Edetumbi haadida namma rashtrakavi innilla !!!
Ello Hudukide Illada Devaranu
Vedanati Helidanu Honnella Mannu
Haadu Haleyadaadarenu ?
Akaashada Neeliyalli Chandra taare Tottilalli
Mabbu Kavidarenu
Yavudee Pravahavuu
Kaanada Kadalige jaarida GSS
Distinguished Kannada poet, writer and researcher G.S. Shivarudrappa (87) passed away on Today (Monday, Dec 21st 2013) morning at his residence in Bangalore.
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Ello Hudukide Illada Devaranu
Vedanati Helidanu Honnella Mannu
Haadu Haleyadaadarenu ?
Akaashada Neeliyalli Chandra taare Tottilalli
Mabbu Kavidarenu
Yavudee Pravahavuu
Kaanada Kadalige jaarida GSS
Distinguished Kannada poet, writer and researcher G.S. Shivarudrappa (87) passed away on Today (Monday, Dec 21st 2013) morning at his residence in Bangalore.
The writer, who was
awarded title of Rashtrakavi by the Government of Karnataka in 2006, November
1, was ailing for some time.
He was the third
Kannada poet to be honoured with the prestigious title of “Rashtrakavi”, after
his mentor and guide Kuvempu and Manjeswara Govinda Pai. He was known for his
writings which offered a fine combination of artistry and social commitment.
In the period between
1951 (the year when his first collection of poems “Samagana” was published) to
1999 which saw the publishing of his last collection “Vykatamadhya”, he has
published 13 collections of poems and continued to write poetry. The Karnataka
government honoured him with prestigious Pampa Prashati for the year 1996 in
recognition of his excellence as a poet.
G.S. Shivarudrappa was
born in Shikaripura of Shivamogga district on February 7, 1926. His father was
a school teacher. He was a student and follower of Kuvempu and was inspired by
Kuvempu’s literary works and life. Mr. Shivarudrappa has worked as a Kannada
professor at the Maharaja College of Mysore and later at the Postgraduate
Kannada Department of Bangalore University.
He received the Central
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984 for his literary contribution. He has also bagged
several awards including the Karnataka State Sahitya Academy and Soviet Land
Nehru Award. He presided over the Akhila Bharatiya Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
held in Davanagere in 1992.
He had published 13
poetry collection and equal number of prose and research works, besides four
travelogues.Gated Community Bangalore-The Hindu
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