Vaidehi | |
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Born | Vasanti[1] 12 February 1945 Kundapur, Udupi, Karnataka, British India |
Pen name | Vaidehi |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Kannada fiction |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 |
Partner | K.L. Srinivasa Murthy |
Children | 2 |
Janaki Srinivasa Murthy popularly known by her penname Vaidehi was born on 12 February 1945. She is an Indian feminist writer and well-known writer of modern Kannada language fiction. Vaidehi is one of the most successful women writers in the language and a recipient of prestigious national and state-level literary awards.[2] She has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of short stories, Krauncha Pakshigalu in 2009.[3]