U. R. Ananthamurthy
Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (Kannada: ಉಡುಪಿ ರಾಜಗೋಪಾಲಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ; 21 December 1932 - 22 August 2014) was an Indian writer and critic. He wrote in the Kannada language. He was thought to be as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement.[1][2] In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India.[3]
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| Born | 21 December 1932 Melige, Tirthahalli taluk, Shimoga District, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 22 August 2014 (aged 81) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Professor, writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Fiction, literary criticism |
| Literary movement | Navya |
He was the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during the late 1980s. He was one of the finalists of Man Booker International Prize for the year 2013.[4]
Ananthamurthy died of cardiac arrest caused by renal failure on 22 August 2014 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, aged 81.[5]
U. R. Ananthamurthy Media
U.R Ananthamurthy Interview on the occasion of Kannada Wikipedia's 9th Anniversary
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U. R. Ananthamurthy at Manasa Gangotri, University of Mysore in the early 1970s before embarking to England. (seated on chairs: 9th from left)
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U R Ananthamurthy in an interview
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U R Ananthamurthy in his reading room
References
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- ↑ Veteran Kannada writer Anantha Murthy passes away
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