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Date of Birth
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10-October-1902
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Place of Birth
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Saligrama
(India, Karnataka, Udupi district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Shivaramakaranth, Kota Shivaram Karanth, कोटाशिवरामकारनà¥à¤¤, के० शिवराम कारनà¥à¤¤
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Profession
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Journalist, Film director, Writer, Environmentalist
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Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence" by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred by the Govt. of India.
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