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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar<br />
| image = Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 200px<br />
| caption = Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar<br />
| birth_name = Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar<br />
| pseudonym = Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date| df=yes|1904|07|04}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gorur, Hassan|Gorur]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date| df=yes|1991|09|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India <br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| notableworks = ''Namma Oorina Rasikaru'',''[[Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu]]'',''Amerikadalli Goruru''<br />
| children = 4<br />
}}<br />
'''Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar''' (1904–1991), popularly known as '''Goruru''', was an Indian writer who wrote in [[Kannada]]. He was well known for his humour and satire.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Goruru Ramaswami Iyengar was born at "Goruru" in [[Hassan district]] of [[Karnataka]] in 1904.His father Srinivas Iyengar and mother Lakshamma<br />
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==Career==<br />
Goruru Ramaswami Iyengar was influenced by [[Indian Independence Movement]] and became a staunch follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation]]. He was jailed by the British administration in 1942 for 2 months for his participation in the [[Quit India Movement]] and in 1947. His son Ramachandra became a martyr for the same cause in 1947.<br />
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After Independence in 1947, Goruru worked in the [[ Industries]]. He began writing early in life with the celebrated books ''HALLIYA CHITHRAGALLU'' (1930) and ''NAMMA OORINA RASIKARU'' (1932). His "Amerikadalli Goruru" 1979, is a satirical travelogue of a true Indian in United States. It fetched him the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1981.<ref>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10307.htm#kannada ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234009/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10307.htm#kannada |date=31 March 2009 }}</ref> His short story "[[Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu]]" (based on true events) was made into a [[Kannada]] movie of the same name by noted director [[S. Siddalingaiah]] in 1975. Novels ''Hemavathi'' and ''URVASHI'' were also made into movies. His travelogue was made into a television series. His other works include ''Rasaphala'', ''Namma Oorina Rasikaru'', ''Putta mallige'', ''Hemavathi'' and ''Garudagambada Dasayya'', ''MERAVANIGE''. His ''Rajanartaki'' was a translation of the Gujarathi novel ''Amrapali'' by Ramachandra Thakore. He was nominated to [[Karnataka Legislative Council]] in 1952 in recognition of his literary contributions. In 1971 he was a recipient of an Honorary doctorate from the [[University of Mysore]].<br />
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A road in [[Rajajinagar]], [[Bangalore]] is named after our Goruru iyenger<br />
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==Death==<br />
Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar died in 1991,september 28 at the age of 87. His birth centenary was celebrated in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/13/stories/2005051307780500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502062720/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/13/stories/2005051307780500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2008 |title=Karnataka News : Tumkur University to help build Gandhi Bhavan |date=13 May 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-12-26}}</ref> His memoirs of his childhood days, ''Goruru Avara Balyada Atma Kathe'' was published posthumously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/23/stories/2007032302100400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109234444/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/23/stories/2007032302100400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |title=Friday Review Bangalore / Book Watch : Top 10 books of the week |date=23 March 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-12-26}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130815141957/http://www.raju-gorur.com/]<br />
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[[Category:Novelists from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hassan district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada]]<br />
[[Category:Indian satirists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian humorists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Indian travel writers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]<br />
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