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Shivaram Karanth
Shivaram Karanth | |
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| Born | 10 October 1902 Kota, Udupi, India |
| Died | 9 December 1997 (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 |
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]
- ^ "Karanth: Myriad-minded "Monarch of the Seashore"". The Indian Express. 10 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
chandrawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Shivarama Karanth is dead". Rediff on the Net. 9 December 1997. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ The Arun Shourie of the left. Thehindu.com (26 November 2000). Retrieved on 2018-11-15.
- ^ "Jnanapeeth Awards". Ekavi. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
- ^ "Jnanpith Laureates Official listings". Jnanpith Website. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
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