About Anand Patil

Anand Patil is a noted writer in children’s literature from Karnataka. He studied folklore for his post graduation, and did his PhD in ‘Folk Art and Rituals’. He joined All India Radio as a programme officer, served for 30 years, and retired as Station Director. Children’s literature has been a fascinating field for him. For almost 35 years he has worked on children’s literature. Creating a friends’ group, he has organized a number of programmes throughout the state, which include seminars, discussions and interaction sessions. He has spent time with children, especially from rural areas. He has created journals in Kannada and English carrying studies and criticism on children’s literature. As a creative writer he has bagged awards from Sahitya Akademi, Karnataka Sahitya Academy, and from a number of other organizations. With his keen interest in research, he has participated in a number of seminars at state level and national level. He has more than 50 books to his credit, which include 10 poetry collections, 4 novels, 8 anthologies of stories and other prose material, 3 picture books in Kannada, 2 picture books in English, 10 translations from English and Hindi, a collection 4 plays and 12 books carrying studies and criticism.