Shivaram Karanth
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Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian polymath, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence".[4] He was the third writer[5] to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India.[6] His son Ullas is an ecological conservationist.[3]
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Shivaram Karanth | |
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Born | (1902-10-10)10 October 1902 Kota, Udupi, India |
Died | 9 December 1997(1997-12-09) (aged 95) Manipal, Karnataka, India |
Occupation | Novelist, playwright, conservationist[1][2] |
Nationality | Indian |
Period | 1924–1997[3] |
Genre | Fiction, popular science, literature for children, dance-drama |
Literary movement | Navodaya |
Spouse |
Leela Alva (m. 1936–1986) |
Children | 4; including Ullas |
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