# Girish Karnad

> Girish Karnad was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

*Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/girish-karnad

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1938-05-19
- **Died:** 2019-06-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439784/ (@nm0439784)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Girish_Raghunath_Karnad)
- [جيريش كارناد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [গিৰীশ কৰ্ণাড](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1)
- [قیریش کارناد](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [गिरीश कर्नाड](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1)
- [গিরিশ কারনাড](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1)
- [Girish Karnad](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [Girish Karnad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [Girish Karnad](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [گیریش کارناد](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF)
- [Girish Karnad](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [Girish Karnad](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [गिरीश कर्नाड](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1)
- [Girish Karnad](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [Girish Karnad](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D)
- [기리시 카나드](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EB%A6%AC%EC%8B%9C_%EC%B9%B4%EB%82%98%EB%93%9C)
- [ഗിരീഷ് കർണാഡ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D)
- [ꯒꯤꯔꯤꯁ ꯀꯔꯅꯥꯗ](https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%81_%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%97)
- [गिरीश कर्नाड](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1)
- [ଗିରୀଶ କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଡ଼](https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%97%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%B6_%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A3%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A3%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC)
- [ਗਿਰੀਸ਼ ਕਰਨਾਡ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A1)
- [Карнад, Гириш](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88)
- [ᱜᱤᱨᱤᱥ ᱠᱚᱨᱱᱟᱰ](https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5_%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B0)
- [गिरीश कार्नाड](https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1)
- [Girish Karnad](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Karnad)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3518444)
- [Girish Karnad](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83593)

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