Born Girish Raghunath Karnad
19 May 1938
Matheran, Bombay Presidency, British India
(now in Maharashtra, India)
Died 10 June 2019 (aged 81)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • director
  • actor
Alma mater Karnataka University
Magdalen College, Oxford
Period 1961–2019
Genre Fiction
Literary movement Navya
Notable works Tughalak 1964
Taledanda
Spouse Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy
Children Raghu Karnad, Shalmali Radha