# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-k-gokak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:38.910Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/v-k-gokak"
name: "V. K. Gokak"
slug: "v-k-gokak"
description: "Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, abbreviated in Kannada as Vi. Kru. Gokak, was an Indian writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language, for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi which deals with the Vedic age. In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India."
tagline: "Indian writer (1909–1992)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-08-09"
deathDate: "1992-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump