![]() ![]() ![]() His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. įor four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. Girish Karnad ( – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. ![]()
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