K. Shivaram Karanth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

K. Shivaram Karanth

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Udupi district, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1997

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997) was an Indian polymath, 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.