Saturday 23 August 2014

Current Affairs-Eminent Kannada Writer U.R.Ananthamurthy passes away


Eminent Kannada Writer U.R.Ananthamurthy passes away

Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy passed away on Friday evening at a hospital in Bangalore. He was hospitalised for infection and fever today morning. In his literary life, the Kannada writer has won the Padma Bhushan in 1998, the Jnanpith award in 1994, the state Rajyothsava award in 1984, while his nomination for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize brought him to the attention of a Western audience. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala during late 1980s.  


Most of Ananatha Murthy's works deal with psychological aspects of people in different situation, times and circumstances. His writings, supposedly analyze aspects ranging from challenges and changes faced by Brahmin families of Karnataka to bureaucrats dealing with politics influencing their work. Most of his novels are on reaction of individuals to situation that are unusual and artificial. His death has created a vacuum in Kannada literature. 

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