Ram Shri Mugali was awarded the Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 in 1956 for his poetic work “Kannada Sahitya Charitre” in Kannada. Professor Mugali’s poetic nickname was “Rasik Ranga”. He was the president of the 44th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing Kannada language, its literature, arts, culture and music. It was started in 1915 and held at Bangalore for the first time. It used to be inaugurated by...

 held in Siddganga of Tumkur

Tumkur

Tumkur is one of the busiest industrial towns located in the state of Karnataka. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a Corporation city. It is situated at a distance of 70 kilometers north west of the city of Bangalore along National Highway 4...

 taluk

Mugali was born in a village called Hole Alur of Ron in Gadag. In the year 1933, he was appointed as a professor of kannada at Willingdon college, Sangli

Willingdon college, Sangli

The Willingdon College, Sangli was started on the morning of June 22, 1919 in the Sangli City. During this period, Centers of higher education and colleges were rare...

. His notable studensts at Willington were Subbanna Ekkundi

Subbanna Ekkundi

Subbanna R. Ekkundi was a recipient of Sahitya Akademi award, Nation award for teacher and Soviet Land award.Ekkundi was born in Ranebennur of Haveri district in the year 1923. At Willingdon college, Sangli, he was a student of literature. At Willingdon, V. K. Gokak and R. S. Mugali were...

 and Gangadhar V. Chittal

Gangadhar V. Chittal

Gangadhar V. Chittal was a recipient of Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. He held several administrative positions for the Government of India and audited several Indian Embassies and Consulates...

. V. K. Gokak

V. K. Gokak

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was fifth among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada language for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi...

 was his colleague at Willingdon college. In the year 1966, Mugali retired as a principal of the Willington College. From 1967 to 1970, he was the Head of the Kannada Department of the Bangalore University

Bangalore University

Bangalore University is a public university located in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. The university is one of the oldest in India, dating back to 1886...

, Bangalore.
Mugali died in Bangalore on February 20, 1992.

His work

• Nava Manv
• Basig
• Apr Karune
• Ohm Shanthi
• Karan Purush

• Ann
• Dhanajay
• Ettid Kai
• Rannan Krati Ratna
• Kannadad Kare
• Matembudu Jyotirling