वार्ता:गिरीश कर्नाड

Educated at Lincoln and Magdalen colleges in Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, Karnad was Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the University of Chicago (1987-88). His plays were staged in India and abroad to wide acclaim, and Karnad himself began working in the field of theater. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1974, the Padma Bhushan in 1992 and the Jnanpith in 1998.