M. V. Seetharamiah, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

M. V. Seetharamiah

Indian academic

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1910

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1990

Profession: writer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About M. V. Seetharamiah

  • M.
  • V.
  • Seetharamiah (Kannada: ??.??.??????????, pen name Raghava; 9 September 1910 – 12 March 1990) was a scholar, professor, researcher and Kannada writer.Born into a family of scholars, on September 9, 1910, in Mysore, the late “model teacher” did his postgraduation in Kannada in 1933. He earned his M.A.
  • from the Maharaja College of Mysore.
  • He was given various awards including Karnataka Sahitya Academy. He came under the tutelage of great teachers and pioneers of Kannada literature of that period such as B.M.
  • Srikantaiah, T.S.
  • Venkannaiah, A.R.
  • Krishna Shastry, T.N.
  • Srikantaiah and D.L.
  • Narasimhachar. In 1934, he worked as secretary, Kannada Sahitya Parishat.
  • D.V.
  • Gundappa was then the vice-president of the parishat. He was the Assistant Editor of the Mysore University’s English-Kannada dictionary from 1939 to 1946.
  • He joined the Government Arts College, Bangalore, in 1946 and retired in 1967.
  • He took special interest in palaeography and provided new insights into several Kannada manuscripts.
  • Recipient of many literary and public honours, Seetharamaiah identified himself with the Pragatisheela school of Kannada literary tradition.
  • He has to his credit over 100 works. He was responsible for establishing the B.M.
  • Sri.
  • Pratisthana in Bangalore in 1979.
  • He died on March 12, 1990 in Bangalore.

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