Krishnamoorthy Puranik
Birth date
September 5, 1911
Death date
November 12, 1985
Place of birth
Bilagi, Karnataka
Profession
Writing
Age
74 years
Biography
Krishnamoorthy Puranik 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). 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 movies.
