| Date of Birth | 09-August-1909 | |
| Place of Birth |
Savanur (India, Karnataka, Haveri district) |
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| Nationality | India | |
| Also know as | V. K. Gokak | |
| Profession | Writer, Professor | |
| Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was a major writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was fifth among eight recipients of the Jnanpith Award for Kannada language for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi that deals with the vedic age is perhaps the longest epic written in any language in the 20th Century. In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padmashree from the Government of India for Dyava Prithvi. | ||
Awards by Vinayak Krishna Gokak |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Vinayak Krishna Gokak. | ||
1990
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