biography of Kumar Ramanujan
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Childhood
Ramanujan[5] was born in Mysore City on 16 March 1929. His father, Attipat Asuri Krishnaswami, an astronomer and professor of mathematics at Mysore University, was known for his interest in English, Kannada and Sanskrit languages. His mother was a homemaker. Ramanujan also had a brother, A.K. Srinivasan who was a writer and mathematician.
Education
Ramanujan was educated at Marimallappa's High School, Mysore, and at the Maharaja College of Mysore. In college, Ramanujan majored in science in his freshman year, but his father persuaded him to change his major from science to English. Later, Ramanujan became a Fellow of Deccan College, Pune in 1958–59 and a Fulbright Scholar at Indiana University in 1959–62. He was educated in English at the University of Mysore and received his PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University.[6]
Biography of Kumar Ramanujan
- Ramanujan, Attipate Krishnaswami (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993), was an Indian poet and analyst of Indian literature who put it down in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan was a poet, philologist, folklorist, translator, and dramatist, as well as a poet, scholar, and lecturer.
- His scholarly study was conducted in English, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit, among other languages.
- He wrote on both ancient and current versions of this literature, and he fought hard for the recognition of non-standard dialects. Ramanujan's poetry is recognized as mysterious works of astonishing originality, elegance, and poignant creativity, despite the fact that he wrote extensively and in a variety of genres.
- In 1999, for The Collected Poems, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously.