Ramachandra Deva

Ramachandra Deva (Ramachandrayya Deva) was born on March 22, 1948 in Kote Mundugaru village in Karnataka to Deva Raghavendrayya and Honnamma .Ramachandra Deva did his schooling in Kalmadka, Balila, Panja and Puttur and BA and MA in English literature from Mysore university. .Bangalore university awarded him Ph.D for his comparative analysis of Shakespeare translations in English and Indian languages, with particular reference to Kannada versions of his plays. . Worked as English lecturer in Milagres college Kalyanapura, Banumaiah college, Mysore and National college, Bangalore. Served as librarian for the United States Library of Congress Office. Went on to work as assistant editor for Prajavani, head of printers' prakashana and a successful farmer. He translated William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth to Kannada in the 1970s which have received considerable praise and are popularly staged. Ramachandra deva was an accomplished Kannada poet, writer and playwright. His works include indraprastha, mathaduva mara, samagra kavya(poetry), dangeya prakarana, moogela mattu itara kathegalu(stories), Shakespeare yeradu samskrutigalalli(research work), mucchu mathu itara lekhanagalu, matukate (collection of articles), and plays like kudure banthu kudure, kolalu mattu shankha, kalemba kambavu etc. He had written scripts for a film by Girish Kasaravalli and for a documentary on bhutaradhane by B.V.Karanth. Ramachandra Deva died on 11 September 2013 at Bangalore.His plays and translations continue to be popular and staged regularly ,paying homage to his abundant talent.Visit the official website of Ramachandra Deva for a more detailed insight into his life and works at www.devasahitya.in