A. R. Krishnashastry

A. R. Krishnashastry
BornAmbale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry
(1890-02-12)12 February 1890
Ambale, Kingdom of Mysore
Died1 February 1968(1968-02-01) (aged 77)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Occupation
  • Writer
  • professor
  • journalist
NationalityIndian
GenreFiction, Mythology
Literary movementNavodaya
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A. R. Krishnashastry

Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry (1890–1968) was an Indian writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language. Krishnashastry has remained popular four decades after his death through his work Vachana Bharata, and his narration of the Hindu epic Mahabharata in the Kannada.