<p>Can writers choose to isolate themselves from the world around them? Dadapeer Jyman, would vehemently disagree. His writing is shaped by the worlds he has inhabited, from Hagaribommanahalli, one of the most backward taluks in Karnataka to his life in Bengaluru. An author, poet and translator, Jyman has won the Sahitya Akademi’s Yuva Puraskar, as well as the Masti Venkatesha Iyengar prize for Neelakurinji, his collection of short stories. He is among the new wave of Kannada writers, pushing the boundaries of resistance and protest literature. </p>
