Namini Subrahmanyam Naidu is a famous Telugu writer from

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district of

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. His stories have received wide acclaim owing to the depiction of his life experiences as stories in

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dialect. His stories have first been published in

Andhra Jyothy ''Andhra Jyothi'' () is the third largest circulated Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by K. L. N. Prasad, an Industrialist on 1 July 1960. It is also one of the ...

newspaper during 1980s and 1990s.

Childhood and education

Namini was born in 1948 in Mittur,

district. He hails from an agricultural family. He completed his Primary schooling in Mittur and High school in a neighboring village Venakatapuram. He did his M.Sc from

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, Tirupati.

Work life

After completing his post graduation, he joined as a sub-editor in

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upon an invite from ABK Prasad. After 8 months, he started working in Tirupati edition of Andhrajyothi and shifted to his hometown, Mittoor. During his tenure as weekly editor of the Andhra Jyothi, he got into controversy for having published a long story ''Ravana Josyam'', by D.R. Indra. Though he received physical threats and faced intimidation from some sections of people, he went ahead and published two parts of the three-series story.

Literary works

Namini has written his first story while he was in first year of post graduation. It was inspired from the incident he encountered while travelling in a bus. He sent it to Andhraprabha but it was returned to him unpublished. His autobiographical sketch, ''Pachanaaku Saakshiga'' about the hardship he underwent in his childhood, depicted with a sense of humor in typical Rayalaseema accent, is lauded as his best work. ''Mittoorodi Pustakam'' is a compilation of some of his stories in one. Illustrations have been done by Bapu. ''Namini Iskoolu Pustakam'' is also a compilation of his books like ''Pillala Bhashalo Algebra, Iskoolu pilakayala katha'' and others. His style of writing, he says has been inspired from small town people, their lives, conversations and his relation with them. Namini received wide appreciation for his writing from the likes of

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and Bapu. He also writes articles for various newspapers and some of his recent stories got published in Kinige. He has started a publishing house by the name "Tom sawyer publications", based in Tirupati. He has published ''Kollo Jaga'', ''Mittoorodi Pustakam'' and ''Moolintaame'' under this publication.

Family

He has an elder sister and an elder brother. He is currently living in Tirupati with his wife Prabhavati. They have a son named Tom Sawyer and a daughter named Deepthi.

Books

* Mittoorodi Kathalu * Sinabba Kathalu * Munikannadi Sedyam * Pacchanaaku Sakshigaa * Number One Pudingi (2011) * Namini Iskoolu Pustakam (2010) * Paalapodugu * Chaduvula Chaavula * Mittoorodi Pustakam (2013) * Moolintaame (2014) * Kollo Jaga (2017)

References

External links

A Telugu article in the website pustakam.net, on "Number One Pudingi"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naidu, Namini Subrahmanyam Telugu writers Living people Sri Venkateswara University alumni 1948 births People from Chittoor district