Balinese intellectuals and writers who were born in Sukra Landep March 4, 1900 at Bungkulan, Buleleng, these people go to school (SR) in the age of relatively "old". He became a student at KUBUTAMBAHAN SR 1916-1917 year, meaning after he was 16 years old. This certainly need not surprising since the Dutch colonial times the number of schools in Bali and the opportunity to participate in formal education is very limited.

After graduating SR, with the spirit to go forward, I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa follows Normal Course, a course to become a teacher, in Singaraja 1918-1920. Began in August 1920, this intelligent young man became a schoolteacher in the village of his birth. Probably never thought before, but in reality, the profession as a teacher Sugriwa almost all his life, starting from the Dutch era, Japan, and after Indonesia's independence, either as teachers or teachers of formal services, such as teaching and mawirama Balinese language courses to foreign researchers.

During a teacher at the Dutch era and the Japanese, he could write a textbook Balinese language, reading and character, among other Praya Niti Bali Balinese letters, Purwa Literature (vols 1-5), Purwa Kala (two volumes), printed in Jakarta and used books, teaching in schools. He also wrote a book Giri Kuta (Bali language of Latin characters), Rama Dewa (Balinese letters Bali, 3 vols). In addition to teaching and writing books, he also writes articles on Kalawarta Santi Adnyana (published 1920) and magazines Bhawanegara, Djatajoe (published 1930), all in Singaraja. Through these media, he grew up as an intellectual and man of letters with other characters such as Panji Buleleng Tisna, Mr. I Gde Panetja, I Wayan Bhadra, I Nyoman Kadjeng, I Wayan Simpen AB, and others.

When the NICA come to conquer (again) Indonesia, joined Sugriwa young fighters. In the struggle that he uses a pseudonym or Arya Kantayadnya Arja Sumurddha. NICA He was arrested several times. After NICA gone, the return of the sovereignty of Indonesia, Sugriwa on October 16, 1950, was chosen as a member of the Bali Regional Government Council (DPD Bali), among others, along with I Gusti Putu Merta (recipients' K Nadha Nugraha). He has also been noted as the oldest member of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) Bali in the 1950s.

Sugriwa is one figure who played an important role in the fight for Hindu religion can be accepted into one of the religions officially recognized by the state. The early 1950s, he also actively fill the cultural programs at the RRI station Bali Denpasar, which also aired nationally RRI.

Between 1953-1955, Sugriwa became chief editor of Peace Magazine, published Kebhaktian Warrior Foundation, published in Denpasar. In managing this magazine, he was accompanied by Anak Agung (Tjokorda) Gede Sayoga, Made Tukir and illustrator Ida Bagus Tilem. Peace in the magazine he was publishing in serial translation into Indonesian and the interpretation of the Dharma Sunya Kakawin and Bhisma Parwa. He has led the Cri Buddhaya Bali, Bali arts groups who are often invited to do performances outside Bali such as Jakarta and Bandung.

The early 1970s, at the request of I Gusti Made Tamba (recipients' K Nadha Nugraha) of the People's Saraswati College, he teaches how to mewirama and mabebasan to students there. He is also active teaching at educational institutions Dwijendra, People's Saraswati College, School of Teacher Education Hindu Affairs (PGHN), now a High School Hinduism (STAH), in which he figures immortalized in statue form. In addition, he also had time to teach the language of Bali to the number of researchers from Europe and Australia.

As fighters, intellectuals, writers and cultural, Sugriwa who died at the age of 77 years, Tuesday, November 22, 1977, has written 32 books, many of these books are still used today by students and the community. Son and daughter are now trying to collect and save all his cultural heritage, such as books, manuscripts, tapes gaguritan, and palm reading.

"We all admire the father figure, the expert in the field of literary arts and culture of Hinduism. As much as we, his aspirations to build our Bali will go on," said his youngest son, Drs. I Gusti Bagus Sudhyatmaka Sugriwa, who followed in his footsteps in the field of radio broadcasting, journalism and writing.