Ananthamurthy in Booker Spotlight

As it turned out Kannada novelist and poet UR Ananthamurthy lost the Man Booker International Prize, Britain's Oscar for the literati, to American writer Lydia Davis. But those who instituted the prize have made the right gesture by considering fiction ...

"I was the non-English presence," said writer U R Ananthamurthy with a smile on his face, adding, "It increased their prestige and I increased the prestige of Kannada. It was mutual.'' Ananthamurthy, who was one of the 10 short-listed writers for the Man ...

Kasaravalli is working on a documentary on Ananthamurthy National Award-winning film director Girish Kasaravalli is a busy man. He is giving shape to a 60-minute documentary on Jnanpith Award-winning writer U.R. Ananthamurthy. Mr. Kasaravalli, who completed ...

A Kannada version of this dialogue is included in a collection of essays of Prof UR Ananthamurthy.

It'll be a 60-minute film which captures URA as a poet, short story writer and a novelist.

Writer and Jnanpith awardee U R Ananthamurthy and others have appealed to the people not to deliver a split verdict in the May 5 Assembly elections. Addressing a joint press conference here on Tuesday, the writer said that the people have got an ...

Bangalore, Apr 23 (UNI) In an open pronouncement eminent men from various walks of life, including Jnanpeeth Award winner U R Ananthamurthy, today sought the people of Karnataka to vote for stability in the May 5 Assembly elections. In a joint ...

Oxford University Press (OUP), the world's largest university press proudly announces two OUP authors U R Ananthamurthy and Intizar Husain as the finalist for Man Booker International Prize 2013.

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