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|birth_place = [[Heggodu]], [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
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'''Kuntagodu Vibhuthi Subbanna''' (20 February 1932&nbsp;– 16 July 2005) was an acclaimed dramatist and writer in [[Kannada]]. He was the founder of the world-famous [[Ninasam|''NINASAM'']] (''Neelanakantheshwara Natya Sangha'') drama institute.<ref name="history">History of Ninasam is explained by {{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb14/sunday/head2.htm|author=Chaman Ahuja|title=Committed to culture and creativity|work=Online Edition of The Tribune, dated 1999-02-14|publisher=1999, The Tribune|access-date=2007-04-14}}</ref> Founded in 1949 in [[Heggodu]], [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]]. ''[[Ninasam]]'', under the guidance of K.V. Subbanna, made significant contribution to Kannada theatre and other performing arts.<ref name="history"/> He was awarded, in 1991, the ''[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts'',<ref>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationSubbannaKV.htm 1991 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts&nbsp;– K. V. Subbanna<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in recognition of his contribution to ''enrich rural [[Karnataka]] with the world's best films and the delight and wonder of the living stage''. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] during 2004–05.<br />
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Under the influence of Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, a senior leader of the socialist movement in Karnataka, Subbanna espoused socialist ideology, to which he was committed throughout his life.<ref name="life">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/at-this-age-i-am-learning-more-from-others/articleshow/670642.cms|title= At this age, I am learning more from others|work=Online webpage of The Times of India|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=2007-07-15|date=12 May 2004}}</ref> To promote [[Kannada]] dramas Subbanna set up training centres in various parts of Karnataka. He also established [http://www.aksharaprakashana.com/ Akshara Prakashana], a publishing house, to publish literature in [[Kannada]] related to theatre, which included translations of plays from other languages. His son K. V. Akshara is also a playwright.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
* [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] in 1991<br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1994<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2003<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><br />
* [[Padma Shree]] in 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr252004/ac7.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023005951/http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr252004/ac7.asp |archive-date=23 October 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Sudhanva Deshpande, 'The World was his Stage', [https://web.archive.org/web/20061201024821/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2217/stories/20050826002910300.htm]<br />
* [http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/blog.php?BlogID=866 Remembering Subbanna at kamat.com]<br />
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