Vasumati Udupa

Vasumati Udupa

Vasumati Udupa was born in Kiranakere inThirthahalli talook in Shimoga district. After getting educated in Thirthahalli, Vasumati Udupa, at age of 19 had her first story published in the Kannada weekly, Sudha.
Since then she has been serving the Kannada literature by writing and publishing in various forms of Kannada literature. Her short stories, essays, novels and children’s literature have been published in many Kannada periodicals. Her stories have been translated into other languages and some have been adapted as plays for radio.
Her entire short stories have been collected and published and also her essay collections, plays, novels and children’s literature, have all been published.
She has been honored with Kannada Sahitya Academy’s book prize, Alasinga award, M.K. Indira award, U.R. Anantamurthy award and many more prestigious awards.