Gururaja Shyamacharya Amur (8 May 1925 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian professor of literature, writer and critic in both the

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

and English languages. He was a recipient of many prestigious awards including the Central Sahitya Akademi Award instituted by the Government of India.

Career

Amur was born in Bommanahalli village in the

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the northwestern part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merged ...

district. He obtained his

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

degree in English from the University of Mumbai and his PhD in English from the

Karnatak University Karnatak University (KUD) is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Dharwad, Karnataka, India. KUD was officially established in 1950 through the Karnatak University Act, 1949, passed by the legislature of t ...

, Dharwar. His thesis was title
''The Concept of Comedy''
After his M.A., Amur worked as a professor of English at the

and Marathwada University in Aurangabad before he visited the University of California at Santa Barbara and

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as a Senior

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scholar in 1972 and 1973. He was married to Shanta Amur and resided in Dharwad.

Awards

* Nrupatunga Award - 2020 * ''Masti Award'' in 2010 * Pampa Award in 2006 * Da. Ra. Bendre Award in 2005 * Rajyotsava Award in 2000 * Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996 * ''Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award'' in 1993, 1994 * ''S. S. Malwad Prashasti'' in 1988 * Karnataka Sahitya Akademi in 1988

Death

Amur died on 28 September 2020 due to age related ailments at the age of 95.

Bibliography

Books

Kannada

* ''Ninda Hejje'' (2004) * ''Bendre Kaavya'' (2003) * ''Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Sanna Kathe'' (2003) *''Seemollanghana'' (2002) *''Kathanashastra'' (2001) *''Shantinath Desai'' (2000) *''Amrutavaahini'' (2000) *''Bendrekaavyada Pratimaaloka'' (2000) *''Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre'' (2000) *''Kaadambariya Swaroopa'' (1999) *''Viraata Purusha: Shriranga Saraswata Sameekshe'' (1998) *''Saatvika Patha'' (1995) *''Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Kaadambari'' (1994) *''Comedy'' (1993) *''Vyavasaaya'' (1992) *''Bhuvanada Bhagya'' (1991) *''Arthaloka'' (1988) *''A.N. Krishnarayaru'' (1987) *''Kannada Kaadambariya Belevanige'' (1983)

English

*''Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre'' (1994) *''Creations & Transcreations'' (1992) *''Forbidden Fruit, Views on Indo-Anglian Fiction'' (1992) *''A.N. Krishnarao'' (1987) *''Colonial Consciousness in Commonwealth Literature'' (1984) *''Essays on Comparative Literature and Linguistics'' (1984) *''Images and Impressions: Essays Mainly on Contemporary Indian Literature'' (1979) *''The Concept of Comedy: A Re-statement'' (1963)

Anthologies

Kannada *''Koralu Kolalu: Collection of critical articles on modern kannada poetry'' (2006) *''Anthology of Selected Plays of Sriranga'' (2005) *''Swatantryottara Sannakathegalu'' (2004) *''Avala Kathegalu'' (1999) *''Selected Kannada Short Stories'' (1993)

Essays

English * ''The River, the Lotus Pond and the Ruined Temple: An Essay on Symbolism in RK Narayan's Novels'' (1985) * ''Philip Roth's My Life as a Man: Portrait of the Artist as a Trapped Husband'' (1984) * ''The Beautiful and the Necessary: A Note on Emerson's Idea of Form'' (1983) * ''Marriage as Symbolic Strategy in Seeta, Esmond in India and The Serpent and the Rope'' (1981) * ''Theme, Structure, and Symbol in The Catcher in the Rye'' (1969) * ''Self-Recognition in The Serpent and The Rope'' * ''A Saint for Malgudi: A New Look at R.K. Narayan’s The Guide'' * ''Hellenic Heroines and Sexless Angels: Images of Women in Forster's Novels''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amur, G. S. 1925 births 2020 deaths Writers from Karnataka Kannada-language writers People from Dharwad district Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada Karnatak University alumni 20th-century Indian essayists Indian male essayists Indian literary critics English-language writers from India 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian male writers