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K. Shivaram Karanth

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Indian writer (1902-1997)

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Kota Shivaram Karanth, also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in the Kannada language, a 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".

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1977Jnanpith Award
1959Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada
Padma Bhushan

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Kota Shivaram Karanth, also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in the Kannada language, a 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". He was the third writer to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India. His son Ullas, is an ecological conservationist.

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India
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1997 · aged 95
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16 languages

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