M. V. Seetharamiah

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Mysore Venkatadasappa Seetharamiah
Mysore University
Literary movement
Notable worksSri Vijaya kruta Kavirajamarga, Udayadityalankara
Notable awardsKarnataka Sahitya Academy Award, Rajyotsava Prashasti, and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award

Mysore Venkatadasappa Seetharamiah or M. V. See[a] (pen name Raghava; 9 September 1910 – 12 March 1990) was an Indian Kannada language author, editor and translator. Through a career spanning over sixty years, he published over 100 works spanning short stories, poetry, novels, and dramas. Some of his notable works included Sri Vijaya kruta Kavirajamarga, a retelling of the classical Kavirajamarga, Udayadityalankara, a work on Kannada poetics, and also other works on ancient Kannada language grammar.

Seetharamaiah was a recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, Rajyotsava Prashasti, and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award for his contributions to Kannada literature. He also set up the Bangalore-based B. M. Shri Pratisthana, an organization focused on advancing Kannada language literary studies.

Early life

Seetharamaiah was born on September 9, 1910, in

Mysore University in 1933.[2]

Career

After obtaining his degree, he continued to work at the Mysore University, working as a research assistant. During this time he worked on developing an English to Kannada language dictionary, working with some of the leading language scholars of the time.[2] Some of his collaborators and mentors from the period included B. M. Srikantaiah, TS Venkannaiah, A. R. Krishnashastry, T. N. Srikantaiah, and D. L. Narasimhachar.[3] He worked as a professor at the Government Arts College in Bangalore between 1946 and 1963. He was later inducted into the Kannada department of the Bangalore university where he worked as a University Grants Commission professor between 1967 and 1974.[2][4][5]

Writing career

As a writer, he was from the second wave of the

Rashtrakuta emperor was mainly credited with approving the content.[5] His re-writing of the classic was titled Sri Vijaya kruta Kavirajamarga.[5][7] His other major contributions included the study of ancient Kannada grammar. Some of his other works included Udayadityalankara, a work focused on Kannada poetics. He also studied the role played by Kannada poets on the language's discourse evolution and wrote on ancient Kannada language grammar.[5] Archana and Keertana Kusumanjali were a collection of devotional songs that he summarized.[5] He also wrote poems for children including Banna Bannada Navilugari Haakide Pustakadali Mari.[8] He also wrote a biography and study of the works of the Kannada language writer Muddana and another of author D. V. Gundappa for his birth centenary in 1988.[9][10]

He was a recipient of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award, Rajyotsava Prashasti, and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award for his contributions to Kannada literature.[5] He also hosted Pustakalokana, a book review program on All India Radio.[11]

Seetharamaiah set up the B. M. Shri. Pratisthana, a research organization focused on advancing Kannada language literary studies and research, in Bangalore in 1979.

PhD degrees.[2] The center now houses a postgraduate research center named after Seetharamaiah.[12]

Select works

Source(s):[5][13]

  • Udayadityalankaram (1970)
  • Pracheena Kannada Vyakaranagalu (1980)
  • Bharateeya Kavyameemamsege Kannada Kavigala Koduge (1970)
  • Shastra Sahitya (1975)
  • Samanyanige Sahityacharitre Male (1975)
  • Srivijaya Kruta Kavirajamarga (1968)
  • Kannada Sahityadalli Shantharasa (1970)
  • Dheemanta: Biography of D. V. Gundappa (1988)
  • Archana
  • Sri Krishna Leelamruta
  • Keertana Kusumanjali

Personal life

In addition to writing, Seetharamaiah was also trained in the fine arts playing the Mridangam, the Indian percussion instrument played in Carnatic music, and also painted.[5] Seetharamaiah died in Bangalore on March 12, 1990. He was aged 80.[3] He suffered from arthritis and asthma prior to his death.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ Seetharamiah's name has been alternately spelled as Seetharamaiah[1]

References

  1. ^ "SEETARAMAIAH M". shastriyakannada.org. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Remembering Prof M V Seetharamaiah". Deccan Herald. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Remembering M.V. Seetharamaiah". 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Kamat's Potpourri: M.V. Seetaramiah". www.kamat.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "SEETARAMAIAH M". shastriyakannada.org. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ^ Kamath, Suryanath U. (1996). A Handbook of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ISBN 978-90-04-49129-8. Archived
    from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ISBN 978-81-230-2456-1. Archived
    from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ISBN 978-81-260-2060-7. Archived
    from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ Prof. M. V. Seetharamaiah (1988). Dheemanta : Dr. D. V. Gundappa Birth Centenary Volume. Servants of Knowledge. Gokhale Institute Of Public Affairs.
  11. ^ Delhi, Publications Division (India), New (3 September 1961). AKASHVANI: Vol. XXVI. No. 36. ( 3 SEPTEMBER, 1961 ). Publications Division (India), New Delhi. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "ಎಂ.ವಿ. ಸೀತಾರಾಮಯ್ಯ | ಬಿ.ಎಂ.ಶ್ರೀ. ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾನ". bmshri.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  13. ISBN 978-81-280-1093-4. Archived
    from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Kamat's Potpourri: Amma's Column - B.M.Shree Pratishthana". www.kamat.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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