| Name(s) |
KUVEMPU
(Full name: Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa) |
| Date of
Birth |
December 29, 1904 |
| Date of
Death |
November 11, 1994 |
|
Identity |
Indian Kannada
Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Critic and Thinker. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1958: Government of
Karnataka decorated him with the honorific Rashtrakavi
("national poet").
- 1992: Government of
Karnataka decorated him with Karnataka Ratna (Gem of
Karnataka) Award.
- 1988: He was conferred the
Padma Vibhushan by Government of India.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is popularly known by the pen name Kuvempu or by K.
V. Puttappa.
- He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of
the 20th century.
- He is the first among Kannada writers to be decorated
with the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
- His epic narrative Sri Ramayana Darshanam, a modern
rendering of the Indian Hindu epic Ramayana is regarded as
the revival of the era of Mahakavya ("Great Epic poetry") in
contemporary form and charm.
- His writings and his contribution to "Universal
Humanism" (in his own words, "Vishwa maanavataa Vaada")
gives him a unique place in modern Indian literature.
- He penned the Karnataka State anthem Jaya Bharata
Jananiya Tanujate.
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