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Chandrashekhara Kambara

1937 - Today

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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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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chandrashekhara Kambara ranks 2,150 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Chandrashekhara Kambara ranks 139Before 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.

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