{{More citations needed|date= September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Krishnamoorthy Puranik | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|09|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bilagi, [[Bagalkot|Bagalakote]], India | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|11|12|1911|09|05|df=yes}}{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} | death_place = [[Gokak]], [[Karnataka]], India | other_names = | occupation = Teacher, writer | known_for = }} '''Krishnamoorthy Puranik''' (5 September 1911 – 12 November 1985) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in [[Kannada]]. He was the principal of a government high school in [[Gokak]] and was awarded the [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award]] for his work ''Mannina Magalu'' (Daughter of the Soil).
Puranik was born in Bilagi, a village in the [[Bagalkot]] district. He was a creative fiction writer. Some of his writings were made into successful [[Kannada]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movies.
They include ''Dharma Devate'' that was made into ''[[Karuneye Kutumbada Kannu]]'', ''[[Kulavadhu]]'', ''Kuniyitu Hejje Naliyithu Gejje'' that was made into ''[[Sanaadi Appanna]]'', ''Muttaide'', ''[[Mannina Magalu]]'', ''[[Pavana Ganga]]'' and ''[[Halunda Tavaru]]''. Puranik was a poet and also a short story writer.
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://archive.today/20130616133636/http://newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/article143298.ece Glimpses of selected Kannada writers]. [[New Indian Express]] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100412020245/http://www.culturopedia.in/Literature/kannada_literature.html Puranik in Kannada literature]. culturopedia.in
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