G. S. Amur

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birthdate = 8 May 1925
birthplace = Bommanahalli, Dharwad District, Karnataka
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occupation = Writer
nationality = India
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languages = Kannada, English, Sanskrit, Marathi
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Gururaja Shyamacharya Amur (Kannada: ಜಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಮೂರ; born May 8, 1925), is a leading contemporary writer and critic in Kannada and English. He is married to Smt. Shanta Amur and currently resides in Dharwad, Karnataka.

Early life

Amur was born in Bommanahalli in the Dharwad district of Karnataka in southern India. He obtained his Master of Arts degree in English from Bombay University and his PhD from Karnatak University. His thesis was titled [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/14982528 "The Concept of Comedy"] .

Career Life

After his M.A., Amur worked as a Professor of English at Karnatak University in Dharwad and Marathwada University in Aurangabad before he visited the University of California at Santa Barbara and Yale University as a Senior Fulbright scholar in 1972-73.

Literary Work

Awards

* Pampa Award in 2006cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/27/stories/2007032706570400.htm|title= ' G.S. Amur, Lalitha Naik among those chosen for State awards'|work=Online webpage of The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2008-01-16]
* Da. Ra. Bendre Award in 2005cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/01/stories/2006020108160300.htm|title= ' G.S. Amur receives Bendre Award'|work=Online webpage of The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2008-01-16]
* Rajyotsava Award in 2000cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/10/31/stories/04312109.htm|title= '51 chosen for Rajyotsava award: Amur, Sudha, Simha among recipients'|work=Online webpage of The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2008-01-16]
* Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10307.htm#kannada|title= 'Awards and Fellowships'|work=Online webpage of Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=2008-01-16]
* Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993, 1994
* "Hons" S.S. Malwad Prashasti in 1988
* Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award in 1988

Bibliography

Books

Kannada

* ನಿಂದ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ (೨೦೦೪), "Ninda Hejje" (2004)
* ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ ಕಾವ್ಯ(೨೦೦೩) "Bendre Kaavya" (2003)
* ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಥೆ (೨೦೦೩) "Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Sanna Kathe" (2003)
* ಸೀಮೋಲ್ಲಂಘನ (೨೦೦೨) "Seemollanghana" (2002)
* ಕಥನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (೨೦೦೧) "Kathanashastra" (2001)
* ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ (೨೦೦೦) "Shantinath Desai" (2000)
* ಅಮೃತವಾಹಿನಿ (೨೦೦೦) "Amrutavaahini" (2000)
* ಬೇಂದ್ರೆಕಾವ್ಯದ ಪ್ರತಿಮಾಲೋಕ (೨೦೦೦) "Bendrekaavyada Pratimaaloka" (2000)
* ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೆಯ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ (೨೦೦೦) "Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre" (2000)
* ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪ (೧೯೯೯) "Kaadambariya Swaroopa" (1999)
* ವಿರಾಟ ಪುರುಷ: ಶ್ರೀರಂಗ ಸಾರಸ್ವತ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ (೧೯೯೮) "Viraata Purusha: Shriranga Saraswata Sameekshe" (1998)
* ಸಾತ್ವಿಕ ಪಥ (೧೯೯೫) "Saatvika Patha" (1995)
* ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: ಕಾದಂಬರಿ (೧೯೯೪) "Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Kaadambari" (1994)
* ಕಾಮೆಡಿ (೧೯೯೩) "Comedy" (1993)
* ವ್ಯವಸಾಯ (೧೯೯೨) "Vyavasaaya" (1992)
* [http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/9E4451097DC6A3F96525699F00346ABE?OpenDocument&StartKey=Bhuvanada&Count=100 ಭುವನದ ಭಾಗ್ಯ] (೧೯೯೧) "Bhuvanada Bhagya" (1991)
* ಅರ್ಥಲೋಕ (೧೯೮೮) "Arthaloka" (1988)
* ಅ. ನ. ಕೃಶ್ನರಯರು (೧೯೮೭) "A.N. Krishnarayaru" (1987)
* ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಬೆಳೆವಣಿಗೆ (೧೯೮೩) "Kannada Kaadambariya Belevanige" (1983)

English

* [http://www.abebooks.com/.../Amur,+G.+S.%3B+Sahitya+Akademi/Dattatreya+Ramachandra+Bendre+(Ambikatanayadatta)/ "Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre"] (1994)
* [http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9788171893904/Amur,+G.+S./Creations+&+Transcreations/ "Creations & Transcreations"] (1992)
* [http://jcl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/28/3/45 "Forbidden Fruit, Views on Indo-Anglian Fiction"] (1992)
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000CQDGJ "A.N. Krishnarao"] (1987)
* "Colonial Consciousness In Commonwealth Literature" (1984)
* "Essays on Comparative Literature and Linguistics" (1984)
* "Images and Impressions: Essays Mainly on Contemporary Indian Literature" (1979)
* [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/14982528 "The Concept of Comedy: A Re-statement"] (1963)

Anthologies

* ಕೊರಳು-ಕೊಳಲು "Koralu Kolalu: Collection of critical articles on modern kannada poetry" (2006)
* "Anthology of Selected Plays of Sriranga" (2005)
* ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯೋತ್ತರ ಸಣ್ಣಕಥೆಗಳು (೨೦೦೪) "Swatantryottara Sannakathegalu (2004)
* [http://cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/BEA336AD3D6C04D565256CC5006E5730?OpenDocument&StartKey=Avala&Count=100 ಅವಳ ಕಥೆಗಳು (೧೯೯೯)] "Avala Kathegalu" (1999)
* "Selected Kannada Short Stories" (1993)

Translations

Essays

* "The River, the Lotus Pond and the Ruined Temple: An Essay on Symbolism in RK Narayan's Novels" (1985)
* "Philip Roth's My Life as a Man: Portrait of the Artist as a Trapped Husband" (1984)
* "The Beautiful and the Necessary: A Note on Emerson's Idea of Form" (1983)
* "Marriage as Symbolic Strategy in Seeta, Esmond in India and The Serpent and the Rope" (1981)
* "Theme, Structure, and Symbol in The Catcher in the Rye" (1969)
* "Self-Recognition in The Serpent and The Rope"
* "A Saint for Malgudi: A New Look at R.K. Narayan’s The Guide"
* "Hellenic Heroines and Sexless Angels: Images of Women in Forster's Novels"

External links

* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/27/stories/2007032706570400.htm]

References