Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa (7 February 1926 – 23 December 2013), or

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GSS, was an Indian

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poet, writer, and researcher who was awarded the title of ''Rashtrakavi'' (

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) by the

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in 2006.

Early life

Shivarudrappa was born on 7 February 1926 in Issur Village,

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Taluk, in

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. He died on 23 December 2013 in

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. 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

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, 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

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for his thesis "Soundarya Sameekshe" (Kannada : ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ), written under the guidance of Kuvempu, a pioneering work in the field of literary aesthetics.

Professional life

Shivarudrappa started his career in 1949 as a lecturer in Kannada language at the

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. In 1963, he joined

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as a

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, eventually becoming the head of the Kannada department. He remained at Osmania University until 1966. In 1966, Shivarudrappa joined the

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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.

Later life and death

Shivarudrappa has worked as a Kannada professor at the

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and later at the Postgraduate Kannada Department of Bangalore University. He died on 23 December 2013 at his Banashankari, Bangalore residence. The State Government declared a two-day mourning in his honour.

''Rashtrakavi''

Shivarudrappa was honoured with the title of ''Rashtrakavi'' (

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for "Poet of the Nation") by the

during the ''Suvarna Karnataka'' (Golden Jubilee celebrations of

) occasion on 1 November, the

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day, 2006.Prestigious Rashtra Kavi title for Shivarudrappa
/ref> He was the third Kannada poet to be honoured with this title, after

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and Kuvempu.

Literary works

Collection of poems

* ''Saamagaana'' * ''Cheluvu-Olavu'' * ''Devashilpa'' * ''Deepada Hejje'' * ''Chakragathi'' * ''Anaavarana'' * ''Tereda Daari'' * ''Godhe'' * ''Vyakthamadhya'' * ''Teerthavaani'' * ''Kaarthika'' * ''Kaadina Katthalalli'' * ''Agniparva'' * ''Yede Tumbhi Haadidenu'' * ''Nooraru Kavithegalu '' * ''Samagra Kavya'' * ''Nana hanathe'' * ''Mera Diya Aur Anya Kavitayen''

Criticism

* ''Parisheelana'' * ''Vimarsheya Poorva Pashchima'' * ''Soundarya Sameekshe'' (Ph.D. thesis) * ''Kaavyaartha Chintana'' * ''Gattibimbha'' * ''Anuranana'' * ''Pratikriye'' * ''Kannada Sahithya Sameekshe'' * ''Mahakavya Swaroopa'' * ''Kannada Kavigala Kaavyakalpane'' * ''Desiyatheyalli Aralida Datta Pratibhe'' * ''Yavudoo Sannadalla'' * ''Pampa : Ondu Adhyayana'' * ''Samagra Kannada Sahitya Charitre'' – A history of Kannada literature and

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and its growth over the centuries"Samagra Kannada Sahitya Charitre" Book Info from Kamat's Potpourri
/ref> * ''Kuvempu - Punaravalokana/Kuvempu - a Reappraisal'' – A biographical work on Kuvempu, done for

Travelogues

* ''Moscowdalli 22 dina'' (22 Days in Moscow) – Winner of Soviet Land Nehru Award. * ''Englandinalli Chaturmaasa'' (Four months in England) * ''Americadalli Kannadiga'' (

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in America) * ''Gangeya Shikharagalalli'' (In the Crest of the River

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)

Biography

* Shivayogi Siddarama * Shri Kuvempu * Kavi Bendre * Fakeer Mohan Senapathi

Autobiography

* ''Chaturanga''

Works on ''G. S. Shivarudrappa''

* ''Gourava A Felicitation'' Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa * ''Hanate A Felicitation'' Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa * ''Aakashadeepa A Felicitation'' Volume about the Life and Literature of G. S. Shivarudrappa * ''G. S. Shivarudrappa'' (Biography) by H. S. Venkateshamurthy * ''G. S. S. Sanchaya'' (An Anthology of Selected Writings) * Government of Karnataka published his Complete Works in 9 volumes at a subsidized price.

Awards and honours

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– 1998 * Rashtrakavi Award (''Poet of the Nation'') – 2006

References

External links

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