Shivaram Karanth
Shivaram Karanth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 October 1902 Kota, Udupi, India |
| Died | 9 December 1997 (aged 95) Manipal, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, conservationist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1924–1997 |
| Genre | Fiction, popular science, literature for children, dance-drama |
| Literary movement | Navodaya |
| Spouse |
Leela Alva
(m. 1936; died 1986) |
| Children | 4; including Ullas |
Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in Kannada language, 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.