{"id":579,"date":"2017-12-29T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2017-12-29T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:07:10","slug":"kuvempu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/kuvempu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuppali Venkatappa Puttapp || Kuvempu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(<\/strong>1904\u00a0\u20131994)<\/p>\n<p>[Pen Name \u2013 Kuvempu]<\/p>\n<p>is considered to be the greatest Kannada Poet, Novelist, Author, Thinker and Critic of 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\">\n<p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li>Kuvempu\u2019s Academic Life<\/li>\n<li>Contribution to Indian \/ Kannada Literature<\/li>\n<li>Contribution to Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Kuvempus_Academic_Life\">Kuvempu\u2019s Academic Life<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>He was born in the Chikmanglur district of Karnataka in 1904. He had received early education in Shimoga and nearby districts and completed college education in Mysore. He started his academic career as teacher of Kannada language in Mysore and Bengaluru. \u00a0He became professor, and then principal of the Maharaja\u2019s College in Mysore, his\u00a0<em>alma mater<\/em>. In 1956, he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Mysore University. Thus, he was first student of the Mysore university to become its Vice Chancellor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amp-wp-inline-96e24f0134b52f1bc754a531f420ea4d\"><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Contribution_to_Indian_Kannada_Literature\">Contribution to Indian \/ Kannada Literature<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>His first literary works in English but then he shifted to his mother tongue Kannada. A poetry collection called \u201cBeginner\u2019s Muse\u201d was his first literary work in English. Thereafter, he achieved extraordinary distinction by his creative works comprising almost all the genres of modern Kannada literature. His magnum opus is the\u00a0<strong><em>Sri Ramayana Darshanam.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>It is based on Ramayana and led him to become a Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith Award winner. His other works include poem collections, novels, Plays, autobiography, stroires, essays and so on.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Contribution_to_Society\">Contribution to Society<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To promote research in Kannada, he founded the Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe\u00a0(Institute of Kannada Studies) in the Mysore University. Today, it is known as Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies. His tried to fight with the social evils through his work. For example, his work Shoodra Tapasvi was against the casteism and untouchability. His\u00a0<strong><em>Sri Ramayana Darshanam is\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>based in premise of Sarvodaya.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On 29 December 2017, Kuvempu was honored by Search Engine giant Google through a Google Doodle on his 113th Birth Day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(1904\u00a0\u20131994) [Pen Name \u2013 Kuvempu] is considered to be the greatest Kannada Poet, Novelist, Author, Thinker and Critic of 20th\u00a0century. 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