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          Kuvempu

          Indian poet (1904–1994)

          Kuvempu

          Kuvempu in the 1940s

          BornKuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa
          (1904-12-29)29 December 1904
          Hirekodige, Koppa, Chikmagalur, Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka)[1]
          Died11 November 1994(1994-11-11) (aged 89)
          Mysore, Karnataka, India
          Pen nameKuvempu
          OccupationPoet, novelist, playwright, academic
          LanguageKannada
          GenreFiction, drama
          Literary movementNavodaya
          Notable awardsKarnataka Ratna (1992)
          Padma Vibhushan (1988)
          Jnanapith Award (1967)
          Padma Bhushan (1958) Sahitya Akademi Award (1955)[2]
          Spouse

          Hemavathi

          ​

          (m. 1937⁠–⁠1994)​
          Children4, including Poornachandra Tejaswi

          Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994),[3] popularly known by his pen nameKuvempu, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic.

          He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th c