Ravella Venkatarama Rao (30 January 1927 – 10 December 2013) was a Telugu-language writer and poet. He wrote under pen-name, ''Jayasri''.Well-Known Writer Ravella no More - The Hans India
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Life

He was born in Gokinepally village, Mudigonda, Khammamet (now Khammamm)

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 ...

. He fought in the

Telangana armed struggle The Telangana Rebellion popularly known as Telangana Sayuda Poratam (Telugu : తెలంగాణ సాయుధ పోరాటం) of 1946–51 was a communist-led insurrection of peasants against the princely state of Hyderabad in the r ...

against the Nizam and feudal lords. He was jailed for four years. He is survived by wife and four sons wife name is Ravella suguna and sons * → Ravella Venkatarama Rao → Ravella Suguna * → Ravella Madhava Rao → Ravella Aruna → Ravella Sri Navya, Ravella Sridivya, Ravella Sri Kavya * → Ravella Maheshwar Rao → Ravella Vimala → Ravella Naveen * → Ravella Manohar Varma → Ravella Kavitha → Ravella Sri Ramya, RAvella Ajay Varma, Ravella Vijay Varma * → Ravella Laxamana Varma → Ravella Satyavathi → Ravella Adithya Varma, Ravella Abhilash Varma

Works

* Ragajyotulu * Jeevana Raagam * Chaitanya Sravanti * Palle Bharati

Awards

He received literary awards given in memory of Jashuva, Dasaradhi and

Gurajada Appa Rao Gurajada Venkata Apparao (21 September 1862 – 30 November 1915) was an Indian playwright, dramatist, poet, and writer known for his works in Telugu theatre. Rao wrote the play ''Kanyasulkam'' in 1892, which is considered as the greatest play ...

References

Indian male poets Poets from Telangana People from Khammam district Telugu-language writers 1927 births 2013 deaths {{India-writer-stub