U. R. Ananthamurthy

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Indian writer Kannada-language writer academic literary critic novelist person public intellectual short story writer

U. R. Ananthamurthy was a prominent Indian writer, critic, and public intellectual, widely recognized as a leading figure of modernist literature in the Kannada language.

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instanceOf Indian writer →
Kannada-language writer →
academic →
literary critic →
novelist →
person →
public intellectual →
short story writer →
awardReceived Jnanpith Award →
Masti Award →
Padma Bhushan →
Sahitya Akademi Award →
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest →
child Anuradha Ananthamurthy →
Sharath Ananthamurthy →
countryOfCitizenship India →
dateOfBirth 1932-12-21 →
dateOfDeath 2014-08-22 →
educatedAt University of Birmingham →
University of Mysore →
employer Jawaharlal Nehru University →
Mangalore University →
University of Mysore →
fieldOfWork education →
literary criticism →
literature →
fullName Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy →
genre modernist literature →
novel →
short story →
givenName Ananthamurthy →
knownFor leading figure of modernist Kannada literature →
social and political commentary in India →
languageOfWorkOrName Kannada →
movement Navya (modernist) movement in Kannada literature →
nativeLanguage Kannada →
notableWork Avasthe →
Bharathipura →
Bhava →
Divya →
Prasne →
Samskara →
occupation critic →
professor →
public intellectual →
writer →
placeOfBirth Melige, Tirthahalli taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, India →
placeOfDeath Bangalore, Karnataka, India →
positionHeld President of Sahitya Akademi →
Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam →
religion Hinduism →
spouse Esther Ananthamurthy →
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