Mangalore:Well-known Kannada writer and novelist Norbert DSouza who is popular in literary circles as Na.DSouza has been selected for the Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Award given by the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and the Kalkura Pratishtana.
The Award presentation ceremony will be held at Town Hall on October 10 in connection with the 112th birth anniversary celebrations of the renowned litterateur.
Na.DSouza has authored several novels, plays, short stories and childrens books. Two of his novels Kaadina Benki and Dweepa have been made films and have also bagged the coveted Rajatha Kamala and Swarna Kamala Awards. His novel Mulugadeya Oorige Bandavaru also won him the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award.