ಬಂದ ರೀತಿ - 1989
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