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Date of Birth
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21-December-1932
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Place of Birth
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Thirthahalli
(India, Karnataka, Shimoga district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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U. R. Anantha Murthy, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, Ananthamurthy U.R., यू. आर. अनंत मूरà¥à¤¤à¤¿, उडà¥à¤ªà¥€ राजगोपालाचारà¥à¤¯ अनंतमूरà¥à¤¤à¤¿, अनंतमूरà¥à¤¤à¤¿ यू. आर.
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Profession
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Writer, Literary critic, Professor
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Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy is a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. He is well known among Indian authors. He is the sixth person among eight recipients of the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honour conferred in India. In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India. 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
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