Amur was born in Bommanahalli village in the
Dharwad district. He obtained his
Master of Arts degree in English from the
University of Mumbai and his PhD in English from the
Karnatak University,
Dharwar. His thesis was titled
The Concept of Comedy. After his M.A., Amur worked as a professor of English at the
Karnatak University,
Dharwad and
Marathwada University in
Aurangabad before he visited the
University of California at Santa Barbara and
Yale University as a Senior
Fulbright scholar in 1972 and 1973. He was married to Shanta Amur and resided in Dharwad. ==Awards==