Rayasam Bheemasena Rao (known by his pen name BeeChi) (1913â€"1980)
was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language. He preferred to
write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi. He was also known as
Karnataka's George Bernard Shaw.Beechi was born in 1913 in
Harapanahalli of then the Ballari district of Karnataka state, India.
His father was Srinivas Rao and mother was Bharatamma. He discontinued
studies after SSLC and joined a Government office as an attender.[1]
He later worked for the CID for a substantial amount of time. He was
married to Seetabai.Having no formal exposure to Kannada or its
literature, Beechi was motivated towards Kannada literature after
reading A. N. Krishna Rao's novel Sandhyaraga
(ಸಂಧೠಯಾರಾಗ) on a long train journey. He considered
A. N. Krishna Rao as his guru. In Beechi's own words:
was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language. He preferred to
write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi. He was also known as
Karnataka's George Bernard Shaw.Beechi was born in 1913 in
Harapanahalli of then the Ballari district of Karnataka state, India.
His father was Srinivas Rao and mother was Bharatamma. He discontinued
studies after SSLC and joined a Government office as an attender.[1]
He later worked for the CID for a substantial amount of time. He was
married to Seetabai.Having no formal exposure to Kannada or its
literature, Beechi was motivated towards Kannada literature after
reading A. N. Krishna Rao's novel Sandhyaraga
(ಸಂಧೠಯಾರಾಗ) on a long train journey. He considered
A. N. Krishna Rao as his guru. In Beechi's own words:
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