Krishnamoorthy Puranik (5 September 1911 – 12 November 1985) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

. He was the principal of a government high school in

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and was awarded the

Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is an annual literary award given to literary works in Kannada by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is given to individual books published in various genres like poetry, novel, short f ...

for his work ''Mannina Magalu'' (Daughter of the Soil). Puranik was born in Bilagi, a village in the

Bagalkot Bagalakote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalakote district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha about 481 km (299 mi) northwest of state capital Bengaluru, 410 km (2 ...

district. He was a creative fiction writer. Some of his writings were made into successful

and

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movies. They include ''Dharma Devate'' that was made into ''

Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu ''Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu'' () is a 1962 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A. C. Narasimha Murthy and Friends. The film stars Dr. Rajkumar, Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Balakrishna (Kannada actor), Balakrishna ...

'', ''

Kulavadhu ''Kulavadhu'' is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. V. Singh Takur and produced by A. C. Narasimha Murthy & Friends. The film stars Rajkumar, Leelavathi, Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and K. S. Ashwath. The film has musical sco ...

'', ''Kuniyitu Hejje Naliyithu Gejje'' that was made into ''

Sanaadi Appanna ''Sanaadi Appanna'' is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language musical film directed by Vijay based on the novel ''Kuniyitu Hejje Naliyithu Gejje'' by Krishnamoorthy Puranik which was loosely based on the life of Bagalkote shehnai player Appanna (1876- ...

'', ''Muttaide'', ''

Mannina Magalu ''Mannina Magalu'' is a 1973 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Udaykumar, Jayanthi, Gangadhar, Aarathi, and Rajasree. The film has musical score by S. Rajeshwara Rao. The movie is based on a no ...

'', ''

Pavana Ganga Pavana Ganga is a 1977 Kannada-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by C. Jayaram. It is based on the novel of the same name by Krishnamoorthy Puranik. The film stars Srinath, Aarathi and Ashok. Ashok and Arathi were paired as ...

'' and ''

Halunda Tavaru ''Halunda Tavaru'' is a 1994 Indian Kannada-language drama film starring Vishnuvardhan and Sithara. It was directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by Vizag Raju. The music and lyrics were written and composed by Hamsalekha. It was commerci ...

''. Puranik was a poet and also a short story writer.

References

Glimpses of selected Kannada writers

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Puranik in Kannada literature
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