Kuvempu
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Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, 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. He w
Kuvempu in the 1960s
Kuvempu's ancestral house in Kuppali
Kuvempu's memorial in Kavishaila, Kuppali
Kuvempu on a 2017 stamp of India
Karnataka Ratna
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The Karnataka Ratna is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka, India. It is awarded in recognition of a person's extraordinary contribution in any field. It was instituted in the year 1
Kuvempu
…For his contributions to Kannada literature, the Government of Karnataka decorated him with the honorific Rashtrakavi ("National Poet") in 1964 and Karnataka Ratna ("The Gem of Karnataka") in 1992. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 1958 and Padma Vibhushan in 1988 by the Government of India. He penned the…
Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India
Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa 2003 stamp of India
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