Krishnamoorthy Puranik
Writing
September 5, 1911
Died at age 74
November 12, 1985
Date of Death
Bilagi, Karnataka
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.