William Shakespeare

Like Chaman Nahal, Dr Mallikarjun Patil is an English novelist of repute. He is a short story writer, translator and critic. Now he is Professor and Head, Dept of English, Karnatak University, Dharwad. He is a fine resource person and human being. His three novels When the Ground Shakes Beneath (2008), A Don in the Jungle (2008) and Under the Mango Tree (2009; the film Negiluyogi (2012) is based on its Kannada version) are well received. This is India and Other Stories (2010), Scenes from India (2012) and Shalmala and Other Stories (2015) are his major books of short fiction. Patil is known for his England’s trip and his Indian travels in the Himalayas and the North-East are justly popular . Thoughts in the Air (2013) is a book of radio plays. Patil’s ten plays, most of them, comedies are in print now. Dr Patil is a Hardy scholar. He is the author of several monographs on the greatest writers like Dickens, Hardy, Lawrence, Conrad, Kipling, Poe, Hemingway, Faulkner, Melville, Kafka and Tagore. He has translated books for Basava Samithi, Bangalore and Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.