From 1987 to 1991, he served as Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, Kerala. Archived from the original[archive] on 27 April 2006. The book tells the story of a man from India's highest social class who dies unexpectedly, thereby creating an internal conflict in his town.
... The New Indian Express. He was one of the finalists for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.
Archived from the original[archive] on 29 September 2007. After Murthy’s death was announced on 22 August 2014, a number of BJP and Hindu Jagarana Vedike members were arrested for commemorating his passing by setting off fireworks in four locations in Mangalore and one location in Chikkamagaluru.
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Ekavi foundation. He served as a visiting professor in many Indian and foreign universities including Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Tübingen, University of Iowa, Tufts University and Shivaji University.[1] Ananthamurthy served twice as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India.[11] In 2012 he was appointed the first Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka.[12]
Ananthamurthy has participated and delivered lectures in numerous seminars as writer and orator both in and outside the country.
He likes to see life as living in the love of Amma (or mother-goddess). He later clarified that those remarks were made when he was "overcome by emotion" and said that he had no such plan, though he continued to oppose BJP. Murthy was given special police protection after he began receiving threatening phone calls.
Literary Works
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Ananthamurthy's works have been translated into several Indian and European languages and have been awarded with important literary prizes.[1] His main works include "Prashne", "Aakasha Mattu Bekku", Samskara, Bhava, Bharathipura, and Avasthe.
The Times of India. He lived in Bangalore for the majority of his later years. Several of his novels and short fictions have been made into movies.
Most of Ananthamurthy's literary works deal with psychological aspects of people in different situations, times and circumstances. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
↑"More State cities and towns can be renamed, says Ananthamurthy"[archive].
Chennai, India. He has written numerous short stories as well. He earned his doctorate from the University of Birmingham in 1966 for his dissertation thesis entitled "Politics and Fiction in the 1930s".
Ananthamurthy started his career as a professor and instructor in 1970 in English department of University of Mysore.
