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Girish Karnad

Born
May 19, 1938
Died
June 10, 2019
From
Maharashtra, India

Also known as

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್

Biography

Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

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