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Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry
Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry () (2 May 1929 – 25 December 1998), also known as "Ajanta", was a Telugu writer and editor.Ajanta, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 7-8. Life He was born in Kesanakurru village in West Godavari district. After primary education at Narsapuram, he graduated and worked in different magazines in Hyderabad and Chennai. He has worked as Chief Sub-editor of Andhra Prabha daily magazine in Vijayawada. He followed in the line of Srirangam Srinivasa Rao. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ... for his Telugu-language poetic work "Swapna Lipi" in 1997. References Telugu-language journalists Indian editors Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in T ...
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Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ...
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Andhra Prabha
''Andhra Prabha'' - ''Journalism first'' is a Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The newspaper is one of the oldest running Telugu-language daily newspapers of India. The newspaper and website (''www.prabhanews.com'') were owned by the New Indian Express Group of Companies but the newspaper was sold to entrepreneurs from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The newspaper is owned by Mootha Gopalakrishna (spelled as "Muttha Gopalakrishna"), former M.L.A of Kakinada city (Assembly Constituency). The newspaper publishes neutral news not in support of any political organisation and is the one of the most balanced and close-to-reality Telugu language daily newspapers. Early history Andhra Prabha was started in Madras (now, Chennai) on August 15, 1938 by Ramnath Goenka under his ''Indian Express'' group and published from major towns inside Andhra Pradesh from the 1950s to challenge the prominence of the then leading Telugu newspap ...
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Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (30 April 1910 – 15 June 1983), popularly known as Sri Sri, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and films. Noted for his anthology '' Maha Prasthanam'', Sri Sri is a recipient of a National Film Award, a Nandi Award and a Sahitya Akademi Award. He was a member of Pen India, Sahitya Academy, vice-president of the South Indian Film Writers Association, Madras and president of the Revolutionary Writers Association of Andhra. Life Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Sri Sri, was born in a Telugu family on 30 April 1910 in Visakhapatnam of present-day Andhra Pradesh. His parents were Pudipeddi Venkatramaniah and Atappakonda but was later adopted by Srirangam Suryanarayana. Sri Sri was schooled at Vishakhapatnam, and graduated in BA at University of Madras in 1931. He started as a demonstrator at SVS College, Vizag in 1935 and joined as sub-editor at the daily, ''Andhra Prabha'' in 1938. He later worked at ...
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Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language. Established in 1954, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of ₹ 1,00,000. The award's purpose is to recognise and promote excellence in Indian writing and also acknowledge new trends. The annual process of selecting awardees runs for the preceding twelve months. The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray. Prior to this, the plaque occasionally was made of marble, but this practice was discontinued because of the excessive weight. During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, the plaque was substituted with national savings bonds. Recipients Other literary honors Sahitya Akademi Fellowships They ...
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Telugu-language Journalists
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1929 Births
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People From West Godavari District
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