Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar | |
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Born | Hungenahalli Malur taluk, Kolar district, Kingdom of Mysore | 6 June 1891
Died | 6 June 1986 Bangalore, Karnataka, India | (aged 95)
Pen name | Srinivasa |
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Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Fiction |
Subject | Kannada literature |
Literary movement | Navodaya |
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in
Early life and education
Maasti was born in 1891 at Hungenahalli in
Works
He published his first work, Rangana Maduve in 1910. His last work was Maatugara Ramanna, from 1985.[5] Kelavu Sanna Kathegalu (Some Short Stories) was his first notable work in modern Kannada literature. Maasti also crafted a number poems on various philosophic, aesthetic and social themes. He composed and translated several important plays and was the editor of the monthly journal Jivana (Life) from 1944 to 1965.
A prolific writer, he wrote more than 123 books in Kannada[5] and 17 in English, over the course of seventy years. He won the Jnanpith Award in 1983 for his novel Chikka Veera Rajendra. The story was about the last Rajah of Kodagu.
Demise
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar died on his 95th birthday in 1986.
Commemorations
Since 1993, an award in his name, the "Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Award" is presented to well-known writers from Karnataka.
Bibliography
Epics
- Shri Rama Pattabisheka (Coronation of Shri Ram)
Novels
- Chikaveera Rajendra
- Channabasava Nayaka
- Subbana
- Sheshamma
Stories and Anthologies
- Kelavu Sanna Kathegalu (Some Short Stories)
- 100 Short stories in a number of volumes
- Ranga's Marriage
- Venkatashami's Love Affair
Plays
- Kakanakote
- Manjule
- Yashodhara
- Purandaradaasa
- Bhattara Magalu
- Shanthaa
Autobiography
- Bhaava (Three Volumes)
Other
- Subbanna (1928)
- Sheshamma (1976)
- Shanta (1923)
- Talikoti (1929)
- Yashodhara (1933)
- Kannadad Seve (1930)
- Arun (1924)
- Tavare (1930)
- Sankranti (1969)
Notes
- ^ "Jnanapeeth Awards". Ekavi. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
- Jnanpith Website. Archived from the originalon 13 October 2007.
- ISBN 978-81-87649-50-2.
- ^ ISBN 9788187649502.
- ^ a b c "Man of letters". The Hindu. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Masti Venkatesh Iyengar Award presented to Nisar Ahmed". The Hindu. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Garbage doesn't spare even Masti's house". The Hindu. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Jnanpith writer Masti's house made into a library". Deccan Herald. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Masti school bereft of building, staff". Deccan Herald. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
External links
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