V. Seetharamaiah
V. Seetharamaiah | |
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Born | Venkataramaiah Seetharamaiah 2 October 1899 Budhigere, Devanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore |
Died | 4 September 1983 Bangalore, Karnataka, India | (aged 83)
Pen name | Vee. See. |
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Language | Kannada, English |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Maharaja's College, Mysore |
Literary movement | Navodaya |
Notable works | Krishnacharithra,[1] Aralu Baralu, Mahaniyaru, Geetegalu,[2] Deepagalu, Pampa Yatre,[3] College Dinagalu[4] |
Notable awards | Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award, Sahitya Akademi Award, D. Litt (Doctorate, 1976) |
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V. Seetharamaiah |
Venkataramaiah Seetharamaiah (2 October 1899 - 4 September 1983)
He has authored about sixty works in Kannada with about eight anthologies of poems, thirty-six works of Kannada prose, ten translations from English to Kannada and ten biographical sketches written in English.
Early years
Seetharamaiah was born in Budhigere village,
For his master's degree, Seetharamaiah chose economics as his favoured subject. Here he came under the tutelage of Prof. N. S. Subba Rao. Rao was trained in economics at
After completing his M. A. in 1922, Seetharamaiah embarked for
Academic
Seetharamaiah returned to Mysore in 1923 and took up a teaching tenure at Sarada Vilas High School till 1928. During these years, Vi. Si. began to pen poems in Kannada. These he would publish extensively in journals and periodicals like Prabuddha Karnataka, Aruna, Rashtra Bandhu and Artha Sadaka. B. M. Srikantaiah, who was the Registrar of University of Mysore appointed V. Seetharamaiah as lecturer in 1928 at Central College, Bangalore. Even though Vi. Si. was trained in Economics, B. M. Srikantaiah reposed faith in his grasp and knowledge of Kannada language and literature and appointed him as a Kannada lecturer instead. V. Seetharamaiah taught at Central College and Intermediate Colleges at Bangalore till 1942. At Central College, Bangalore he was a member of the "Karnataka Sangha" - a band of Kannada literary enthusiasts who would pen poems, write novellas and often even stage them in amateur theatres in Bangalore.[citation needed]
In 1943, V. Seetharamaiah was promoted and transferred back to Maharaja College, Mysore. Here he worked till 1948. For the next two years, he would head the Intermediate College at
His students were B. G. L. Swamy, R. K. Laxman, A. K. Ramanujan, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta, H. M. Nayak, G. S. Shivarudrappa, L. S. Sheshagiri Rao, H. M. Shankar Narayan Rao, J. Varadaraja Rao and Smt. C. N. Mangala.[17]
After retirement, from 1956 till 1958, Vi. Si. worked with All India Radio - Bangalore Akashvani as producer for the "Spoken Word Professor" series. From 1964 till 1968, V. Seetharamaiah headed the Government Arts and Science First Grade College at Honnavar, Karnataka as Principal. In 1968, he returned to Bangalore to assume Editorship of India Book House's (IBH) encyclopaedic project aimed at compiling all of Kannada poetry from Kaviraja Nayakara (Nrupatunga) to Navodaya’s Muddanna. This vast work was successfully brought out by Vi. Si. under the title of “Kannada Kavi Kavya Parampare”.[18]
Works
V. Seetharamaiah published his first poem as well his first work of prose (Pampa Yatra) in "Prabhuddha Karnataka" in 1922. A. R. Krishnashastry as Editor of this journal was instrumental in encouraging Vi. Si. to contribute consistently. It was A. R. Krishnashastry who shortened V. Seetharamaiah to Vi. Si. - this became his pen name going forth. He has authored about sixty works in Kannada with about eight anthologies of poems, thirty-six works of Kannada prose, ten translations from English to Kannada and ten biographical sketches written in English.[12]
List of works
Anthology of Kannada Poems
- “Geetegalu” (1931) – 67 poems
- “Deepagalu” (1933) – 16 poems
- “Nelalu-Belaku” (1935)[19]
- “Drakshi-Dalimbe” (1948)
- “Hejjepadu” (1959)
- “Kadamba” (1970)
- “Aralu-Baralu” (1972) – Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (1973)
- “Hagalu-Iralu” (1981)[20]
Works of Kannada Prose
- “Pampa Yatre” (1927)
- “Sohrab Rustom” (1930)
- “Agraha” (1931)
