Gs shivarudrappa biography in kannada

Indian Kannada poet

Guggari Shanthaveerappa Shivarudrappa (7 February 1926 – 23 December 2013), or colloquially GSS, was an Indian Kannada poet, writer, and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi (national poet) by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.

Gs shivarudrappa biography in kannada

Early life

Shivarudrappa was born on 7 February 1926 in Issur Village, Shikaripura Taluk, in Shivamogga district of Karnataka. ^{[citation needed]} He died on 23 December 2013 in Bangalore.

His father was a school teacher. He did his primary and secondary schooling in Shikaripura.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Shivarudrappa gained his BA in 1949 and MA in 1953 from University of Mysore, having secured gold medals on three occasions.

He was a student and follower of Kuvempu and was heavily inspired by Kuvempu's literary works and life.^{[citation needed]}

In 1965, G.S. Shivarudrappa secured a doctorate for his thesis "Saundarya Samīkṣe" (Kannada : ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