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U. R. Ananthamurthy

1932 - 2014

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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. In 1994, he became the sixth Kannada writer to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. In 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. U. R. Ananthamurthy is the 3,965th most popular writer (down from 2,772nd in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from India (down from 354th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, U. R. Ananthamurthy ranks 3,965 out of 7,302. Before him are Zofia Nałkowska, Safvet-beg Bašagić, Ramiro de Maeztu, Dževad Karahasan, Elizabeth Strout, and Leopold Andrian. After him are Otto Ludwig, Christiane Amanpour, Zülfü Livaneli, W. S. Gilbert, Georges Schehadé, and Thomas Murner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, U. R. Ananthamurthy ranks 276. Before him are Athol Fugard, Halston, Lyudvig Chibirov, Bill Byrge, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, and Bruce Glover. After him are Antonio Roma, Hisashi Owada, Paul J. Weitz, László Sárosi, József Csermák, and Edgar Reitz. Among people deceased in 2014, U. R. Ananthamurthy ranks 246. Before him are Vasiľ Biľak, Pino Cerami, Jorge María Mejía, Halet Çambel, Andréa Parisy, and Małgorzata Braunek. After him are Julio Abbadie, Knut Nystedt, Richard N. Frye, Károly Sándor, Simin Behbahani, and Paolo Salvati.

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In India

Among people born in India, U. R. Ananthamurthy ranks 535 out of 1,861. Before him are Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Bhaichung Bhutia (1976), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), Jhalkaribai (1830), and M. S. Swaminathan (1925). After him are Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anna Kashfi (1934), Prince Vijaya (-543), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), and Vichitravirya (null).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, U. R. Ananthamurthy ranks 62. Before him are Shibli Nomani (1857), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Cerverí de Girona (1259), and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904). After him are Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), Arundhati Roy (1961), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Surdas (1478), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927).

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