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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = A.N. Murthy Rao<br />
| image = Murthy_Rao.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1900|6|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Akkihebbalu]], [[Mysore State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|8|23|1900|6|16}}<br />
| occupation = [[Professor]], [[Writer]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| genre = Fiction<br />
| awards = [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada|Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
| movement = [[Kannada literature#Modern Kannada (hosagannaDa)|Navodaya]]<br />
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.anmoorthyrao.com/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Akkihebbalu Narasimha Murthy Rao''' (16 June 1900--23 August 2003) was an Indian author who wrote in [[Kannada]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in [[Akkihebbalu]] ([[Mandya District]]), Murthy studied in [[Mysore]] and later taught English at [[Mysore University]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2018}} He was the first Director of Kannada and Culture Department of the [[Karnataka]] Government and also presided over the 56th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in 1984.{{Citation needed|date= May 2018}}<br />
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Murthy is popular for his [[atheistic]] thoughts and writings. He has also written dramas, short stories. In addition, he was the first director of the Kannada & Sanskriti Department, spearheaded by [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]].{{Citation needed|date= May 2018}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''AaShaDhaBhoothi'' (Translation of [[Molière]]'s drama) <br />
* ''Devaru:''<ref name="Murthy">[http://www.carvaka4india.com/search/label/AN%20Murthy%20Rao A.N. Murthy Rao]. carvaka4india.com.</ref><br />
* ''aleyuva mana:'' (essay, including [[Homer]])<br />
* ''Aparavayaskana America Yatre'' (travelogue, account of his travels in [[Chicago]] and other places in the U.S.)<br />
* ''sanjegaNNina hinnOTa(Aftersights in the Evening)''<br />
* ''Hagaluganasugalu (Daydreams)''<br />
* ''Minugu Minchu (Flickering Lightning)''<br />
* ''Janatha Janardhana (Citizen God)''<br />
* ''Mahabharatadalli Kedu Aembudara Samasye (The problem of evil in Mahabharatha)''<br />
* ''Ganavihara (Traveling through music)''<br />
* ''Sahitya Mattu Satya (Literature and Truth)''<br />
* ''Hemavathi Teerada Tavasi (The hermit on the banks of Hemavathi)''<br />
* ''Poorvasoorigalodane (With the ancient masters)''<br />
* ''Shakespeare''<br />
* ''B. M. Srikantaiah''<br />
* ''Paschatya Sanna kathegalu (Western short stories)''<br />
* ''Chitragalu Patragalu (Sketches and Letters)''<br />
* ''Socratesana Koneya Dinagalu (Last days of Socrates)''<br />
* ''Yodhana Punaragamana (Return of the soldier)''<br />
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And multiple collections of light essays which he was widely known for.<ref>[https://www.sapnaonline.com/shop/Author/a-n-murthy-rao A. N. Murthy Rao]. [[Sapna Book House]].</ref><br />
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[[Category:1900 births]]<br />
[[Category:2003 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian atheism activists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian atheists]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Mandya district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada]]<br />
[[Category:University of Mysore faculty]]<br />
[[Category:Indian centenarians]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian essayists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian travel writers]]<br />
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