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{{Infobox writer 
| name = K. S. Narasimhaswamy
| image = K S Narasimha Swamy photo of portrait from his home .jpeg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|01|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kikkeri]], [[Mandya district]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|27|1915|1|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| occupation = [[Poet]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| period = [[Kannada literature#Navodaya (New birth)|Navodaya]], [[Romantic movement]]
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| awards = [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]] –1991<br>[[Pampa Award]] – 1995
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'''Kikkeri Subbarao Narasimhaswamy''' (26 January 1915 – 27 December 2003) commonly known as '''K. S. Narasimhaswamy''', was an Indian poet who wrote in [[Kannada language]]. His most popular collection of poems, ''[[Mysooru Mallige]]'', has seen more than thirty-two reprints and is sometimes given to newly married couples in [[Karnataka]].<ref name="mallige">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-29/bangalore/27213877_1_kannada-literary-conference-central-college-noted-kannada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017115918/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-12-29/bangalore/27213877_1_kannada-literary-conference-central-college-noted-kannada|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title= Narasimhaswamy passes away |access-date=2007-07-15|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 December 2003}}</ref><ref name="gift">{{cite web|url=http://www.mysoresamachar.com/ks_nara.htm|title= 'Mysore Mallige' K.S.Narasimhaswamy is dead|work=Online webpage of Mysore Samachar|publisher=Mysore Samachar|access-date=2007-07-15}}</ref> Narasimhaswamy is a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kannada Sahitya Parishat|Kannada sahitya Academy Award]],<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/29/stories/2003122906930400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040701125859/http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/29/stories/2003122906930400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2004|title= A poet who was inspired by satire and folklore|access-date=2007-07-15|location=Chennai, India|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 December 2003}}</ref> and the Asian Prize for literature.<ref name="dh1">{{cite web |title=A people's poet as well as a romantic... |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec29/s1.asp |publisher=Deccan Herald |access-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216032905/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec29/s1.asp |archive-date=16 February 2007 |date=29 December 2003}}</ref>

==Early life==
Narasimhaswamy was born in [[Kikkeri]] in [[Mandya district]]. He abandoned studies after he father, who wanted him to become an [[engineer]], died, and took up a job of a clerk in a municipal office in [[Mysore]].<ref name="dh1"/> However, in 1934, he joined the [[Central College, Bangalore|Central College]] in [[Bangalore]] where he obtained a [[bachelor of arts]] degree.<ref name="mallige"/> He was transferred to [[Bangalore]] in 1954 and retired as a superintendent in the Karnataka Housing Board in the 1970s.<ref name="dh1"/> He married Venkamma in [[Tiptur]] in 1936. He often portrayed his wife as the inspiration for his poems which mainly deal with romance in married life.<ref name="mallige"/>

==Works==
Narasimhaswamy's romantic love poems, inspired by [[Robert Burns]] (whose work he translated to Kannada as ''Robert Burnsna Premageetegalu'') were unique to the language at the time when most [[Kannada poetry]] dealt with nature and the natural world.<ref name="award"/>

==Publications==

===Poetry collections===
* ''[[Mysooru Mallige]]'' (1942)
* ''Ungura'' (1942)
* ''Airaavatha'' (1945)
* ''Deepada Malli'' (1947)
* ''Iruvanthige'' (1952)
* ''Shilaalathe'' (1958)
* ''Maneyinda Manege'' (1960)
* ''Tereda Baagilu'' (1976)
* ''Navapallava'' (1983)
* ''Malligeya Maale'' (1986,2004)
* ''Dundu Mallige'' (1993)
* ''Navila Dani'' (1999)
* ''Sanje Haadu'' (2000)
* ''Kaimarada Nelalalli'' (2001)
* ''Ede Thumba Nakshtra'' (2002)
* ''Mounadali Maatha Hudukutha'' (2003)
* ''Deepa Saalina Naduve'' (2003)
* ''Haadu-Hase'' (A Collection of songs) (2003)
* ''Ikkala''
* ''Dandu Mallige''

===Translations===
* ''Media'' (1966)
* ''Robert Burns Kaviya kelavu Premageetegalu'' (1997)
* ''Kelavu Chinee Kavanagalu'' (1997)

===Prose===
* ''Maariya Kallu'' (1942)
* ''Upavana'' (1958)
* ''Damayanthi'' (1960)
* ''Sirimallige'' (1990)

==References==
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{{National Film Award Best Lyrics}}
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[[Category:Kannada poets]]
[[Category:People from Mandya district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Best Lyrics National Film Award winners]]

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