Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Viswanatha Satyanarayana one of the famous poet in modern India, born in Nandamuru, Krishna district, contributed immensely in the literature field ,Only two people from Telugu literature was award Jnanpith Award,he is one among them. His famous work Veyipadagalu was translated by former Prime Minister P.V.Narasimharao to Hindi named it as Sahasraphan.
Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Date of Birth: 10th Sept 1895
Place of Birth: Nandamuru, Krishna District
Father : Shobhanadri
Mother: Parvati Devi
Siblings: 4
2 sisters (elder)
2 Brothers (younger)
Date of Expiry :18th Oct 1976.
Title :Kavi Samraat.
Awards Received :Jnanpith Award, Padma Bhushan
Kala Prapoorna awarded by Andhra University.
Schooling in Nandamuru
College: Degree from National College (Machilipatnam)
PG in Sanskrit from University of Madras
Faculty in many colleges in Vijayawada, Guntur, Karimnagar, Machilipatnam.
Retired as principal of Government college in Karimnagar.
Literary Work
His Literary work was translated to English, Hindi,Sanskrit, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam.
His literary work includes
Poems -30
Plays -20
Novels -60
Short stories -35
Former Prime Minister of India PV Narasimha Rao translated Veyipadagalu into Hindi named it as Sahasraphan.
Few of his literary work includes the following:
Aaru nadulu, Chandra guptuni swapnam, Beddanna Senani, Girikumarini Prema Geetalu, Ma Babu, Sasidutam , Kasmira rajatarangini, Vishnu Sarma Englishu Chaduvu, Dhooma Rekha, Trisulam ,Visweswara Satakam etc