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M.R. Dattathri

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M. R. Dattathri is a bilingual novelist, poet, translator, and columnist from Bengaluru, India.
After spending three decades as a senior IT professional in India and the US, he transitioned full-time to literature, publishing in both Kannada and English.
His fiction blends incisive social observation with a global outlook shaped by years spent on two continents. Dattathri’s novels have earned many of Karnataka’s highest honours, including the Masti Prashasti (2019), Book Brahma Novel of the Year (2023), Vardhamana Prashasti (2023), and the Sunanda Belgaokar Award (2024). Two of his books have appeared in Telugu, and his latest English book—What’s Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy?—was released by Penguin Random House India in April 2025.
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