Belagavi, Apr 19: Veteran writer and Translator Chandrakanth Kusnoor passed away in his house on Sunday due to age-related disease.
He was 90.
He was survived by wife, four sons and one daughter.
According to family sources, the last rites were held in the wee hours of Sunday.
Mr Kushnoor, a multi-faceted personality, maybe the one of the few who had won the Karnataka Nataka Academy, Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy and Karnataka Sahitya Academy awards for his works as writer, translator, novelist, poet, playwright, painter, art critic and institution builder.
He had translated many books from Kannada (late U R Ananthmurthy and Srikrishna Alanahalli) into Hindi, and other books into Marathi and Urdu.
He was among the pioneering abstract writers in Kannada. His plays like Dindi, Vidushaka, Ratto Ratto Rayara Magale and Ani Bantu Ondu Ani, were widely performed.
His biographical novel Gohar Jan chronicles the growth of professional theatre music tradition.
He had converted his home in Channamma Nagar into a mini art gallery and used to paint till recently. He hailed from Kalaburagi where he worked as a college professor for some years. He had settled in Belagavi after his retirement as the Deputy Director of Kannada and culture.
He had won the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award.
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@ ashwin manglore
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not allowing to eat beef in india but they can export... fake gov
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Modi Sarkar hungry for publicity AND your sarkar was hungry for scams , corruption and money.......
UMMAR,
And people were happy about CONgress Govt's non stop scams and terror friendly party??
UMMAR,
And people were happy about CONgress Govt's non stop scams and terror friendly party??
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people trusted him voted him then all understood that
ab ki baaar cow sarkaarrrrr
killing human beings for eating beff even indian law cant do anything of this issue ,
saying that holy cow
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