U. R. Ananthamurthy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

U. R. Ananthamurthy

Kannada language writer and critic

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1932

Place of Birth: Thirthahalli, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 22-Aug-2014

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher, literary critic

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was an Indian contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language.
He was born in Thirtahalli Taluk and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement.
He is the sixth writer to be honored with 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.
He remained a fervent critic of nationalistic political parties until his death from renal failure and cardiac arrest on 22 August 2014.