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Girish Karnad

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Literature & writing Maharashtra Great mind of history

Girish Raghunath Kārnād was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, 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.

BORN

19 May 1938

DIED

10 June 2019

HONOUR

Jnanpith Award, 1998

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Key facts

Born
19 May 1938, Matheran
Died
10 June 2019, Bengaluru
State of birth
Matheran, Maharashtra
Sector
Literature & writing
Profession
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Gender
Male

Biography

Girish Raghunath Kārnād was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, 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.

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Timeline

  1. 1938Born in Matheran
  2. 1960Awarded the Rhodes Scholarship
  3. 1972Awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
  4. 1974Awarded the Padma Shri in arts
  5. 1987Awarded the Fulbright Scholarship
  6. 1992Awarded the Padma Bhushan
  7. 1994Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada
  8. 1998Awarded the Jnanpith Award
  9. 2019Dies in Bengaluru
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