K. Shivaram Karanth
(1902-1997)
Indian writer
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Kota Shivarama Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997) 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". 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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10 October 1902 Saligrama, Udupi district, Karnataka
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| Died |
9 December 1997 (aged 95) Manipal, Karnataka, India
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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