Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad 19 May 1938 10 June 2019 was an Indian actor film director Kannada writer playwright and a Jnanpith awardee who predominantly worked in Kannada Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam and Marathi films His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in KannadaHe was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award the highest literary honour conferred in India