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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = K. V. Akshara<br />
|image=file:KVAkshara01.jpg<br />
|birth_name = Kunthigode Vibuthi Akshara<br />
|parents=K. V. Subbanna<br />
|occupation=writer, playwright<br />
}}<br />
'''K.V. Akshara''' is a director,<ref name=herald>{{cite news | title =K V Subbanna honoured with State Sahitya Academy award | newspaper =Deccan Herald | date =10 April 2004 | url =http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr102004/d4.asp | access-date =28 September 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204839/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr102004/d4.asp | archive-date =4 March 2016 | url-status =dead }}</ref> [[playwright]] and [[writer]] in the [[Kannada language]]. He is the son of the [[writer]] [[K.V. Subbanna]]. He is a prominent figure in contemporary [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[theatre]].<br />
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Akshara presently heads [[Ninasam]], the theatre group and cultural complex in [[Heggodu]], [[Karnataka]], founded by his father.<ref>{{cite news | title =Shishunala Sharif's music not given due recognition | date =10 September 2006 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/10/stories/2006091003140300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027175939/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/10/stories/2006091003140300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2007 | newspaper =[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=british>{{cite web|title=Indian Perspectives on Collaboration|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-arts-perspectivesoncollaboration.htm|publisher=British Council|location=U K|access-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082741/http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-arts-perspectivesoncollaboration.htm|archive-date=4 October 2012}}</ref> He is also the treasurer of "Ninasam" society.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news | last =S | first =Bageshree | title =It takes a village.. | newspaper =The Hindu (Magazine)|location=Chennai | date =8 September 2012 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article3873805.ece|access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
After attending primary education at Heggodu village and Sagar town, he studied theatre at [[National School of Drama]], New Delhi and at Workshop Theatre, [[University of Leeds]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=british/><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
*Sangeet Natak Akademi award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/PressReleasePresentationOfSNAAwardsForTheYear2014-English.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325143500/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/PressReleasePresentationOfSNAAwardsForTheYear2014-English.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
*Karnataka Sahitya Academy award<ref name=british/><br />
*Karnataka Nataka Academy fellowship<ref name=british/><br />
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==Publications==<br />
K.V. Akshara has written more than 15 books in Kannada on Drama, theatre and performing arts and translated books on theatre to Kannada language.<ref name=british/> He has also translated and directed dramas written by [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Ganesh | first =Deepa | title =Winter's tale in summer month | newspaper =The Hindu | date =29 March 2012 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/article3257757.ece |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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*Cinemada Yantrabhase, 1981 (with K V Subbanna)<br />
*Ranga Aveeshane, 1982<br />
*Hadiharayada Hadugalu, 1985<br />
*Rangabhoomiya Mukhaanatra, 2008, 2010<br />
*Ranga Prapancha, 2010<br />
*Swayamvaraloka<br />
*Sahyadri Kanda<br />
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