G. S. Amur

G.S. Amur
Born	8 May 1925 Bommanahalli, Dharwad District
Occupation	Writer Professor
Nationality	Indian
Genres	Literary Criticism
Notable award(s)	Pampa award, Sahitya Akademi Award, Bendre Award, Rajyotsava Award, State award

Gururaja Shyamacharya Amur (Kannada: ಜಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಮೂರ; born May 8, 1925), a professor of literature, is a leading contemporary writer and critic in Kannada and English. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award, Da. Ra. Bendre Award, Rajyotsava Award, State award and the Pampa award. Amur is the older brother of K. S. Amur an Indian mathematician and a disciple of Sri Aurobindo.

Career

Amur was born in Bommanahalli village in the Dharwad district. He obtained his M. A. degree in English from the University of Mumbai and his Ph.D. in English from the Karnatak University, Dharwar. His thesis was titled The Concept of Comedy. After his M.A., Amur worked as a Professor of English at the Karnatak University, Dharwad and Marathwada University in Aurangabad before he visited the University of California at Santa Barbara and Yale University as a Senior Fulbright scholar in 1972-73. He is married to Smt. Shanta Amur and currently resides in Dharwad.

Literary Work

Awards

• Masti Award in 2010
• Pampa Award in 2006
• Da. Ra. Bendre Award in 2005
• Rajyotsava Award in 2000
• Sahitya Akademi Award in 1996
• Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993, 1994
• Hons S.S. Malwad Prashasti in 1988
• Karnataka Sahitya Akademi in 1988

Bibliography

Books

Kannada

• ನಿಂದ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ (೨೦೦೪), Ninda Hejje (2004)
• ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ ಕಾವ್ಯ(೨೦೦೩) Bendre Kaavya (2003)
• ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಥೆ (೨೦೦೩) Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Sanna Kathe (2003)
• ಸೀಮೋಲ್ಲಂಘನ (೨೦೦೨) Seemollanghana (2002)
• ಕಥನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (೨೦೦೧) Kathanashastra (2001)
• ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ (೨೦೦೦) Shantinath Desai (2000)
• ಅಮೃತವಾಹಿನಿ (೨೦೦೦) Amrutavaahini (2000)
• ಬೇಂದ್ರೆಕಾವ್ಯದ ಪ್ರತಿಮಾಲೋಕ (೨೦೦೦) Bendrekaavyada Pratimaaloka (2000)
• ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೆಯ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ (೨೦೦೦) Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (2000)
• ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪ (೧೯೯೯) Kaadambariya Swaroopa (1999)
• ವಿರಾಟ ಪುರುಷ: ಶ್ರೀರಂಗ ಸಾರಸ್ವತ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ (೧೯೯೮) Viraata Purusha: Shriranga Saraswata Sameekshe (1998)
• ಸಾತ್ವಿಕ ಪಥ (೧೯೯೫) Saatvika Patha (1995)
• ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಥನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: ಕಾದಂಬರಿ (೧೯೯೪) Kannada Kathana Sahitya: Kaadambari (1994)
• ಕಾಮೆಡಿ (೧೯೯೩) Comedy (1993)
• ವ್ಯವಸಾಯ (೧೯೯೨) Vyavasaaya (1992)
• ಭುವನದ ಭಾಗ್ಯ (೧೯೯೧) Bhuvanada Bhagya (1991)
• ಅರ್ಥಲೋಕ (೧೯೮೮) Arthaloka (1988)
• ಅ. ನ. ಕೃಶ್ನರಾಯರು (೧೯೮೭) A.N. Krishnarayaru (1987)
• ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯ ಬೆಳೆವಣಿಗೆ (೧೯೮೩) Kannada Kaadambariya Belevanige (1983)

English

• Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (1994)
• Creations & Transcreations (1992)
• Forbidden Fruit, Views on Indo-Anglian Fiction (1992)
• A.N. Krishnarao (1987)
• Colonial Consciousness In Commonwealth Literature (1984)
• Essays on Comparative Literature and Linguistics (1984)
• Images and Impressions: Essays Mainly on Contemporary Indian Literature (1979)
• The Concept of Comedy: A Re-statement (1963)

Anthologies

• ಕೊರಳು-ಕೊಳಲು Koralu Kolalu: Collection of critical articles on modern kannada poetry (2006)
• Anthology of Selected Plays of Sriranga (2005)
• ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯೋತ್ತರ ಸಣ್ಣಕಥೆಗಳು (೨೦೦೪) Swatantryottara Sannakathegalu (2004)
• ಅವಳ ಕಥೆಗಳು (೧೯೯೯) Avala Kathegalu (1999)
• Selected Kannada Short Stories (1993)

Essays

• The River, the Lotus Pond and the Ruined Temple: An Essay on Symbolism in RK Narayan's Novels (1985)
• Philip Roth's My Life as a Man: Portrait of the Artist as a Trapped Husband (1984)
• The Beautiful and the Necessary: A Note on Emerson's Idea of Form (1983)
• Marriage as Symbolic Strategy in Seeta, Esmond in India and The Serpent and the Rope (1981)
• Theme, Structure, and Symbol in The Catcher in the Rye (1969)
• Self-Recognition in The Serpent and The Rope
• A Saint for Malgudi: A New Look at R.K. Narayan’s The Guide
• Hellenic Heroines and Sexless Angels: Images of Women in Forster's Novels