Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
writer (1902-1997)
K. Shivaram Karanth
1902–1997, born Udupi district, writes in Kannada, writer, poet
Kota Shivaram Karanth, also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, Kannada language novelist, playwright and ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the “Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence”. He was the third writer to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India. His son Ullas is an ecological conservationist.
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Books on record
On Open Library
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Awards
| 1977 | Jnanpith Award |
| 1959 | Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada for yakshagana bayalata |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Kannada
Chandrashekhara Kambara
b. 1937writer
D. R. Bendre
1896–1981Kannada poet (1896–1981)
Devanur Mahadeva
b. 1948writer
Kuvempu
1904–1994poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
1891–1986writer (1891–1986)