| Name(s) |
VINAYAKA KRISHNA
GOKAK |
| Date of
Birth |
August 09, 1909 |
| Date of
Death |
April 28, 1992 |
|
Identity |
Indian Kannada Writer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi, authored by him, deals
with the vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic written in
any language in the 20th Century. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was a major writer in the
Kannada language and a scholar of
English and Kannada literatures.
|
|
Awards and Accolades |
- Jnanpith Award (1990) for
Kannada language for his epic
Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi.
Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi that deals
with the vedic age is perhaps the
longest epic written in any language
in the 20th Century. In 1961, Gokak
was awarded the Padmashree from the
Government of India for Dyava
Prithvi.
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