B. M. Srikantaiah

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Belluru Mylaraiyya Srikantaiah
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© Kamat's Potpourri
BornTuruvekere, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
DiedBangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
OccupationPoet, writer
NationalityIndian
GenreFiction
Literary movementNavodaya
RelativesAnasuya Shankar (niece)
Aryamba Pattabhi (niece)

Belluru Mylaraiah Srikantaiah (3 January 1884 – 5 January 1946),[1][2] was an Indian author, writer and translator of Kannada literature.

Prominent Students[edit]

Works[edit]

  • Gadayuddha Natakam (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ ನಾಟಕಂ) (play)
  • Aswatthaaman ( ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನ್ ) (Play)
  • Honganasugalu ( ಹೊಂಗನಸುಗಳು ) (Poetry)

Translations[edit]

  • English Geetegalu (ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಗೀತೆಗಳು )(English Songs, 1921)
  • " lead kindly light"
  • Kural (1940, Bangalore)
  • Silappatikaram[3]

Literary criticism[edit]

  • Kannadigarige olleya saahitya (Good literature for Kannada People)
  • Kannada Kaipidi (History of Kannada Literature)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Ranganna, S. V. (1972). B. M. Srikantia. Kannada Writers and Their Work. Mysore: Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore. p. 11. OCLC 902691.
  2. Murthy Rao, A. N. (1974). B. M. Srikantayya. Makers of Indian Literature. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 10. OCLC 1859561.
  3. B M Srikantiah: Biographical Sketch (PDF). Shodh Ganga. p. 87. Retrieved 13 February 2017.