Key facts
- Born
- 2 January 1937, Gokak
- State of birth
- Gokak, Karnataka
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian writer
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Chandrashekhara Basavanneppa Kambara is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country's premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993). He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, and poems, in a similar style as in the works of D.R. Bendre.
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Timeline
- 1937Born in Gokak
- 1991Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Kannada
- 2010Awarded the Jnanpith Award
- 2017Awarded the Gangadhar National Award
- 2021Awarded the Padma Bhushan
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- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Vishwanatha Badikana