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| name = Adya Rangacharya

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| birth_name= R. V. Jagirdar

| pseudonym = Sriranga or Shriranga

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1904|09|26}}

| birth_place = [[Agarkhed]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|10|17|1904|12|29}}

| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India

| occupation = Poet, novelist, playwright, translator, actor, critic, scholar

| language = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]

| nationality = [[India]]n

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| spouse = Sharada Adya<ref name="timesofindia_1708448074">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Sharada-Adya-Rangacharya-dead/articleshow/1708448074.cms|title=Sharada Adya Rangacharya dead|publisher=Times of India|access-date=7 January 2002}}</ref>

| children = Usha Desai<ref name="timesofindia_1708448074"/> <br/> [[Shashi Deshpande]]<ref name="timesofindia_1708448074"/>

| awards =[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1967) <br/> [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1971) <br/> [[Padma Bhushan]] (1972)

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'''Adya Rangacharya''' (26 September 1904&nbsp;– 17 October 1984), known as '''R.V. Jagirdar''' till 1948,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTXougCB-NMC&pg=PA272|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|page=272|author=K. M. George|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1992|isbn=9788172017835}}</ref> later popularly known by his [[pen name]] '''Sriranga''', was an Indian [[Kannada language|Kannada]] writer, actor and scholar, and a member of the ''Adya Jahagirdar family''.<ref name=karnataka>{{cite web | url=http://www.karnataka.com/personalities/adya-rangacharya/ | title=Adya Rangacharya&nbsp;– An Eminent Theatre Personality | date=4 November 2011 | access-date=9 July 2013 | author=Mudde, Raggi}}</ref> He was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1967 and the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for literature in 1971 for ''Kalidasa'', a literary criticism in Kannada.

Rangacharya has been honoured with the [[Padma Bhushan]] third highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the literature and education in 1972 by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Life==

Adya Rangacharya birth name was R. V. Jagirdar <ref name=Oxford /> and was born in [[Agarkhed]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]]. He has his education at [[Bombay University|Bombay]] and [[London University|London]] Universities. His writings made him a trend-setter among Kannada and Indian writers. His works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the theatre, on Sanskrit drama and the Bhagavadgita; but it was as a dramatist that he made his mark (47 full-length and 68 one-act plays).<ref name=wcau>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Adya+Rangacharya&qt=results_page WorldCat author listing]</ref> He is known for his English translation of the classic work on Indian classical theatre, the [[Natyasastra]] <ref name=Oxford>Rangacharya, Adya (1904-84), in ''The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre'' [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5111918854 Oxford Reference Online]</ref>

==Works==

Rangacharya's works include twelve novels and a number of scholarly books on the Theatre, on [[Sanskrit]] drama and the [[Bhagavadgita]]. He also wrote 71 plays and acted in 47.<ref name=karnataka/> Besides a translation of [[Natyasastra]],<ref>{{cite book | title=The NATYASASTRA (English Translation with Critical Notes) | publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers | author=Rangacharya, Adya}}</ref> his other works in English include Drama in [[Sanskrit Literature]], Indian Theatre, Introduction to Bharata’s Natyasastra, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan Languages]]. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.<ref name=karnataka/>

His works in English are:

*Bharata, Muni, and Śrīraṅga. '' The Nāṭyaśāstra: English Translation with Critical Notes.'' New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1996.

*Drama in Sanskrit Literature, and Introduction to the Comparative Philosophy and Indo-Aryan Languages.

*Rangacharya, Adya. ''Introduction to Bharata's Nātya-Śāstra.'' Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1966.<ref name=wcIn>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65370817 WorldCat]</ref>

*Rangacharya, Adya. ''The Indian Theatre.'' New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1971.

*Śrīraṅga, . Drama in Sanskrit Literature. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1967 (2nd ed.)

*Śrīraṅga, .'' The Quest for Wisdom, Thoughts on the Bhagawadgita.'' Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1993. (translation of two Kannada works ''Gītagāmbhīrya'' and ''Gītādarpaṇa''

Among his works translated into English are

*Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by G S. Amur).''Listen Janamejaya and Other Plays.'' New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2005.

*Śrīraṅga, (transl. by Shashi Deshpande) ''Opening Scene: Early Memoirs of a Dramatist and a Play.'' New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006.

*Rangacharya, Adya, (transl. by Usha Desai). ''Shadows in the Dark: Four Plays.'' Bangalore, India: Unisun Publications, 2007.

*Sriranga, .'' These Tombs Alone Remain: A Novel'' Bangalore: Shriranga Saraswat Prakashana, 1959.

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