R. S. Mugali


Ram Shri Mugali was a Kannada language writer. He was awarded the central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre". He was the president of the 44th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Siddganga, in the Tumkur district of Karnataka state, India.

Early life

Mugali was born in a Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family in Hole Alur in the Ron Taluk of Gadag district, British India. In 1933, he was appointed professor of Kannada at Willingdon College, Sangli. Among his students at Willingdon were writers Subbanna Ekkundi and Gangadhar V. Chittal. In 1966, Mugali retired as a principal of the Willingdon College. From 1967 to 1970, he worked as the Head of the Kannada Department at the Bangalore University, Bangalore. Mugali died in Bangalore on 20 February 1992.

Works

Kannada Sahitya CharitreKannada Sahitya Charitre - Aadhunika Kannada Sahitya Charitre SahitaKannada Sahitya Vimarsheya Thatvika VivechaneBendre KavyaSahityopasaneSri Sri Aravinda MakarandaPunarnavodaya Mattu SahityopasanePracheen Kannada Sahitya RoopagaluKannada Kavya SanchayaSri Aravindara SavitriAgnivarnaNava ManavaBasigaApr KaruneOm ShanthiKaarana Purasha Mattu BaaluriAnnaDhanajayaEttida KaiRannana Kriti RatnaKannadada Kare
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