Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

V. K. Gokak, Indian writer

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1909

Place of Birth: Savanur, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1992

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (9 August 1909 – 28 April 1992) was a major writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures.
He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language, for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi.
Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi deals with the Vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic narrative in any language in the 20th Century.
In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India for Dyava Prithvi.