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Birth anniversary of Kuvempu recently celebrated

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Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa

• 29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994
• Born in the Chikmanglur district of Karnataka
• Received early education in Shimoga and nearby districts and completed college education in Mysore.
• Started his academic career as teacher of Kannada language in Mysore and Bengaluru. Became professor, and then principal of the Maharaja’s College in Mysore, his alma mater
• Appointed as Vice Chancellor of Mysore University
• First student of the Mysore university to become its Vice Chancellor.
• First literary works were in English but then he shifted to his mother tongue Kannada.
• A poetry collection called “Beginner’s Muse” was his first literary work in English. Achieved extraordinary distinction by his creative works comprising almost all the genres of modern Kannada literature.
• Magnum opus is the Sri Ramayana Darshanam. It is based on Ramayana and led him to become a Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith Award winner.
• To promote research in Kannada, he founded the Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe (Institute of Kannada Studies) in the Mysore University. Today, it is known as Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies.