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D. R. Bendre

1896 - 1981

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Dattātreya Rāmachandra Bēndre (31 January 1896 – 26 October 1981), popularly known as Da Rā Bēndre, is generally considered the greatest Kannada lyric poet of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the history of Kannada literature. A pioneering poet of Kannada's Navōdaya movement and a leading figure in the linguistic renaissance of Kannada in the region of North Karnataka (then part of the Bombay Presidency), Bendre forged a new path in Kannada literature and modern Kannada poetry through his original use of desi Kannada, particularly Dharwad Kannada – the form of Kannada spoken in the North Karnataka region of Dharwad. The richness, originality, and euphony of his poetry, his preternatural feel for the Kannada language, and his charismatic personality would result in him being hailed as a Varakavi (lit. 'boon-gifted poet-seer') by the Kannada people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. D. R. Bendre is the 3,150th most popular writer (down from 2,108th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from India (down from 265th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, D. R. Bendre ranks 3,150 out of 7,302. Before him are Béla Király, Rahul Sankrityayan, Olaudah Equiano, Juan Fernández de Heredia, Edward Gorey, and Eduard Vilde. After him are Dámaso Alonso, Itzhak Katzenelson, Ahmad Javad, William Congreve, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Cecil Bødker.

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Among people born in 1896, D. R. Bendre ranks 142. Before him are Josephine Tey, Aimo Lahti, Dodie Smith, Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, and Árpád Weisz. After him are Ken Myers, Lester Germer, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Edward Arthur Milne, Raymond Massey, and Franz Blücher. Among people deceased in 1981, D. R. Bendre ranks 118. Before him are Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Harry Harlow, Mostafa Chamran, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Chief Dan George, and Rensis Likert. After him are Mario Camerini, Ivan Eklind, Ricardo Wolf, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Josef Silný, and Lanza del Vasto.

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In India

Among people born in India, D. R. Bendre ranks 420 out of 1,861. Before him are Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Kishore Kumar (1929), Jaya Prada (1962), Asha Bhosle (1933), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), and M. N. Roy (1887). After him are Margaret Abbott (1878), Viswanathan Anand (1969), Man Singh I (1550), Zail Singh (1916), Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), and Girish Karnad (1938).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, D. R. Bendre ranks 52. Before him are T. H. White (1906), Subramania Bharati (1882), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Rahul Sankrityayan (1893). After him are Bhavabhuti (null), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Shudraka (500), Shibli Nomani (1857), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894).

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