Adya Rangacharya | |
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| Born | R. V. Jagirdar (1904-09-26)26 September 1904 |
| Died | 17 October 1984(1984-10-17) (aged 79) |
| Pen name | Sriranga or Shriranga |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, playwright, translator, actor, critic, scholar |
| Language | 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 asR.V. Jagirdar till 1948,[2] later popularly known by hispen nameSriranga, was an IndianKannada writer, actor and scholar, and a member of theAdya Jahagirdar family.[3] He was awarded theSangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1967 and theSahitya Akademi Award for literature in 1971 forKalidasa, a literary criticism in Kannada.
Rangacharya has been honoured with thePadma Bhushan third highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the literature and education in 1972 by theGovernment of India.[4]
Adya Rangacharya birth name was R. V. Jagirdar[5] and was born inAgarkhed,Bijapur district. He has his education atBombay andLondon Universities. His writings made him a trend-setter among Kannada and Indian writers. His works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the theatre, on Sanskrit drama and the Bhagavadgita; but it was as a dramatist that he made his mark (47 full-length and 68 one-act plays).[6] He is known for his English translation of the classic work on Indian classical theatre, theNatyasastra[5]
Rangacharya's works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the Theatre, onSanskrit drama and theBhagavadgita. He also wrote 71 plays and acted in 47.[3] Besides a translation ofNatyasastra,[7] his other works in English include Drama inSanskrit Literature, Indian Theatre, Introduction to Bharata’s Natyasastra, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy andIndo-Aryan Languages. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.[3]
His works in English are:
Among his works translated into English are
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