B. M. Srikantaiah Explained

Belluru Mylaraiyya Srikantaiah
Birth Place:	Turuvekere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Death Place:	Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Occupation:	Poet, writer
Nationality:	Indian
Genre:	Fiction
Movement:	Navodaya
Relatives:	Anasuya Shankar (niece) Aryamba Pattabhi (niece)

Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah (3 January 1884 – 5 January 1946),^{[1] [2]} was an Indian author, writer and translator of Kannada literature. He was born in Sampige village of Turuvekere Taluk,his mother house and his father is from Bellur of Nagamangala.

Prominent Students

• V. Seetharamaiah
• K. V. Puttappa

Works

• Gadayuddha Natakam (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ ನಾಟಕಂ) (play)
• Aswatthaaman (ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ್) (Play)
• Honganasugalu (ಹೊಂಗನಸುಗಳು) (Poetry)

Translations

• English Geetegalu (ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಗೀತೆಗಳು)(English Songs, 1921)
• " lead kindly light"
• Kural (1940, Bangalore)
• Silappatikaram^[3]

Literary criticism

• Kannadigarige olleya saahitya (Good literature for Kannada People)
• Kannada Kaipidi (History of Kannada Literature)

See also

• Kannada language
• Kannada literature
• Kannada poetry

Notes and References

1. Book: Ranganna, S. V.. S. V. Ranganna. B. M. Srikantia. Kannada Writers and Their Work. 1972. Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore. Mysore. 11. 902691.
2. Book: Murthy Rao, A. N.. A. N. Murthy Rao. B. M. Srikantayya. Makers of Indian Literature. 1974. Sahitya Akademi. New Delhi. 1859561. 10.
3. Book: B M Srikantiah: Biographical Sketch. Shodh Ganga. 87. 13 February 2017.