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    Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

    Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada
    language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award,[1] the
    highest literary honor conferred in India.[2] He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti
    which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure". He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote
    under the pen name Srinivasa. He was honoured with the title Rajasevasakta by then Maharaja of
    Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadeyar.

    Early life and education

    Maasti was born in 1891 at Hungenahalli in Kolar district of Karnataka in a Tamil speaking Sri
    Vaishnavaite Iyengar Brahmin family.[3] He spent his early childhood in Maasti village. He obtained a
    master's degree in English literature (Arts) in 1914 from Madras University.[4] After joining the Indian
    Civil Service (Known as the Mysore Civil Service in the days of the Maharaja of Mysore), he held
    various positions of responsibility in different parts of Karnataka, rising to the rank of District
    Commissioner. After 26 years of service, he resigned in 1943, as a protest when he did not get the
    post equivalent to a Minister, which he felt that he deserved, and a junior was promoted ahead of
    him.[4] He wrote some pieces in English and then switched to writing in the Kannada language.[4] He
    often used the pen name Srinivasa.[5]

    Masti Venkatesh Iyengar


    Works Masti Venkatesh Iyengar

    He published his first work, Rangana Maduve in


    1910. His last work was Maatugara Ramanna,
    from 1985.[5] Kelavu Sanna Kathegalu (Some
    Short Stories) was his first notable work in
    modern Kannada literature. Maasti also crafted a
    number poems on various philosophic, aesthetic
    and social themes. He composed and translated
    several important plays and was the editor of the
    monthly journal Jivana (Life) from 1944 to 1965.

    A prolific writer, he wrote more than 123 books in


    Kannada[5] and 17 in English, over the course of
    seventy years. He won the Jnanpith Award in
    1983 for his novel Chikka Veera Rajendra. The Born 6 June 1891
    story was about the last Rajah of Kodagu. Hungenahalli Malur
    taluk, Kolar district,
    Kingdom of Mysore
    Demise
    Died 6 June 1986
    (aged 95)
    Masti Venkatesh Iyengar died on his 95th
    Bangalore, Karnataka,
    birthday in 1986. India

    Pen name Srinivasa


    Commemorations
    Occupation Civil Servant ·
    professor · writer
    Since 1993, an award in his name, the "Masti
    Venkatesha Iyengar Award" is presented to well- Nationality Indian
    known writers from Karnataka.[6] His house is Genre Fiction
    located in Basavanagudi area in Bangalore.[7] His
    Subject Kannada literature
    house, located in Maasti village, Maluru Taluk
    (Kolar District) has been converted into a library Literary movement Navodaya
    and maintained by the Government of
    Karnataka.[8] Masti Residential School was started in his memory in 2006–07, at a nearby
    location.[9]

    Bibliography
    Epics

    Shri Rama Pattabisheka (Coronation of Shri Ram)

    Novels

    Chikaveera Rajendra

    Channabasava Nayaka

    Subbana

    Sheshamma

    Stories and Anthologies

    Kelavu Sanna Kathegalu (Some Short Stories)

    100 Short stories in a number of volumes

    Ranga's Marriage

    Venkatashami's Love Affair

    Plays

    Kakanakote

    Manjule

    Yashodhara

    Purandaradaasa

    Bhattara Magalu

    Shanthaa

    Autobiography

    Bhaava (Three Volumes)

    Other

    Subbanna (1928)
    Sheshamma (1976)

    Shanta (1923)

    Talikoti (1929)

    Yashodhara (1933)

    Kannadad Seve (1930)

    Arun (1924)

    Tavare (1930)

    Sankranti (1969)

    Notes

    1. "Jnanapeeth Awards" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060427081930/http://www.ekavi.org/jn


    anpeeth.htm) . Ekavi. Archived from the original (http://ekavi.org/jnanpeeth.htm) on 27 April
    2006. Retrieved 31 October 2006.

    2. "Jnanpith Laureates Official listings" (https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jna


    npith.net/laureates/index.html) . Jnanpith Website. Archived from the original (http://jnanpith.
    net/laureates/index.html) on 13 October 2007.

    3. Iyengar, Masti Venkatesha; Sharma, Ramachandra (August 2019). Masti (https://books.google.


    com/books?id=e6VqgWouUmUC&pg=PA11) . Katha. ISBN 978-81-87649-50-2.

    4. Ramachandra Sharama Ed., Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (2004). Masti (https://books.google.co


    m/books?id=e6VqgWouUmUC&q=masti+venkatesh+iyengar) . New Delhi: Katha.
    ISBN 9788187649502.

    5. "Man of letters" (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/man-of-let


    ters/article805272.ece) . The Hindu. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

    6. "Masti Venkatesh Iyengar Award presented to Nisar Ahmed" (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-


    paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/masti-venkatesh-iyengar-award-presented-to-nisar-ahmed/artic
    le3124604.ece) . The Hindu. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

    7. "Garbage doesn't spare even Masti's house" (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/


    garbage-doesnt-spare-even-mastis-house/article4145661.ece) . The Hindu. 29 November
    2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

    8. "Jnanpith writer Masti's house made into a library" (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/308


    42/content/215869/F) . Deccan Herald. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
    9. "Masti school bereft of building, staff" (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/72193/masti-sc
    hool-bereft-building-staff.html) . Deccan Herald. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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