death_date death_place children birth_place awards nationality notable_works birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
25 january 2000 bangalore , karnataka , india gauri lankesh , kavitha lankesh , indrajit lankesh kongavalli karnataka , india -rrb- , british india -lrb- now shimoga district , sahitya akademi award -lrb- 1993 -rrb- indian '' '' mussanjeya katha prasanga '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- '' kallu kereya karaguva samaya '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- nerannu kerege chelli '' -lrb- 1960 -rrb- 8 march 1935 indira lankesh p. lankesh
 palyada lankeshappa writer , teacher , editor , filmmaker , poet , playwright
p. lankesh

p. lankesh -lrb- , 8 march 1935 -- 25 january 2000 -rrb- , was an indian poet , fiction writer , playwright , translator , screenplay writer and journalist who wrote in the kannada language .
he was also an award-winning film director .
he is generally regarded as the most radical , outspoken and socially committed intellectual of the great navya triumvirate of him , poornachandra tejaswi and u.r. ananthamurthy .
