Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry () (2 May 1929 – 25 December 1998), also known as "Ajanta", was a

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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 ''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 ...

daily magazine in Vijayawada. He followed in the line of

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 ...

. 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 Telugu 1929 births 1998 deaths People from West Godavari district Indian male journalists Journalists from Andhra Pradesh {{india-journalist-stub