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{{Short description|Indian writer, rationalist, critic, scholar}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. S. Bhagawan
| image = Prof K S Bhagavan.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Prof. Bhagawan at an event in Mysore
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|7|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kalahalli, [[Kingdom of Mysore]] {{small|(now in [[Karnataka]])}}India
| occupation = Writer, professor, translator
| movement = [[Bandaya movement]]
| years_active =
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Mysore]]
| notable works = {{·}}''Shankaracharya mattu Pratigamitana'' (''ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿಗಾಮಿತನ'')<br />{{·}}''Kuvempu Yuga'' (''ಕುವೆಂಪು ಯುಗ'')
| spouse =
| children = 1
}}
'''Kallahalli Sannegowda Bhagawan''' (born 14 July 1945),<ref name="Dutt1999">{{cite book|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA132|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=132}}</ref> known as '''Prof. K. S. Bhagawan''', is an Indian [[Kannada]] writer, rationalist, translator, critic, scholar and retired professor. In addition to his works on [[Hinduism]], Indian culture and history, he has translated the works of [[William Shakespeare]] including ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref name="Dutt1999"/> He is a recipient of many awards including the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Rajyotsava Award]], Kuvempu Award and the Lokayata Award.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shimoga now gets snazzy auditorium|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/14/stories/2005041407300300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150910011503/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/14/stories/2005041407300300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2015|access-date=8 September 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prajavani.net/article/ಪ್ರೊಕೆಎಸ್‌ಭಗವಾನ್‌ಗೆ-‘ಲೋಕಾಯತ’-ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ|title=ಪ್ರೊ.ಕೆ.ಎಸ್‌.ಭಗವಾನ್‌ಗೆ 'ಲೋಕಾಯತ' ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ|date=8 July 2014|access-date=7 September 2015|language=Kannada|trans-title=Lokayata Award for Prof. K. S. Bhagawan}}</ref>

== Career ==

Bhagawan acquired a post-graduate degree in English language from [[University of Mysore]].<ref name="Dutt1999"/> As a professor, he taught English at [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharaja's College]] in [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Misra|first1=Udit|title=On the record: Intolerance has grown… I don't see any difference between one political party and another, says rationalist KS Bhagwan|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/on-the-record-intolerance-has-grown-i-dont-see-any-difference-between-one-political-party-and-another-says-rationalist-ks-bhagwan/|access-date=7 September 2015|work=The Indian Express|date=7 September 2015}}</ref> At the same time, he worked as a writer and translator. In 1982, his work ''Shankaracharya and Reactionary Philosophy'' (original title: ''ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿಗಾಮಿತನ''), a collection of essays, on how [[Adi Shankara]], an 8th-century [[Hindu]] theologian, advocated the caste system strongly, destroyed Buddhist viharas and was against education for women, [[shudras]] and [[dalit]]s, was published.<ref name="Dutt1999"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Prof K S Bhagwan|title=You can attack us but our works will live on: Prof KS Bhagwan|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-can-attack-us-but-our-works-will-live-on-prof-ks-bhagwan/article1-1386415.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902215300/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-can-attack-us-but-our-works-will-live-on-prof-ks-bhagwan/article1-1386415.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2015|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref> It was met with criticism from right-wing [[Hindu]] groups who issued threats to his life. His other books in Kannada include ''Badalaavane'', ''Antarya'' and ''Kuvempu Yuga''. As a translator, he translated popular works of [[William Shakespeare]] to Kannada. It includes ''[[Merchant of Venice]]'' as ''Venisina Vartaka'', and others such as ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Othello]]''..

Bhagawan was chosen for the [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award]] for Lifetime Achievement for the year 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=K.S. Bhagawan, four others chosen for Sahitya Academy award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/ks-bhagawan-four-others-chosen-for-sahitya-academy-award/article7669546.ece|access-date=30 September 2015|work=The Hindu|date=20 September 2015}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
At an event in [[Mysore]] on 15 February 2015, Bhagawan said that he would burn certain pages of the Hindu scripture [[Bhagavad Gita]]. Police also filed FIR against him for "hurting" religious sentiments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fir-against-kannada-writer-ks-bhagawan-for-speaking-ill-about-hindu-gods/articleshow/49085905.cms?from=mdr|title=FIR against Kannada writer KS Bhagawan for 'speaking ill about Hindu Gods'|date=2015-09-24|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref> He said that verse 32 and 33 in chapter 9 of the scripture describes women, [[vaishya]]s and [[shudra]]s as "sinners" [paapayonaha].<ref>{{cite news|title=Will stick to my stand: Bhagwan|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/465590/will-stick-my-stand-bhagwan.html|access-date=7 September 2015|work=Deccan Herald|date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

Following the murder of another Kannada writer and rationalist [[M. M. Kalburgi]] and a Bajrang Dal activist's threat that Bhagawan would be the next target for "mock[ing] Hinduism",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chishti|first1=Seema|title=After MM Kalburgi, tweet names next target: K S Bhagwan|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/after-mm-kalburgi-tweet-names-next-target-k-s-bhagwan/|access-date=7 September 2015|work=The Indian Express|issue=1 September 2015}}</ref> the security at Bhagwan's residence was tightened.<ref>{{cite news|title=Police security for writer K.S. Bhagwan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/police-security-for-writer-ks-bhagwan/article7596589.ece|access-date=7 September 2015|work=The Hindu|date=30 August 2015}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==

=== In [[Kannada]] ===
* ''ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರತಿಗಾಮಿತನ'' (1982)
* ''ಬದಲಾವಣೆ'' (1982)
* ''ಅಂತರ್ಯ'' (1978)
* ''ಕುವೆಂಪು ಯುಗ'' (1990)
* ''ಅನನ್ಯತೆ''
* ''ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ''
* ''ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಪಾಠಗಳು''
* ''ಗಾಂಧಿಯನ್ನು ಗೋಡ್ಸೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಕೊಂದ''

=== Translations ===

* ''Hindu Saamrajyashahiya Itihasa''
(translation of Swami Dharma Theertha's [https://archive.org/stream/HistroyOfHinduImperialism/Histroy%20of%20Hindu%20Imperialism#page/n0/mode/2up ''History of Hindu Imperialism''])
:'''Shakespeare's plays:'''
* ''Julius Caesar'' (1975, translation of ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'')
* ''Nimmishta'' (1996, translation of ''[[As You Like It]]'')
* ''Venisina Vartaka'' (1995, translation of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'')
* ''Othello'' (1997, translation of ''[[Othello]]'')
* ''Hamlet'' (1998, translation of ''[[Hamlet]]'')

=== In English ===
* ''Violence in Hinduism''

== Awards ==
* Kavyanand Award (1982)
* Kuvempu Prize (1985)
* [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] (1999)
* Naada Chethana Award (2003)
* Poet-laureate Kuvempu Birth centenary Award (2004)
* Karnataka Nataka Academy Awards (2007)
* Kuvempu Award (2011)
* Shoonya Peetha Prashasthi (2011)
* Sahitya Kalaratna Award (2011)
* Karnataka Sahithya Academy Award (2013)
* Lokayata Award (2014)
* Karnataka Kranthirathna Award (2015)

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