Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Telugu writer, poet, novelist

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1895

Place of Birth: Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 18-Oct-1976

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Viswanatha Satyanarayana

  • Viswanatha Satyanarayana (10 September 1895 – 18 October 1976) (Telugu: ???????? ??????????) was born to Sobhanadri and Parvathi in the year 1895 at Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
  • He was a Telugu writer of the 20th century.
  • His works included poetry, novels, drama, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy, religion, sociology, [9political science]], linguistics, psychology and consciousness studies, epistemology, aesthetics and spiritualism.
  • He was a student of Chellapilla Venkata Sastry.
  • Chellapilla was familiar to be known as Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo, Diwakarla Tirupathi Sastry and Chellapilla Venkata Sastry.
  • Viswanatha's style of poetry was classical in nature and his popular works include Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu (Ramayana the wish-granting divine tree), Kinnersani patalu (Mermaid songs) and Veyipadagalu (The Thousand Hoods). He worked as the first principal of Karimnagar Government College (1959–61).He was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Bhushan in 1971.The parallel "free-verse" movement in easy prose of Telugu literature criticised him as a bigot who hung onto the strict rules of poetry such as Yati, Prasa (rhyme) and Chandas (meter).
  • However this only covers a part of the wide variety of literature he created.
  • At the same time, there was no contemporary in Telugu literature who could match his depth of the subjects he covered and his mastery of literature.
  • A book with his memories compiled has been released.

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