T. S. Venkannayya

Not to be confused with TS Venkannaiah.

T. S. Venkannayya
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Born(1885-10-01)1 October 1885
Taľaku, Challakere, Chitradurga, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died14 February 1939(1939-02-14) (aged 53)
Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Pen nameTaľakina Venkannayya
Occupation
  • Kannada writer
  • Teacher
  • Professor
  • Editor
  • Translator
  • Activist
LanguageKannada, Old Kannada, Bengali, Sanskrit, English
NationalityIndian
Alma materMaharaja College, Mysore
Period1920–35
Notable worksSri Ramakrishna Paramahamsara Charitre, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsara Leelaprasanga, Prachina Sahitya, Harischandrakavya Sangraha, Kannada Sahitya Charitre Mathu Ithara Lekhanagalu
SpouseBhageerathamma, Rukmini
RelativesT. S. Venkannaiah, T. S. Shama Rao, T. R. Subba Rao, Belagere Krishna Sastry
Website
T. S. Venkannayya

Taľaku Subbanna Venkannayya (1 October 1885 – 14 September 1939) was University of Mysore's first Kannada Professor.[1][2][3] He was also a popular Kannada writer,[4] translator, editor and teacher who nurtured many later Kannada littérateurs like Kuvempu, D. L. Narasimhachar, T. N. Srikantaiah, K. S. Narasimhaswamy, M. V. Seetharamaiah, C. K. Venkataramaiah, K. Venkataramappa, G. Venkatasubbiah[5] and S. V. Parameshwara Bhatta.[6][7] In fact, Kuvempu begins his book Sri Ramayana Darshanam with a two-page dedication to his teacher T. S. Venkannayya.[8] T. S. Venkannayya translated the biography of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa from Bengali into Kannada for the first time in 1919.[9] T. S. Venkannayya along with D. V. Gundappa, V. Seetharamaiah, B. M. Srikantaiah and T. N. Srikantaiah were at the forefront of the Kannada Movement from 1920s onwards and were instrumental in the founding of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (Bangalore) and Kannada Sangha (Kannada Literary Association) at Central College, Bangalore and Maharaja College, Mysore.[10] T. S. Venkannayya was responsible for the organising of the 1931 Kannada Sahitya Sammelan (literary summit) at Mysore.[11]

  1. ^ "T. S. Venkannayya". Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ T. S. Venkannayya: A Short Biography – Edited by Dr. T. V. Venkatachala Sastry (1 ed.). (Mulukanadu Sabha, Mysore) – 2000. p. 20.
  3. ^ T. S. Venkannayya: A Monograph on Modern Kannada Writer by Ramegowda (2 ed.). Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 2017. p. XIV.
  4. ^ "Jaina Culture In Kannada Literature By Mr. M. Chidananda Murthy". www.jainsamaj.org. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ "A centenarian eager to guide young lexicographers". The Hindu. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. ^ T. S. Venkannayya by T. S. Gopal (Ed. Dr. Na. Someshwara). Mysore. 2015. p. 21.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "ಆಘಾತದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಹಾಸ್ಯಾನುಭೂತಿ; ಅಕ್ರಮ-ಸಕ್ರಮ… ತರಹೇವಾರಿ ಕಳ್ಳತನ". Udayavani (in Kannada). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ Shri Ramayana Darshanam : Sahitya Akademi award winning Kannada epic | WorldCat.org. OCLC 557436464. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via www.worldcat.org.
  9. ^ Vinnayónnati – Festschrift Volume honouring T. S. Venkannayya. Mysore: University of Mysore. 1986. p. XXIV.
  10. ^ "B. M. Srikantaiah (Part 2) - Prekshaa". www.prekshaa.in. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Savinenapu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).