Pen name Rasika Ranga Name R. Mugali Occupation Professor, writer Role Writer | Nationality Indian Genre Fiction Books The Heritage of Karnataka | |
Born July 15, 1906
Hole Alur, Gadag district, Karnataka ( 1906-07-15 ) Died February 10, 1993, Bengaluru Similar People S R Ekkundi, D R Bendre, Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Jayant Kaikini | ||
Notable awards Sahitya Akademi Award | ||
Ram Shri Mugali (Ranganatha Srinivasa Mugali) (July 15, 1906 – February 20, 1993) was a notable writer in the Kannada language. He was awarded the prestigious central Sahitya Akademi in 1956 for his work "Kannada Sahitya Charitre" in Kannada. Professor Mugali's nickname was Rasika Ranga ("Romantic Ranga"). He was the president of the 44th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Siddganga, in the Tumkur district of Karnataka state, India.
Mugali was born in Hole Alur in the Ron Taluk of Gadag district, Karnataka. In 1933, he was appointed professor of Kannada at Willingdon College, Sangli. Notable among his students at Willington were Subbanna Ekkundi and Gangadhar V. Chittal, who themselves would go on to become prominent writers in Kannada. The Jnanpith awardee V. K. Gokak was his peer at Willingdon college. In 1966, Mugali retired as a principal of the Willington College. From 1967 to 1970, he worked as the Head of the Kannada Department at the Bangalore University, Bangalore. Mugali died in Bangalore on February 20, 1992.