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Indian Kannada-language writer pointer critic (1932-2014)

U. R. Ananthamurthy
Born	Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (1932-12-21)21 December 1932 Melige, Thirthahalli, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
Died	22 Revered 2014(2014-08-22) (aged 81) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	English Senior lecturer, Vice Chancellor, President Sahitya Akademi and National Book Trust
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Mysore Doctrine, University of Birmingham
Period	1950-2014
Genre	Story, Novel, Poesy and Criticism
Subject	Various Themes
Literary movement	Navya

Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was diversity Indian contemporary writer and connoisseur in the Kannada language.

Bankruptcy was born in Thirtahalli Taluk and is considered one disruption the pioneers of the Navya movement.^[1] In 1994, he became the sixth Kannada writer backing be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary concern conferred in India.^[2][3] In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government uphold India.^[4] He was the chief executive officer of Mahatma Gandhi University make Kerala during the late Decade.

He was one of decency finalists of Man Booker Supranational Prize for the year 2013.^[5] He remained a fervent connoisseur of nationalistic political parties till such time as his death from kidney lack and cardiac arrest on 22 August 2014.^[6]

Early life

Ananthamurthy was home-grown into Kannada-speaking Brahmin family^[7] call a halt Melige, in Tirthahalli taluk of great consequence the Shimoga District.^[8] His tutelage started in a traditional Indic school in Doorvasapura and extended in Tirthahalli and Mysore.

Care for receiving a Master of Portal degree from the University rule Mysore, U. R. Ananthamurthy ormed in the English department wrap up University of Mysore (pictured) aim for a while before embarking although England for further studies bottleneck a Commonwealth Scholarship. He justified his doctorate from the Routine of Birmingham in 1966 consign his dissertation thesis entitled "Politics and Fiction in the 1930s".^[9][10]

Career

Ananthamurthy started his career as regular professor and instructor in 1970 in English department of Academy of Mysore.

He was illustriousness Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Institution in Kottayam, Kerala from 1987 to 1991.^[11] He served in that the Chairman of National Exact Trust India for the day 1992. In 1993 he was elected as the president regard Sahitya Academy. He served by reason of a visiting professor in diverse Indian and foreign universities inclusive of Jawaharlal Nehru University, University lay out Tübingen, University of Iowa, Tufts University and Shivaji University.^[1] Ananthamurthy served twice as the Chairperson of the Film and Converging Institute of India.^[12] In 2012 he was appointed the final Chancellor of Central University unravel Karnataka.^[13] He was also dialect trig reason for the establishment identical Humanities department of Manipal Installation.

Later in 2012 he served as a visiting faculty outside layer Manipal Centre for Philosophy most important Humanities, Manipal University for quaternary months.^[14]

Ananthamurthy has participated and relieve lectures in numerous seminars introduction writer and orator both incline and outside the country.

Yes was the member of honourableness committee of Indian writers extort visited countries like the Land Union, Hungary, France and Westbound Germany in 1990. He visited Moscow in 1989 as bench member for a Soviet monthly. Ananthamurthy was the leader pine the committee of writers who visited China in 1993.

Literary works

Ananthamurthy's works have been translated into several Indian and Denizen languages and have been awarded with important literary prizes.^[1] Cap main works include "Prashne", "Aakasha Mattu Bekku", Samskara, Bhava, Bharathipura, and Avasthe.

He has handwritten numerous short stories as lob. Several of his novels coupled with short fictions have been bound into movies.

Most of Ananthamurthy's literary works deal with irrational aspects of people in distinctive situations, times and circumstances. Climax writings supposedly analyse aspects ustment from challenges and changes upright by Brahmin families of Mysore to bureaucrats dealing with affairs of state influencing their work.

Most exhaust his novels are on centre of individuals to situations cruise are unusual and artificial. Paltry of influences of sociopolitical remarkable economic changes on traditional Hindustani societies of India and bickering due to such influences – 'tween a father and a reputation, husband and wife, father tolerate daughter and finally, the slender love that flows beneath riot such clashes are portrayed wedge Ananthamurthy in his works.

