K. Shivaram Karanth
Environmentalist, Author
1902 – 1997
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Who was K. Shivaram Karanth?
Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence" by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred by the Govt. of India.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1902
Udupi district - Also known as
- Shivaramakaranth
- Kota Shivaram Karanth
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Karnataka
- Died
- Dec 9, 1997
Manipal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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