# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chandrashekhara-kambara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:24.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chandrashekhara-kambara"
name: "Chandrashekhara Kambara"
slug: "chandrashekhara-kambara"
description: "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."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CHANDRASEKHAR-B_KAMBARA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.52286266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436490/"
    handle:    "nm0436490"
sources:
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0"
    title: "చంద్రశేఖర కంబార"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تشاندراشيكارا كامبارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تشاندراشيخارا كامبارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0"
    title: "চন্দ্ৰশেখৰ কম্বাৰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "چاندرا شکر کمبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara"
    title: "Chandrashekhara Kambara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88andra%C5%9De%C4%A5ara_Kambara"
    title: "Ĉandraŝeĥara Kambara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "چاندرا شکر کمبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara"
    title: "Chandrashekhara Kambara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "चन्द्रशेखर कम्बार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara"
    title: "Chandrashekhara Kambara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%96%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0"
    title: "ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%B0_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "ചന്ദ്രശേഖര കമ്പാർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "चंद्रशेखर कम्बरा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਚੰਦਰਸ਼ੇਖਰ ਕੰਬਾਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "चन्द्रशेखर कम्बार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "சந்திரசேகர கம்பரா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%96%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0"
    title: "ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump