Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 5, 1911
Died
November 12, 1985 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Bilagi, Karnataka
Krishnamoorthy Puranik
Biography
Krishnamoorthy Puranik was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in Kannada. He was the principal of a government high school in Gokak and was awarded the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for his work Mannina Magalu (Daughter of the Soil).
Puranik was born in Bilagi, a village in the Bagalkot district. He was a creative fiction writer. Some of his writings were made into successful Kannada and Tamil movies.
