Which Kannada writer won the Jnanpith Award in 1994 for his body of work including the controversial novel 'Samskara', about a decaying Brahmin community confronting tradition and modernity?

• A Shivaram Karanth
• B U.R. Ananthamurthy ✓
• C Kuvempu
• D Girish Karnad

U.R. Ananthamurthy's Samskara (1965) caused a sensation in Kannada literature for its frank treatment of Brahminical orthodoxy, desire, and death, and was made into an award-winning film.