Yashwant Vithoba Chittal

• Name — Yashawant Vithoba Chittal • Born — 3 August 1928 • Birthplace — Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka • Died — 22 March 2014 • Place of death — Mumbai • Occupation — Chemist, fiction writer • Period — 1950-2014 • Genre — Fiction • Language — Kannada • Movement — Navya • Awards — Sahitya Akademi Award, Dr.Masti Award, Adikavi Pampa Award

He was born in Hanehalli, Uttar Kannada District. He completed his primary school education from his village school and his high school from the Gibbs High School, Kumta (1944).Later he did his Bachelors in science and Bachelors in technology both from Bombay University being a top ranker and gold medalist in the year 1955 and master's degree in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, United States, and simultaneously pursued a career in science and technology along with literature. His contributions in the field of Polymer Science and synthetic resins was well recognized and he was selected as Fellow of Plastics and Rubber Institute, London.

• Muru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು (1964) [Made into Kannada Movie by Girish Kasaravally] • Shikaari/ಶಿಕಾರಿ (1979) • Cheda/ಛೇದ (1985) • Purushottama/ಪುರುಷೇೂತ್ತಮ (1990) [Also Translated into English by Penguin Books] • Kendra Vrittanta/ಕೇಂದ್ರ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತ (1996) • Digambara/ದಿಗಂಬರ (Unpublished)

• Danapeyaacheya Oni/ದಣಪೆಯಾಚೆಯ ಓಣಿ

• The Hunt/Shikaari - English Translation by Pratibha Umashankar-Nadiger (2019) • Purushottama (1990) • The Boy who Talked to Trees/ - English Translation by Ramachandra Sharma & Padma Ramachandra(1994) Collection of short stories. The US Library of Congress holds 15 of his titles, including works translated into English and other languages.

• Mooru Daarigalu/ಮೂರು ದಾರಿಗಳು Directed by Girish Kasaravalli • Mukhamukhi/ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿ (DD Chandana)