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K. Shivaram Karanth

1902 - 1997

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Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence". He was the third writer to be decorated with the Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honor conferred in India. His son Ullas is an ecological conservationist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. Shivaram Karanth is the 5,474th most popular writer (down from 2,904th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from India (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, K. Shivaram Karanth ranks 5,474 out of 7,302. Before him are Sven Delblanc, Max Eastman, Dorothy Allison, Isabel-Clara Simó, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Ulrich Plenzdorf. After him are Peter Härtling, Leslie Charteris, Jørn Lier Horst, Maeve Binchy, Carl Amery, and Yordan Radichkov.

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Among people born in 1902, K. Shivaram Karanth ranks 278. Before him are Tor Johnson, Victor Jory, Sida Košutić, William Cockburn, Evelyn Colyer, and Larry Fine. After him are Chill Wills, Guillermo Riveros, Ľudovít Fulla, Frederick Sheffield, Skip James, and Barton MacLane. Among people deceased in 1997, K. Shivaram Karanth ranks 255. Before him are Julio Musimessi, Ben Hogan, Sidney Darlington, Jacques Pollet, Ngiratkel Etpison, and Georgi Yumatov. After him are Joanna Moore, Ted Gärdestad, Antoine Cuissard, Jeane Dixon, Ronnie Lane, and Pilar Miró.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. Shivaram Karanth ranks 747 out of 1,861. Before him are S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Hemanta Mukherjee (1920), Girija Devi (1929), K. S. Chithra (1963), Rani Mukerji (1978), and Jyoti Basu (1914). After him are Sivaji Ganesan (1928), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Tanuja (1943), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, K. Shivaram Karanth ranks 96. Before him are Kedarnath Singh (1934), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Mahadev Desai (1892), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Jayakanthan (1934), and Bano Qudsia (1928). After him are Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Swarnakumari Devi (1855), Varsha Adalja (1940), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Nirmal Verma (1929), and Anita Desai (1937).

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