Back U. R. Ananthamurthy German U R Ananthamurthy Esperanto U. R. Ananthamurthy French उडुपी राजगोपालाचार्य अनंतमूर्ति GOM उडुपी राजगोपालाचार्य अनंतमूर्ति Hindi U.R. Ananthamurthy ID U. R. Ananthamurthy KAB ಯು.ಆರ್.ಅನಂತಮೂರ್ತಿ Kannada യു.ആർ. അനന്തമൂർത്തി Malayalam यू.आर. अनंतमूर्ती Marathi
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| Born | Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy 21 December 1932 Melige, Thirthahalli, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India |
| Died | 22 August 2014 (aged 81) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | English Professor, Vice Chancellor, President Sahitya Akademi and National Book Trust |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Mysore University, University of Birmingham |
| Period | 1950-2014 |
| Genre | Story, Novel, Poetry and Criticism |
| Subject | Various Themes |
| Literary movement | Navya |
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 one of the pioneers of the Navya movement.[1] In 1994, he became the sixth Kannada writer to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.[2][3] In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India.[4] 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.[5] He remained a fervent critic of nationalistic political parties until his death from kidney failure and cardiac arrest on 22 August 2014.[6]
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