Tripuraneni Gopichand (8 September 1910 – 2 November 1962) was a
Telugu
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*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright, film director, and a radical humanist. Gopichand was the son of renowned social reformer and play writer
. Gopichand, inspired by
M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first state secretary of the
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Andhra Pradesh. His second novel ''
Asamardhuni Jivayatra'' (''Bungler: A Journey Through Life''), was the first
psychological novel
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in
Telugu literature
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. Gopichand was posthumously awarded the
Sahitya Akademi
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Award for ''Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama'' in 1963, the first Telugu novel to win this award.
His novels typically features gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured by a sense of
guilt
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*Guilt (law), a legal term
Music
*Guilt (album), ''Guilt'' (album), a 2009 album by Mims
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His novel "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra", is part of the syllabus for APPSC examinations in Telugu literature as an optional subject.
A postal stamp in his honour was released by the Government of India on his 100th birthday.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Parivartanam''
* ''
Asamardhuni Jivayatra'' (first psychoanalysis novel in Telugu)
* ''Merupula Marakalu''
* ''Pandita Parameswara Sastry Veelunaama''
* ''Yamapasam''
* ''Cheekati Gadulu''
* ''Sidhilalayam''
* ''Gadiya Padani Talupulu''
* ''Gatinchanigatam''
* ''Pillatemmera''
* ''Premopahatulu''
Non-fiction
* ''Tatvavettalu''
* ''Postu Chaiyani Uttarulu''
* ''Maku Unnayi Swagataalu''
* ''Vubhayakusalopari''
Filmography
* Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963) (Dialogues)
* Dharmadevatha (1952) (Dialogues)
* Priyuralu (1952) (Story, Dialogues and Direction)
* Perantalu (1951) (Director)
* Lakshmamma (1950) (Director)
*
Gruhapravesam
''Gruhapravesam'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language drama film, co-produced and directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Sivakumar and Jaya. It was released on 10 April 1976.
Plot
Raju and Lakshmi live with Ra ...
(1946) (Story)
* Raithubidda (1939) (Dialogues)
Family tree
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**Tripuraneni Gopichand
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Tripuraneni Sai Chand (Actor)
References
External links
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1910 births
1962 deaths
Telugu writers
People from Krishna district
Screenwriters from Karnataka
Indian humorists
20th-century Indian novelists
Indian male screenwriters
Kannada screenwriters
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Novelists from Karnataka
20th-century Indian male writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu
20th-century Indian screenwriters
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