1937 - Today
Chandrashekhara Basavanneppa Kambara (Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ; born 2 January 1937) 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.Kambara's plays mainly revolve around folk or mythology interlinked with contemporary issues, inculcating modern lifestyle with his hard-hitting poems. He has become a pioneer of such literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chandrashekhara Kambara has received more than 584,538 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chandrashekhara Kambara is the 2,150th most popular writer (up from 3,946th in 2019).
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Among writers, Chandrashekhara Kambara ranks 2,150 out of 5,755. Before him are Edward Young, Li He, Thomas Keneally, Bâkî, Saigyō, and Albert Gleizes. After him are Kristijonas Donelaitis, Princess Michael of Kent, Idries Shah, Saki, Marcel Achard, and Paul Féval, père.
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,144
790 - 816
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 2,145
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 2,146
1526 - 1600
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 2,147
1118 - 1190
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 2,148
1881 - 1953
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 2,149
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 2,150
1714 - 1780
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 2,151
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 2,152
1924 - 1996
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 2,153
1870 - 1916
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 2,154
1899 - 1974
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 2,155
1816 - 1887
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 2,156
Among people born in 1937, Chandrashekhara Kambara ranks 139. Before him are Erich Segal, Dyan Cannon, Ted Nelson, Archie Shepp, Anna Hazare, and Sally Kellerman. After him are Suzanne Pleshette, Foday Sankoh, Trini Lopez, Félix Miélli Venerando, Monica Zetterlund, and Luciana Paluzzi.
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 133
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 134
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 135
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 136
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 137
1937 - 2022
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 138
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 139
1937 - 2008
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 140
1937 - 2003
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 141
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 142
1937 - 2012
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 143
1937 - 2005
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 144
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 145