Sri Sri

Srirangam Srinivasarao or Sri Sri (1910-1983) was a popular modern
Telugu poet. He was born in Visakhapatnam.  Sri Sri was the first true
modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues which affected
day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not
used in classical telugu poetry. Sri Sri was famous as mahakavi. He
rocked the telugu literature world with his Maha Prasthanam(literally -
a long journey), an anthology of poems -- one of his major works.
Some other major works of Sri Sri include ' Maro Prasthanam',
'Siprali', 'Khadga Srushti'.Sri Sri had written songs for Telugu films
too. His Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda  of Velugu Needalu (1961), Telugu
veeralevara of Alluri Seetha Rama Raju, Nenu saitham of
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Chalam

Gudipati Venkatachalam aka Chalam , a Telugu writer and philosopher, was one of the most influential personalities in the modern Telugu literature. Chalam was a strong critic of the fundamental societal architecture of his time. He believed that the barriers created by the society precluded love and mutual understanding from human relationships. From Brahmanikam: to be verified " Stri oka mata valla,chupu vallaa purushuniki sandichhindaa....ika atani adhikaraniki, korikalaki,vinnapalaki antam undadu. Asalu paryavasanam akkarleni stri modatininchi vimukhamgane undali......nippu vale undali,kaalanu kudadani chala mandi moorkhula aasa... Click here for More
 

Dr.C.Narayna Reddy

Dr. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy aka C Na Re received the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 1988 for his contribution to Telugu literature. He
was born at  Hanumajipeta,Karimnagar district. He completed is Master's
degree and Ph.D. degree in Telugu literature from Osmania University.
He worked in Osmania University as a professor and attained very high positions and earned many awards. It could be surprising to learn that Dr.CNR studied in Urdu medium till his graduation. Dr.CNR is the only
Telugu person who has received Jnanpith Award other than
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Kancha Ilaiah is an social activist, thinker and scholar. He was born into Kuruma Golla family on October 5, 1952. He is Dalit intellectual and Professor and Chairman of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is an out-spoken activist in the Dalitbahujan (Scheduled and Backwards Castes) and civil liberties movement.A prolific author of numerous books and articles in both English and Telegu, Dr. Ilaiah recently finished a Post Doctoral Fellowship in the United States to finish up his most recent book...
His book, Why I Am Not A Hindu has been a best-seller in India.

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Devulapalli Krishna Sastry

Devulapalli Krishnasastri is a Telugu poet and was born in East Godavari district.He was brought up in family of court-poets and he started writing poetry from a very young age. Krishnasastri's works changed significantly after he met Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1929. Krishnasastri joined All India Radio in 1945 and has written number of
plays for it.Andhra University has conferred the title Kalaprapoorna
(The complete artist) on him in 1975. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award too. He was given the Padma Bhushan in 1976.
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