https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Krishnamoorthy_PuranikKrishnamoorthy Puranik - Revision history2026-07-31T06:28:08ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Krishnamoorthy_Puranik&diff=250297&oldid=prev->Gotitbro at 11:00, 25 October 20202020-10-25T11:00:37Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{More citations needed|date= September 2018}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Krishnamoorthy Puranik<br />
| image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --><br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|09|05|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Bilagi, [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|11|12|1911|09|05|df=yes}}{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
| death_place = [[Gokak]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| other_names = <br />
| occupation = Teacher, writer<br />
| known_for = <br />
}}<br />
'''Krishnamoorthy Puranik''' (5 September 1911 – 12 November 1985) 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).<br />
<br />
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 language|Tamil]] movies. <br />
<br />
They include ''Dharma Devate'' that was made into ''[[Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu]]'', ''[[Kulavadhu]]'', ''Kuniyitu Hejje Naliyithu Gejje'' that was made into ''[[Sanaadi Appanna]]'', ''Muttaide'' and ''[[Halunda Tavaru]]''. Puranik was a poet and also a short story writer.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* [http://newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article143298.ece Glimpses of selected Kannada writers]. [[New Indian Express]]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100412020245/http://www.culturopedia.in/Literature/kannada_literature.html Puranik in Kannada literature]. culturopedia.in<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puranik, Krishnamoorthy}}<br />
[[Category:Kannada poets]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada people]]<br />
[[Category:1911 births]]<br />
[[Category:1985 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bagalkot district]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{edu-bio-stub}}</div>->Gotitbro