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Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), [3] popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu // ⓘ, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century.
Kuppalli is also the birthplace of Poornachandra Tejaswi, the son of Kuvempu and a famous Kannada writer himself. It is also the place where Kuvempu and Poornachandra Tejaswi have been cremated. The childhood home of Kuvempu at Kuppali has been converted into a museum by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishtana (a trust dedicated to Kuvempu). This trust ...
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Kuvempu was born in the village Kuppalli in Thirthahalli Taluk. G. S. Shivarudrappa born in Shikaripur. U.R. Ananthamurthy was born in Melige village in Thirthahalli Taluk. P. Lankesh born in Konagavalli. K. V. Subbanna from Sagara; M. K. Indira; Na D'Souza from Sagara; H. M. Nayak from Thirthahalli; Poornachandra Tejaswi, the son of Kuvempu.
A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
Sri Ramayana Darshanam is the most popular work and the magnum opus by Kuvempu in Kannada based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. It earned him many distinctions including the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanapeeth award in 1968.
The novel by Kuvempu consisted of 700 pages and dealt with over 150 characters. It took Karnad eight months to reduce it to a feature film screenplay which concentrated on four main characters: Chandre Gowda, Seetha, Hoovayya, and Subbamma - Gowda's third wife.
Publication place: India: Media type: Print Kanuru ... Proprietress of Kanuru) is a Kannada language novel written by author and poet, Kuvempu, in 1936. [1] [2] [3] ...