Samala Sadasiva (11 May 1928 – 7 August 2012) was a

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poet and writer. He won the

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in 2011.

Born

He was born in Tenugupalle village in Dahegaon mandal in Komaram Bheem and worked as a Telugu teacher.

Life

Sadasiva wrote over 425 books in various languages and translated books into Telugu from

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, English and others. He was instrumental in including a lesson on Girijan leader Komaram Bheem in the school syllabus in Andhra Pradesh. Some of his works include Urdu Sahithya charitra, Amzad Rubayilu, Malayalamarathalu, Yaadhi, Sangeetha sikaraalu, etc. He earned a doctorate from

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in 1998 and

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conferred him with a doctorate in 2002. In 2006, he got Rajiv Prathibha Puraskaram. A native of Cherupalli village of Dayagam mandal, He lived in Vidhyanagar in Adilabad town. He won kendra sahithya academy award for his book on Hindustani music written in Telugu called ''Swara Layalu''.He has got best translation award in 1964 for translation "Amzad Rubabulu" .

Death

He died due to cardiac arrest at his home in Adilabad. He had died on 7 August 2012.

Bibliography

* Swaralayaalu * Yadi * Malayamarutalu * Sangitashikharalu * Mirza Ghalib * Amjad Rubabulu samala #Urdu sahitya charitra

References

Poets from Andhra Pradesh Telugu writers People from Adilabad 1928 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Indian poets Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu {{India-writer-stub