G. S. Shivarudrappa Explained

G. S. Shivarudrappa
Birth Date:1926 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Issuru, Shikaripura, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Death Place:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation:Writer, professor
Nationality:Indian
Period:1950–2007
Genre:Poetry, criticism
Movement:Navya, Navodaya and Pragathisheela

Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa (7 February 1926 – 23 December 2013), or colloquially GSS, was an Indian Kannada poet, writer, and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi (national poet) by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.

Early life

Shivarudrappa was born on 7 February 1926 in Issur Village, Shikaripura Taluk, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka. He died on 23 December 2013 in Bangalore. His father was a school teacher. He did his primary and secondary schooling in Shikaripura.

Education

Shivarudrappa gained his BA in 1949 and MA in 1953 from University of Mysore, having secured gold medals on three occasions. He was a student and follower of Kuvempu and was heavily inspired by Kuvempu's literary works and life.

In 1965, G.S. Shivarudrappa secured a doctorate for his thesis "Saundarya Samīkṣe" (Kannada : ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ), written under the guidance of Kuvempu, a pioneering work in the field of literary aesthetics.[1]

Professional life

Shivarudrappa started his career in 1949 as a lecturer in Kannada language at the Mysore University. In 1963, he joined Hyderabad's Osmania University as a reader, eventually becoming the head of the Kannada department. He remained at Osmania University until 1966.

In 1966, Shivarudrappa joined the Bangalore University as a professor. He was later elected as the director of the university and he continued to contribute to the university's Kannada Study Center (Kannada : ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಕೇಂದ್ರ).

In cities like Davanagere, Shivamogga, and Mysore, he lectured in Kannada. In 1966, he moved his headquarters to Bangalore University, where he served as Director until his retirement from the government in 1986. From 1987 to 1990, he served as the Karnataka Sahitya Academy's president.[2]

Later life and death

Shivarudrappa has worked as a Kannada professor at the Maharaja's College, Mysore[3] and later at the Postgraduate Kannada Department of Bangalore University. He died on 23 December 2013 at his Banashankari, Bangalore residence.[4] [5] The State Government declared a two-day mourning in his honour.

Rashtrakavi

Shivarudrappa was honoured with the title of Rashtrakavi (Sanskrit for "Poet of the Nation") by the Government of Karnataka during the Suvarna Karnataka (Golden Jubilee celebrations of Karnataka) occasion on 1 November, the Kannada Rajyotsava day, 2006.[6] He was the third Kannada poet to be honoured with this title, after Govinda Pai and Kuvempu.

Literary works

Collection of poems

Criticism

Travelogues

Biography

G s shivarudrappa

Autobiography

Works on G. S. Shivarudrappa

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 23 December 2013 . 25 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025113414/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase . dead .
  2. Web site: Shivarudrappa G . 23 December 2013 . 29 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091129144841/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20SCHOLARS%20HTML/SHIVARUDRAPPA%20G.S..htm . dead .
  3. News: Down memory lane . https://web.archive.org/web/20071128003418/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/16/stories/2007031601820300.htm . dead . 28 November 2007 . 16 March 2007 . 12 July 2013 . . Chennai, India .
  4. News: Rashtrakavi G.S. Shivarudrappa no more . Chennai, India . The Hindu . Muralidhar . Khajane . 23 December 2013.
  5. Web site: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕವಿ ಜಿಎಸ್ ಶಿವರುದ್ರಪ್ಪ ವಿಧಿವಶ | Kannada poet, writer and researcher GS Shivarudrappa passes-away - Kannada Oneindia . Kannada.oneindia.in . 2013-12-23 . 2022-05-26.
  6. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Nov22006/state205392006111.asp Prestigious Rashtra Kavi title for Shivarudrappa
  7. Web site: Rajmangal Publishers Kannada to Hindi Translation Book Publishers India . 2022-11-30 . Rajmangal Publishers . en.
  8. http://www.kamat.com/library/holdings/kml2218.htm "Samagra Kannada Sahitya Charitre" Book Info from Kamat's Potpourri
  9. Web site: Kannada qualifies for classical status. Deccan Herald. 13 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125240/http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/nov92006/panorama2051322006118.asp . 29 September 2007.

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