Sep 29, 1904Hombal, Karnataka, IndiaDied on 25 Dec 1993 (aged 89)Libra
About G. B. Joshi
Govindacharya Bhimacharya Joshi was a Kannada playwright in the 1950s.
He was born in Hombal village in Gadag district of Karnataka state in 1904.
He established a theatre group named Vasudeva Vinodini Natya Samsthe at Bagalkot and another theatre group named Kalopasaka Mandali in Dharwad in 1954.
He was also a founder publisher of Manohara Granthamala which has published the works of Jnanapeetha awardee D.R.
Bendre, V.K.
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Mugali, Keertinath Kurtakoti, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Girish Karnad, V.