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D. R. Bendre

D R Bendre
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Personal information
Birth date31 January 1896
Place of birthDharwad, Karnataka, India
Date of death21 October 1981
Pen nameAmbikatanayadatta
NationalityIndian
OccupationTeacher, Poet
Influenced byKahlil Gibran, George William Russell, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo
Literary movementNavodaya

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Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre(Kannada:ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೇಯ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ಬೇಂದ್ರೆ) (January 31, 1896 - 21 October 1981) was amongst the most famous of Kannada poets of the Navodaya Period. Praised as varakavi, literally 'gifted poet', he was the second person among seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in India. He wrote under the pen-name of Ambikatanayadatta ("Datta, Child of Ambika"). He also held the title Karnataka kula Thilaka ("The light of the Kannada Nation") conferred by Udupi Adamaru Math. He was conferred Padma Shri by Government of India.

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