Career and Literature
Rama Rao found a job as a Health Inspector at the state health department, and he held this job till his retirement.
His first work was Bheeshmasankalpa which was received well. That began a prolific literary career which produced short stories, poetry collections, dramas, novels, translations, an epic poem and an autobiography. In the process, he became the first president of the Mandya district Kannada Sahitya Parishat. He was also awarded by the state government of Karnataka for his works.
Rama Rao's literary focus was mainly inspired by the many places that his job as a Health Inspector took him to. He served mainly in the rural areas of Karnataka where he came across remnants of two great empires by the Hoysala and the Mysore Wodeyar dynasties. Many of his works like Shilpasangeeta, Natyamandaara and Nritya Saraswati were inspired by the Hoysalas. A corollary was his deep interest in Jainism which resulted in one of his last works, Attimabbe.
He wrote two historical novels on the Mysore Wodeyar dynasty - Yaduwodeya and Monegaara. Significant and acclaimed departures from his main interests include Shaakuntala (an epic poem), Sri Krishnadarshana (an alternative biography of Krishna).
His dramas were prescribed text books in two of the major universities of Karnataka for undergraduate and graduate courses. The delicious irony was that a high school graduates books were being read by graduate level students.
G.V.Iyer based his Shanthala television series on Rama Rao's dramas.
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| Name | Rao, Samethanahalli Rama |
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| Date of birth | November 24, 1917 |
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| Date of death | October 5, 1999 |
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