Da ra bendre biography examples

Indian Kannada poet

Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre
Born	()31 January Dharwad, Bombay Presidency, India (now in Karnataka)
Died	26 October () (aged&#;85) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Poet, teacher
Period	20th century
Genre	Poetry
Literary movement	Navodaya
Notable works	Sakheegeeta, Naadaleele, Kannada Meghadoota, Gangaavatarana, Arulu-Maralu, Naaku Tanti

Dattātreya Rāmachandra Bēndre (31 January &#;– 26 October ), popularly known as Da Rā Bēndre, is generally considered the greatest Kannada lyric poet of the 20th century^[1][2][3] and one of the greatest poets in the history of Kannada literature.^[1] 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 u