Ramachandra Deva
{{Short description|Noted writer in Kannada (1948–2013)}}
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Ramachandra Deva (Ramachandrayya Deva) (22 March 1948 – 11 September 2013) was an Indian writer. Deva was born in Kote Mundugaru village in Karnataka, India, to Deva Raghavendrayya and Honnamma.
Education
Deva completed his schooling in Kalmadka, Balila, Panja and Puttur and received BA and MA degrees in English literature from the University of Mysore. Bangalore University awarded him a Ph.D for his comparative analysis of Shakespeare translations in English and Indian languages, with particular reference to Kannada-language versions of his plays.
He worked as an English lecturer at Milagres College, Kalyanapura; Banumaiah College, Mysore; and National College, Bangalore. Deva served as librarian for the United States Library of Congress Office. He went on to work as assistant editor for the newspaper Prajavani, worked as head of printers' Prakashana{{Clarify|reason=No idea what this means without context|date=July 2021}} and worked as 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.{{cite journal|date=January 2002|journal=Hamlet Studies|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|volume=24|pages=71|issn=0256-2480}}
Works
Deva was an accomplished Kannada poet, writer and playwright.{{cite news|date=24 June 2005|title=Futility of all wars|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/24/stories/2005062403600300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110101013/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/24/stories/2005062403600300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2006|access-date=26 February 2012}} His works include {{Transliteration|kn|Indraprastha}}, {{Transliteration|kn|Mathaduva mara}}, {{Transliteration|kn|Samagra kavya}} (poetry), {{Transliteration|kn|Dangeya prakarana}}, {{Transliteration|kn|Moogela mattu itara kathegalu}} (stories), Shakespeare {{Transliteration|kn|yeradu samskrutigalalli}} (research work), {{Transliteration|kn|Mucchu mathu itara lekhanagalu}}, {{Transliteration|kn|Matukate}} (collection of articles), and plays like {{Transliteration|kn|Kudure banthu kudure}}, {{Transliteration|kn|Kolalu mattu shankha}}, and {{Transliteration|kn|Kalemba kambavu}}. He wrote scripts for a film by Indian director Girish Kasaravalli and for a documentary on Bhutaradhane by B.V. Karanth.He was the chairman of Bodhi Trust which is a literary cultural organization that publishes books.His work “Mutthu Mattu Ithara Lekhanagalu” won the prestigious “Inandar Award”.{{Cite web|title=Sullia: Noted Kannada poet, writer Ramachandra Deva no more|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=188508|access-date=2021-10-02|website=www.daijiworld.com|language=en}}
He also held Kavyodyoga, an archive for Indian poetry in English translation and also the other Indian languages.{{Cite web|last1=Nandakumar|first1=Prathibha|date=September 13, 2013|title=Recreating the Bard in Kannada|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/kannada-bangalore-karnataka-dr-ramachandra-deva/articleshow/22554707.cms|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en}}
Death and legacy
References
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Category:Kannada dramatists and playwrights
Category:Kannada-language writers
Category:Librarians at the Library of Congress
Category:Translators from English
Category:Translators of William Shakespeare
Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Indian translators
Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka
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