Adya Rangacharya
Adya Rangacharya | |
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| Born | R. V. Jagirdar 26 September 1904 Kannada |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1967) Sahitya Akademi Award (1971) Padma Bhushan (1972) |
| Spouse | Sharada Adya[1] |
| Children | Usha Desai[1] Shashi Deshpande[1] |
Adya Rangacharya (26 September 1904 – 17 October 1984), known as R.V. Jagirdar till 1948,Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1967 and the Sahitya Akademi Award for literature in 1971 for Kalidasa, a literary criticism in Kannada.
Rangacharya has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan third highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the literature and education in 1972 by the Government of India.[4]
Life
Adya Rangacharya birth name was R. V. Jagirdar Natyasastra [5]
Works
Rangacharya's works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the Theatre, on
Sanskrit Literature, Indian Theatre, Introduction to Bharata’s Natyasastra, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and Indo-Aryan Languages. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.[3]
His works in English are:
- Bharata, Muni, and Śrīraṅga. The Nāṭyaśāstra: English Translation with Critical Notes. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1996.
- Drama in Sanskrit Literature, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and Indo-Aryan Languages.
- Rangacharya, Adya. Introduction to Bharata's Nātya-Śāstra. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1966.[8]
- Rangacharya, Adya. The Indian Theatre. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1971.
- Śrīraṅga, . Drama in Sanskrit Literature. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1967 (2nd ed.)
- Śrīraṅga, . The Quest for Wisdom, Thoughts on the Bhagawadgita. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1993. (translation of two Kannada works Gītagāmbhīrya and Gītādarpaṇa
Among his works translated into English are
- Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by G S. Amur).Listen Janamejaya and Other Plays. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2005.
- Śrīraṅga, (transl. by Shashi Deshpande) Opening Scene: Early Memoirs of a Dramatist and a Play. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006.
- Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by Usha Desai). Shadows in the Dark: Four Plays. Bangalore, India: Unisun Publications, 2007.
- Sriranga, . These Tombs Alone Remain: A Novel Bangalore: Shriranga Saraswat Prakashana, 1959.
References
- ^ a b c "Sharada Adya Rangacharya dead". Times of India. Retrieved 7 January 2002.
- ISBN 9788172017835.
- ^ a b c Mudde, Raggi (4 November 2011). "Adya Rangacharya – An Eminent Theatre Personality". Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b Rangacharya, Adya (1904-84), in The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre Oxford Reference Online
- ^ WorldCat author listing
- ^ Rangacharya, Adya. The NATYASASTRA (English Translation with Critical Notes). Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers.
- ^ WorldCat
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