U. R. Ananthamurthy
University Professor, Author
1932 –
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Who is U. R. Ananthamurthy?
Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy is a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. He is well known among Indian authors. He is the sixth person among eight recipients of the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honour conferred in India. In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during the late 1980s.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1932
Thirthahalli - Also known as
- U. R. Anantha Murthy
- Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy
- Ananthamurthy U.R.
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- University of Birmingham
- Lived in
- Karnataka
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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