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Awards and Honours:Soviet Land Nehru Award – 1973,Kendra Sahithya Academy Award – 1984 (for the work, Kaavyartha Chintana), Pampa Award – 1998[8], President of 61st All India Kannada Sahithya Sammelana, which took place in Davanagere, Karnataka Sahithya Academy Honorary Award – 1982, Maasthi Award - 1995, Nadoja Award from Kannada University, Honorary Doctorate from Bangalore University and Kuvempu University, Rashtrakavi Award (Poet of the Nation) – 2006[6], Sahitya Kala Kaustubha - 2010, Nrupatunga Award - 2009