Narasinga Rao Parwathavani is one of the most famous Kannada playwrights. He won the Sangeet Natak Academy Award for Play Writing in 1980. His Early Life and Career Parwathavani was born in 1911 in the Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu. He worked in the forest Department of Mysore after graduating from Mysore University. He had always […]
Bellave Narahari Sastri – The Dramatist of Yore
Bellave Narahari Sastri was a great dramatist and musician who defined and set the standards for professional playwriting in Kannada theatre. His Early Life and Education Bellave Narahari Sastri was born in 1882 and was conferred his education in Tumkur, Karnataka. He worked as a teacher, education inspector and headmaster in certain government schools for […]
The Popular Novelist – K. Shivarama Karanth
K. Shivarama Karanth was a popular Kannada novelist-playwright, besides being an environmentalist, social activist and film maker. Ramachandra Guha once fittingly hailed Shivarama Karanth as the ‘Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India’, for being the exceptional writer and social activist that he was. His Early life and Initial Years Shivarama was born to Shesha Karanth and […]
