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'''Adya Rangacharya''' (born 1904 [[Agarkhed]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]] |
'''Adya Rangacharya''' (born 1904 [[Agarkhed]], [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]] – died 1984), was an Indian writer, actor and scholar, and a member of the Adya Jahagirdar family [[Adya Jahagirdar family]].<ref name=karnataka>{{cite web | url=http://www.karnataka.com/personalities/adya-rangacharya/ | title=Adya Rangacharya – An Eminent Theatre Personality | date=November 4, 2011 | accessdate=9 July 2013 | author=Mudde, Raggi}}</ref> He attended universities in Bombay and the [[University of London]]. His writings were original and prolific, which made him a trend-setter among [[Kannada]] and Indian writers.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<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 | accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref> |
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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]]. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.<ref name=karnataka/> |
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]]. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.<ref name=karnataka/> |
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Adya Rangacharya (born 1904 Agarkhed, Bijapur district – died 1984), was an Indian writer, actor and scholar, and a member of the Adya Jahagirdar family Adya Jahagirdar family.[1] He attended universities in Bombay and the University of London. His writings were original and prolific, which made him a trend-setter among Kannada and Indian writers.[citation needed] He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[2]
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.[1] Besides a translation of Natyasastra,[3] 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. He use the pseudonym Sriranga when writing most of his plays and literary work.[1]