  t. r. subba rao (1920â1984) (taluku ramaswami subba rao (), popularly known as tarasu) was a novelist and a scholar in kannada language.mohan lal and others (1992), p4185 he is considered as a harbinger of the navya movement of kannada literature. he is well known for his novels like durgashtamana, which won him the sahitya akademi award posthumously in 1985. ==early life== tarasu was born on 21 april 1920 in malebennur in the karnataka state of india.http://www.chitharadurga.com/i_legend.htm his father ramaswamaiah was a lawyer in the town of harihar and his mother was seethamma. his ancestors were from the village of taluku in the chitradurga district of karnataka. he wrote his first story called puttana chendu (putta's ball) to win a bet against his uncle ts venkannaiah who a made self-less contribution to kannada language through promoting many prominent authors. when he was 17 years old, he joined the indian freedom movement and went around the villages in the chitradurga district, singing patriotic songs and giving speeches for independence. he was arrested and jailed when he was giving one of the speeches in bagur village. fearing that his son would lose out on education by joining the freedom movement, ramaswamaiah admitted his son to the national school in bangalore. after completing his secondary education, tarasu joined a college in shimoga. after completing his junior intermediate education, he joined a college in tumkur to complete senior intermediate education. however, the students started boycotting the classes due to the arrest of mahatma gandhi and others during the quit india movement. he and his friends started making plans to join the movement. this came to the notice of the police, who arrested tarasu and jailed him. he was released in the month of december 1942. he decided that he was not going to study further unless india attains independence. he was an atheist in early life but converted into a believer in the later stages. ==family== tarasu's came from a literary family. his niece vishalakshi dakshinamurthy, is a notable kannada novelist and writer famous for
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