Krishnamoorthy Puranik
Date of Birth:
Sep 05, 1911
Place of Birth:
Bilagi, Karnataka
Date of Birth:
Sep 05, 1911
Place of Birth:
Bilagi, Karnataka
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.