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).
On September 5, 1911, in Bilagi, Krishnamoorthy Puranik was born to Tammanna Shastree and Lakshmi Bai. This was a traditional poor Brahmin family interested in the traditional songs sung in the temples.
Krishnamoorthy completed his primary education in Bilagi and then enrolled to high school in Bagalkot where he used to receive food from kind individuals who fed the underprivileged pupils. In Kannada they call them as Varada mani hudugaru.
When he was 14 years old, he met an 18-year-old widow during his high school years who had lost her husband just a year before. She was so limited to staying exclusively in rooms with low lighting. She had never been in contact with anyone else and had never seen the sun. This caused him to reflect and reform society's social norms. Such circumstances eventually became a major theme in his book, poetry, etc.
After graduating from Karnataka College, he met several people, including Bendre, Betageri, and Gokak. He joined Municipal High School as a Kannada teacher in the year 1935 and the same year he got married with Ganga.
His approach to literature was quite methodical.. He published Ramoona Kathegalu in the year 1946, Baal Kanasu 1947. The first novel, Mugila Mallige published in the year 1948.
He wrote constantly. With his earnest and diligent efforts, he was able to produce 116 books totaling 19,879 pages. Of them, 80 were novels, 12 collections of short stories, 11 poetry plays, and 8 works of children's literature. Instead of using his imagination, he was getting close to the events, being involved, and using that to make things happen. He brought his sentiments into actuality and engaged the readers in the issue.
Some of his writings were made into successful Kannada and Tamil movies. Of the eleven, Anireekshitha(1970), Bhageerathi(1969), Halunda Thavaru(1994), Hoo Bisilu(1971),
Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu(1962), Kulavadhu(1963), Mannina Magalu(1974), Pavana Ganga(1977),Sanaadi Appanna(1977), Suli(1978), etc. are the prominent cinemas.
In 1959, he received his first Award for the book Mannina Magalu (Daughter of the Soil); At 1969, Taralabalu Jagadguru delivered the Kadambari Sree award; in Hubballi, all of his admirers gave him "Kadambari Darshan" when he turned 60.
Krishnamoorthy Puranik passed away on November 12, 1985, at the age of 74, yet his commitment to our Kannada literature has made him immortal.
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