- “Hana Prapancha” (1937)
- “Karnataka Kadambari” (1940)[21]
- “Bharatagala Sri Krishna” (1940) – Kumaravyasa Prashasthi
- “Abhijnana Shakuntala Nataka Vimarshe” (1943)
- “Ashwathaman” (1946)
- “Bharatada Rajyanga Rachane” (1947)
- “Vyavahara Dharma” (1949)
- “Bharatada Aivaru Manyaru” (1951)
- “Kavi Kavya Drishti” (1955)
- “Shivarama Karantharu” (1956)
- “Beladingalu” (1959)
- “Sri Shaila Shikara” (1960)
- “Sahitya Vimarshegalalli Artha mathu Moulya” (1961)
- “Bharatadalli Yojane” (1962)[22]
- “Sahitya: Sampradaya mathu Hosa Marga” (1967)
- “Seekarane” (1970)
- “Chyavana” (1970)
- “Mahaniyaru” (1970)
- “College Dinagalu” (1971)
- “Eradu Nataka: Chyavana mathu Agraha” (1971)
- “Satya mathu Moulya” (1972)[23]
- “Valmiki Ramayana” (1976)
- “Kalanubhava” (1976)[24]
- “Olleya Manushya, Olleya Baduku” (1976)
- “Mumbaivasa: Nenapugalu” (1976)
- “Mahakavi Pampa” (1976)
- “Mahabharata Krishnacharithra” (1978)
- “Pattabandha” (1979)
- “Sahityalokana” (1979)
- “Sarvajanika Jeevanadalli Adhikara, Shakthi, Prabhava Mandalagalu” (1979)
- “Hiriyaru Geleyaru” (1980)
- “Samvidhana mathu Kanunu” (1992)
- “Sahityaloka (Part II)” (unpublished)
Works in English
- “Mahakavi Pampa” (1967)[25]
- “K. Venkatappa” (1968)
- “Purandaradasa” (1971)
- “M. Visveswaraiah” (1971)[26]
- “Valmiki Ramayana” (1972)
- “D. V. Gundappa” (1972)
- “Panje Mangesha Rao” (1978)
- “Abhijnana Shakuntala Nataka Vimarshe” (unpublished)
- “Mahabharatada Krishnacharithra” (unpublished)
- “Manyaru” (unpublished)
Translations
- “Reserve Bank of India” (1959)[27]
- “Bharata Swatantraya Galisithu” (1963)
- “Pygmalion” (1963)
- “Bangali Sahitya Charithre” (1966)
- “Major Barbara” (1968)
- “Thyagaraja” (1969)
- “Purandara Dasa” (1979)[28]
- “Moby Dick” (1982)
- “Panje Mangesha Rao” (1985)
- “Mission with Mountbatten” (unpublished)
Collected works
- “Sneha Vishwasa” (1990)
- “Novu Nalivu” (1990) (unpublished 59 works)
- “Samagra Lalitha Prabhandha Samputa” (1992)
- “Samagra Nataka” (1993)
- “Vyakthi Chitra Samputa” (Part I and II) (1993)
- “Smrithi chitra Samputa” (1997)
- “Vimarshe Samputa – I – History & Poetry” (1998)
- “Vimarshe Samputa – II – Poetry & Drama” (1998)
Recognition
V. Seetharamaiah chaired the Poetry division of the 17th
Later years
V. Seetharamaiah travelled widely in India and visited Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan. On his visit to London, he suffered a debilitating stroke and he was hospitalised for nearly a fortnight in Britain. Vi Si. was married to Sarojamma. Many of his books are prescribed curricula both at University of Mysore and Bangalore University. V. Seetharamaiah died on 4 September 1983 at Bangalore aged 83 years. His numerous Kannada poems and works of prose remain popular in Karnataka. The noted Psychologist and Sanskrit scholar S. K. Ramachandra Rao described Vi. Si.'s writing thus:
When I read Homer, I feel as if I were twenty feet high” said Edmé Bouchardon - the sculptor who lived about two hundred years ago. Homer’s description of Gods, Demons are of a gigantic scale. Readers are given this impression of immensity that is awe inspiring. Such is the power of description in Homer’s writings. I find Vi. Si.’s writings in a similar vein and he not only ascends to great heights, he also takes us with him to give us a panoramic perspective from his beautiful vantage point. Such is his scope and depth of writing
External links
Bibliography
- M. Ramachandra (2006). "V. Seetharamaiah" (ವಿ. ಸೀತಾರಾಮಯ್ಯ) - Biography - Kannada Book; 1st Edition (Beṅgaḷūru: Navakarnāṭaka Prakāśana);
- L. S. Seshagiri Rao (1999). ವಿ. ಸೀ. - ನೂರರ ನೆನಪು (1 ed.). Vi. Sī. Sampada, Vi. Sī. Saṃsmaraṇa Vēdike;
- P. V. Joshi, G. S. Shivarudrappa, Shivaram Karanth (1991). ವಿ. ಸೀ. - ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ, ಕಾವ್ಯ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ (2 ed.). Bangalore: ವಿ. ಸೀ. ಸಂಪದ.
- G. Venkatasubbiah. ವಿ. ಸೀ. (Biographical Sketch for Karnataka Sahitya Academy). Bangalore; Govt. of Karnataka.
- Govt. of Karnataka. Catalogue of works by V. Seetharamaiah - Karnataka Sahitya Academy;
- Govt. of Karnataka. List of Important Dates in the life of V. Seetharamaiah - Karnataka Sahitya Academy;
- Vi. Sītārāmayya; Venkat Madhurao Inamdar (1975). Vi. Sī.- 75: Sambhāvanā Grantha. Vi. Sī. Satkāra Samitigāgi; Ai. Bi. Ec. Prakāśana.
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