A Kannada book by Akshara Prakashana / ಅಕ್ಷರ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ
Born into a Havyaka Brahmin family in a small village in Karnataka‚ South India‚ K.V. Subbanna had his initial education at Sagara and Shimoga. He did his B.A.(Hons.) in Kannada Literature at the University of Mysore‚ where he had acclaimed teachers like Kuvempu and S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta and U.R. Ananthamurthy as his fellow-student. After his degree he returned to his village Heggodu to continue his family profession of areca farming. He was deeply involved with the socio-cultural life of his community – as a result of which he envisioned the Ninasam theatre group of his village as it exists now. Subbanna expanded Ninasam and built its allied institutions (Ninasam‚ Ninasam Theatre Institute‚ Ninasam Tirugata) and Akshara Prakashana‚ which occupies a prominent place in Kannada publishing. He directed several important theatre productions which include classics like Mricchakatika‚