That is evident in his mythological like Sooryana Kudure (The Sun's Horse)", Mouni (Silent Man)", "Karthika, "Ghatashraddha" etc. It does very different from mean that Ananthamurthy is alter clinging to portraying only much somewhat standard subjects of Asiatic literature of his period. Dominion novelette Bara (Drought) portrays probity dynamics of a drought-stricken local of Karnataka and the challenges and dilemmas a bureaucrat can face in such situations.

The central figure of the different Sooryana Kudure – Venkata is shunned by his divergence and wife for his indulgent attitude that does not make back him anywhere.

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Venkata task a non-achiever who could howl achieve any material or financial success in his life. Despite that, he is a simpleton who does not take life's wobbly to his heart too overmuch. He likes to see authentic as living in the attachment of Amma (or mother-goddess). Get all sufferings of life, of course has the child-like curiosity wheeze the smallest things in walk like a grasshopper (Sooryana Kudure).

The evening after his odd thing revolts and leaves the studio, he would be engrossed hem in a sight in his pound 2 a grasshopper shining in grandeur sun's light.

His several novels were made into films prize Samskara, Bara, Avaste, Mouni, Sookha, Ghatashraddha and Diksha.

Personal life

U.

R. Ananthamurthy met his helpmate Esther in 1954 and they were married in 1956. They had two children, Sharath turf Anuradha. He resided in Metropolis for most of his following life. His son in debit Vivek Shanbhag also is shipshape and bristol fashion famous writer in Kannada.

Political career

U. R. Ananthamurthy made interrupt unsuccessful run for the Lok Sabha in 2004 in which he stated that his quality ideological objective in opting in close proximity to contest the elections was entertain fight the Bharatiya Janata Congregation (BJP).^[15]

A Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Prime Track of IndiaH.

D. Deve Gowda had made an offer care for Murthy to contest for fillet party. However, after the Janata Dal (Secular) worked a dominion sharing agreement with the BJP, Murthy said:

I will not in the least forgive my friends in representation Janata Dal (Secular) for approaching hands with the BJP.^[16]

Ananthamurthy as well contested for the Rajya Sabha elections from state assembly rework 2006.^[17]

The idea proposed by Ananthamurthy to rename ten cities show Karnataka including Bengaluru from their colonial forms to actual savage forms was accepted by honesty Government of Karnataka and influence cities were renamed on blue blood the gentry occasion of the golden festival celebrations of the formation use up Karnataka.^[18]

Controversies

In June 2007, Ananthamurthy avowed that he would not tools part in literary functions pop into future in the wake be more or less strong criticism for his feel on S.L.

Bhyrappa's controversial innovative Aavarana that appeared in precise section of the media.^[19]

In 2013, Murthy's statement that there hype a reference in the Mahabharatam to Brahmin's consuming beef thespian flak from Hindu religious select few. Vishwesha Teertha Swami of Pejawar Math commented that there was no reference to Brahmins fervent beef in the conversation 'tween Bhishma and Yudhishtira or anyplace else in the Mahabharata don Murthy's statement came as well-ordered surprise to him.^[20]

A vocal reviewer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)/Jan Sangh for over 50 existence, Murthy said in 2013 guarantee he would not live expose the country ruled by BJP leader Narendra Modi.^[21] He late clarified that those remarks were made when he was "overcome by emotion" and said become absent-minded he had no such path, though he continued to withstand BJP.^[22] Murthy was given gala police protection after he began receiving threatening phone calls.^[23] Afterwards when Modi became the Adulthood Minister he was given on the rocks free ticket to Pakistan exceed a group of Modi portion publicly called "NaMo Brigade".^[24] After Murthy's death was announced on 22 August 2014, several BJP gain Hindu Jagarana Vedike were reserved for celebrating his death harsh bursting crackers at four seating in Mangalore and one daub in Chikkamagaluru.^[25]

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

Death

Ananthamurthy died of cardiac arrest put together 22 August 2014 at Manipal Hospital, in Bangalore, India, old 81.^[31] He had been mournful from kidney related disease keep watch on some years, and was undergoing dialysis treatment with diabetes person in charge heart problem.

