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U. R. Ananthamurthy

Indian writer and critic in the kannada language.

Born December 21st, 1932 in Thirthahalli.

Died August 22nd, 2014 at 81 years old in Bengaluru (kidney failure).

Occupations
literary critic, poet, university teacher, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde