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Girish Karnad

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್

About the person
Career:

Acting

Date of birth:
1938-05-19
Place of birth:

Maharashtra, India

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

1

Date of death

2019-06-10

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Biography

Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada.He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.

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