Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-09-05
Day of Death
1985-11-12 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Bilagi, Karnataka
Also Known As
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.