K. Y. Narayanaswamy, Date of Birth

K. Y. Narayanaswamy

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1965

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, critic, erudite

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Kuppur Yalappa Narayanaswamy, also known as KYN, is a popular Kannada poet, scholar, critic, and playwright.
He is currently a Kannada professor in the Maharani Cluster University , Bangalore.
He is the author of many popular Kannada plays including Kalavu, Anabhigna Shakuntala, Chakraratna, Huliseere, and Vinura Vema.
He has also translated Kuvempu’s Shudra Tapaswi into Telugu.
He is credited with adapting Kuvempu’s magnum opus Malegalalli madumagalu into a 9-hour play.
He has also written the screenplay for the films Kalavu and Suryakaanti. He won the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award for his play Pampabharatha, which is considered a milestone in modern Kannada theatre.
He is considered to be an influential writer and thinker.
His plays are representative of Kannada theatre’s search for new frontiers in experimental theatre.