Vittal Rao K.

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Vittal Rao, K.
Vittal Krishna Rao
Born	(1942-05-12) 12 May 1942 (age 82) Hosur, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu
Spouse	Kamala Vittal
Children	Harini Vittal Karthik

Vittal Rāo K (Tamil: விட்டால் ராவ் கி) (born 12 May 1942) is a Tamil writer^[1] who was born at Hosur, a small town in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India. Although a Kannadiga by birth, Tamil was his medium of instruction since he did his schooling in Tamil Nadu. A man of varied talents, he took to writing in his early twenties, but he became a recognizable face in the local literary circles when his short stories started appearing in popular Tamil weekly magazines such as Ananda Vikatan in 1967. In his literary career spanning over four decades, Vittal Rao has written^[2] 9 novels, 5 collections of 140 short stories and 7 essays ranging from world cinema to fine art, history and literature.