C. K. Nagaraja Rao was an Indian writer, dramatist, stage artist, director, journalist and social activist, who wrote in Kannada.
He was the first recipient of the Moortidevi Award instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith for his magnum opus "Pattamahadevi Shantaladevi" in 1983. The same work received "Best Creative Literary Work" award by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in 1978.C. K. Nagaraja Rao was an Indian writer, dramatist, stage artist, director, journalist and social activist, who wrote in Kannada.
He was the first recipient of the Moortidevi Award instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith for his magnum opus "Pattamahadevi Shantaladevi" in 1983. The same work received "Best Creative Literary Work" award by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy in 1978....more