G. S. Shivarudrappa | |
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Born | Issuru, Shikaripura, Kingdom of Mysore, British India | 7 February 1926
Died | 23 December 2013 Bangalore, Karnataka, India | (aged 87)
Occupation | Writer, professor |
Nationality | Indian |
Period | 1950–2007 |
Genre | Poetry, criticism |
Literary movement | Navya, Navodaya and Pragathisheela |
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.