Suragali Timothy Gnanananda Kavi (16 July 1922 – 6 January 2011) was an Indian poet from the state of

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

Life and career

Kavi was born in July 1922 in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

, Kavi is credited with forty anthologies which include ''Dharma Graham'', ''Vamshadhara'', ''Aksharabhisekham'', ''Golconda Kavyam'', ''Kristu Prabandham'' and ''Naajeevitha Gatha'' and has received Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi award, Paidi Laxmaiah award and Andhra Pradesh Samskruthika Samstha

Hamsa Award The Kala Ratna ( te, కళారత్న) earlier Hamsa Award, is a civilian honour of the Andhra Pradesh state are conferred annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and is organised by the State Cultural Council and Department of Cultur ...

. A recipient of honorary doctorates from

Andhra University Andhra University (IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest do ...

in 1975 and

Telugu University The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) is one of the few Indian language universities in India. University It was established as "Telugu University" on 2 December 1985 through an Act of Legislation (Act No. 27 of 1985) by the State Legi ...

in 1999, he was honoured by the

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, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

. He died in

Kakinada Kakinada (List of renamed places in India, formerly called Kakinandiwada, Coringa, and Cocanada; ) is the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population, sixth largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra P ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

in January 2011 at the age of 88.Well-known poet passes away
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* 1922 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Andhra Pradesh Recipients of the Kala Ratna Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education Writers from Hyderabad, India {{India-poet-stub