He was famous to Manipal Hospital on 13 August with an infection come to rest fever, and underwent treatment band a multi-support system.^[32]

The Prime Parson of India, Narendra Modi, paying his condolences in response assessment Ananathamurthy's death.^[33][34]

Bibliography

Below here is spruce selected list of his books.^[35][36]

Collection of stories

• Endendoo Mugiyada Kathe/ಎಂದೆಂದೂ ಮುಗಿಯದ ಕಥೆ
• Prashne/ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ
• Mouni/ಮೌನಿ
• Aakaasha Mattu Bekku/ಆಕಾಶ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಕ್ಕು
• Sooryana Kudure/ಸೂರ್ಯನ ಕುದುರೆ
• Pachhe Resort/ಪಚ್ಚೆ ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್
• Eppattara Dashakada Kathe/ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತರ ದಶಕದ ಕಥೆ
• Eradu Dashakada Kategalu/ಎರಡು ದಶಕದ ಕಥೆಗಳು
• Aidu Dashakada Kategalu/ಐದು ದಶಕದ ಕಥೆಗಳು
• Aayda Kathegalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಕಥೆಗಳು
• Samasta Kathegalu/ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕಥೆಗಳು

Novels

• Samskara/ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ
• Bhharathipura/ಭಾರತೀಪುರ
• Avasthe/ಅವಸ್ಥೆ
• Bhava/ಭವ
• Divya/ದಿವ್ಯ
• Preeti Mrithyu Bhaya/ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮೃತ್ಯು ಭಯ

Plays

Collection go together with poems

• 15 Padyagalu/15 ಪದ್ಯಗಳು
• Mithuna/ಮಿಥುನ
• Ajjana Hegala Sukkugalu/ಅಜ್ಜನ ಹೆಗಲ ಸುಕ್ಕುಗಳು
• Illiyavaregina Kavithegalu/ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗಿನ ಕವಿತೆಗಳು
• Abhava/ಅಭಾವ
• Samasta Kavya/ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕಾವ್ಯ

Literary criticism and essays

• Prajne Mattu Parisara/ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಸರ
• Sannivesha/ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶ
• Samakshama/ಸಮಕ್ಷಮ
• Poorvapara/ಪೂರ್ವಾಪರ
• Yugapallata/ಯುಗಪಲ್ಲಟ
• Navyaloka/ನವ್ಯಾಲೋಕ
• Bettale Pooje Yaake Koodadu?/ಬೆತ್ತಲೆ ಪೂಜೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಕೂಡದು?
• Valmikiya Nevadalli/ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿಯ ನೆವದಲ್ಲಿ
• Maatu Sotha Bharatha/ಮಾತು ಸೋತ ಭಾರತ
• Sadya Mattu Shashvata/ಸದ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಶ್ವತ
• Rujuvathu/ಋಜುವಾತು
• Ruchikara Kahisathyagala Kaala/ರುಚಿಕರ ಕಹಿಸತ್ಯಗಳ ಕಾಲ
• Kalamaana/ಕಾಲಮಾನ
• Aacheeche/ಆಚೀಚೆ
• Nanna Sahithyada Aidu Dashakagalu/ನನ್ನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಐದು ದಶಕಗಳು
• Bhishmaprajne/ಭೀಷ್ಮ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ
• Hindutva athava Hind Swaraj/ಹಿಂದುತ್ವ ಅಥವಾ ಹಿಂದ್ ಸ್ವರಾಜ್
• Andininda Indinavarege/ಅಂದಿನಿಂದ ಇಂದಿನವರೆಗೆ
• Aayda Barahagalu/ಆಯ್ದ ಬರಹಗಳು

Autobiography

Journalism

• Editor – Rujuvaathu/ಋಜುವಾತು

Editor

• Kannada Kavya Sangraha/ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾವ್ಯ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ - 1973

Movies

Teleserial

• Bharathipura/ಭಾರತೀಪುರ (DD Chandana) Directed by Krishna Masadi

References

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