U. R. Ananthamurthy
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: December 21, 1932
Day of Death: August 22, 2014 (82 years old)
Place of Birth: Thirthahalli, Karnataka, India
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.[4] He was the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during the late 1980s.
