Mysore Venkatadasappa Seetharamiah or M. V. See[a] (pen name Raghava; 9 September 1910 – 12 March 1990) was an Indian Kannada language author, editor and translator.
He also set up the Bangalore-based B. M. Shri Pratisthana, an organization focused on advancing Kannada language literary studies.
Seetharamaiah was born on September 9, 1910, in Mysore, in the present day southern Indian state of Karnataka.
[2][4][5] As a writer, he was from the second wave of the Navodaya or renaissance period of Kannada literature, continuing in the tradition of Masti Venkatesha Iyengar.
[6][3] Among his major contributions include establishing authorship of Kavirajamarga, where he noted that the author of the classical work was Sri Vijaya and Nrupatunga, the Rashtrakuta emperor was mainly credited with approving the content.
[8] He also wrote a biography and study of the works of the Kannada language writer Muddana and another of author D. V. Gundappa for his birth centenary in 1988.
As of 2009, the organization had developed into a research center and had partnered with Hampi University and offered M. Phil and PhD degrees.