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| name = Anupama Niranjana<br />
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| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->Venkata Lakshmi<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1934}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tirthahalli]], India<br />
| death_date = {{dya|1991|1934}}<br />
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| occupation = Doctor, writer<br />
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| spouse = [[Niranjana (writer)|Niranjana]]<br />
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'''Anupama Niranjana''' ({{lang-kn|ಅನುಪಮಾ ನಿರಂಜನ}}) (1934&ndash;1991)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=Anupama+Niranjana&source=bl&ots=3QOaUPWoZe&sig=6zI7jEFfSW-Jiih9Hmo6UcHjfrE&hl=en&ei=-kbMTKbuKM-ecfWIlckO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Anupama%20Niranjana&f=false Women writing in India], p. 382.</ref> was a doctor in [[India]] and writer of modern [[Kannada]] fiction and non-fiction.<br />
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She advocated the woman's point of view and was one among such writers in Kannada, which includes others like Triveni and [[M. K. Indira]]. Her novel Runamuktalu has been made into a successful film by [[Puttanna Kanagal]].<ref>[http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kannada/s9.htm Photo on Kamat's Potpourri ]</ref><br />
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Born Venkatalakshmi, Anupama practiced as a physician in [[Dharwad]] and [[Bangalore]]. Anupama took to writing early in life and wrote several novels and stories dealing with social issues, particularly women's issue.<ref>[http://www.vishvakannada.com/anupama.htm One of her stories]</ref> She was married to the Kannada writer [[Niranjana (writer)|Niranjana]], a leading novelist of the Progressive school of modern [[Kannada literature]]. Their daughters Tejaswini and Seemanthini are well known academicians. Anupama died of cancer. An award has been instituted in her name for women writing in Kannada.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040621235803/http://www.hindu.com/2004/05/17/stories/2004051711800500.htm Anupama Award]</ref><br />
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==Major works==<br />
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*''Anant Geetha''<br />
*''Shwetambari''<br />
*''Sneh Pallavi''<br />
*''Runamuktalu''<br />
*''Kanmani''<br />
*''Odalu''<br />
*''Nenapu: Sihi-Kahi''<br />
*''Kallol''<br />
*''Aala''<br />
*''Mukti Chitra''<br />
*''Madhavi''<br />
*''Ghosha''<br />
*''Nati''<br />
*''Moolamukhi'' (last novel)<br />
*''Cancer Jagattu''<br />
*''Taayi magu''<br />
*''Dinakkondu kathe'' (collection of children's stories)<br />
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==Major awards==<br />
*Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
*Soviet Land Nehru Award{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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[[Category:Women scientists from Karnataka]]<br />
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