Eminent Kannada novelist, essayist and translator Sara Aboobacker handed away at a hospital right here on Tuesday, her household sources mentioned.

She was 87.

Sara, who was born on June 30, 1936 in Kasaragod in Kerala, shifted to Mangaluru after her wedding ceremony. Her first novel ”Chandragiriya Theeradalli” (1981) was extensively acclaimed and was translated into English as ”Breaking Ties”.

The guide additionally gained her the celebrated Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah mourned her dying on Twitter and mentioned that it’s an ”irreparable loss to the literary world”.

”She caught to the values she believed in, bravely confronted the opposition and was the voice of the Muslim world. The dying of veteran literary determine Sara Aboobacker is an irreparable loss to the literary world. I share within the grief of her kinfolk and readers,” the chief tweeted in Kannada.

She authored a number of different literary works, together with ”Vajragalu” (1988), ”Suliyalli Sikkavaru” (1994), and ”Panjara” (2004).

Kannada actor Anu Prabhakar Mukherjee additionally took to Twitter to pay homage to the creator.

”With love, let your novel Vajragalu ‘Sara Vajra’ change into a film. Our crew is without end indebted to you. May your soul relaxation in peace,” she wrote in Kannada.

Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Syed Nasser Hussain known as Abookbacker ”the grasp of Kannada literature”.

”The dying of Nadoja Sara Abubakar, the grasp of Kannada literature, is an irreparable loss to the literary world. I share within the grief of the household and readers,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Aboobacker additionally translated into Kannada works like ”Manomi” by Kamala Das, ”Bale” by B M Sohara, and ”Naninnu Nidrisuve” by P Ok Balakrishnan.

She leaves behind her 4 sons.

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