Channaveera Kanavi, a prominent figure in modern Kannada literature and often referred to as ‘Samanvaya Kavi’ (Poet of Reconciliation), breathed his last at a private hospital in Dharwad on Wednesday. He was 93. He is survived by a daughter and four sons.
The poet, who was admitted to the hospital with respiratory problems on January 14, had recovered from COVID-19. The gritty nonagenarian, however, could not recover from other age-related health complications that forced him to be on a ventilator.
The mortal remains were kept on Karnatak College campus in Dharwad where a large number of people and leaders paid tributes. The funeral took place at the family’s farmhouse near Kelageri with full state honours in the evening.
