Honnali Tipperudraswamy (3 February 1928 – 28 October 1994) was an Indian scholar and writer of

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. He wrote political history, religious realities and cultural aspects. He has written a few biographies meant for children on the lives of Kannada poets and Veerashaiva saints. He has made contributions to literary criticism and modern literature.

Early life and education

Swamy was born in Hiregonigere village, Honnāli,

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, and obtained early education in his native town and Teerthahalli. He secured

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. Hons. in 1951 and

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in 1952 degrees in Kannada from the

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission ...

. His work, ‘Sharanara Anubhaava Saahitya’ (Mystical Literature of the Shivasharanas’) earned him a Ph. D. degree from the Karnataka University.

Post held

He joined his alma mater as a lecturer in 1964 and later became the director of the Institute for Postal and Correspondence Courses in the University of Mysore (1973–75). He was Director of the Post Graduate Centre of the University at Bhadra Project in Shivamogga district (1975-1984) and Director of "Sri Kuvempu Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe Mysore" till he sought voluntary retirement in 1987.

Awards

Tipperudraswamy was awarded the Kendra Sahitya Academy award for his "Karnataka Samskriti Sameekshe" in 1969. He received the Lifetime Award of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in 1985.

Works

Novels

He wrote novels on the famous saints such as Paripoornadedege Allamaprabhu, Kartarana Kammata

Basaveshwara Basaveshwara, colloquially known as Basavanna, was a 12th-century CE Indian statesman, philosopher, poet, Lingayat social reformer in the Shiva-focussed bhakti movement, and a Hindu Shaivite social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chal ...

, Kadaliya Karpura

Akkamahadevi Akka Mahadevi ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ (c.1130–1160) was one of the early female poets of the Kannada literature and a prominent person in the Lingayat Shaiva sect in the 12th century. Her 430 extant Vachana poems (a form of sponta ...

and he also wrote novels on the famous kings of

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such as Vijaya Kalyana on Proudhadevaraya and Satyashraya Samrajya on Immadi Pulukeshi. * Paripoornadedege * Kadaliya Karpura * Kartarana Kammata * Jyoti Belagutide * Neralacheya Baduku * Jadadalli Jangama * Alivininda Ulivige * Aviralajnani Chennabasavanna * Shistugara Shivappanayaka * Vachana Virupaksha * Vijaya Kalyana * Satyashraya Samrajya

Criticism and other works

* Shunyatatva Vikasa Mattu Shunya Sampadane (1963) * Sharanara Anubava Sahitya (1963) * Vacanagalalli Virashaivadharma (1969) *

Samskriti Samikshe (1968) * Kannadadalli Anubhava Sahitya (1962) * Chmarasa (Biography) * Bhimakavi (1970) *Shri Sharana Charita Manasa (1956) (Textual Criticism) * Amugi Devayyagala Sngatya (1965) (Textual Criticism) * Siddarma Charite (1975) (Textual Criticism) * Basaveshvara Vachanadeepike * Shunyasampadane * Prataparudreeya * Sahitya Vimarsheya Tatvagalu

About him and his literature

* H. Tipperudraswamy (Biography) by N. S. Tharanath * H. Tipperudraswamy (Biography) by Honnalli Channesha * Shivachinthana A Felicitation Volume about the Life and Literature of H. Thipperudraswamy

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tipperudraswamy, H. 1928 births 1994 deaths People from Davanagere district University of Mysore alumni Kannada-language writers Kannada poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada