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| name = Kommuri Venugopala Rao<br />
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| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]]<ref name="Tearful adieu to Kommuri"/><br />
| birth_date = 1935<ref name="Tearful adieu to Kommuri"/><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|10|30|1935}}<ref name="Tearful adieu to Kommuri"/><br />
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| occupation = Writer, Novelist, Doctor<br />
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'''Kommuri Venugopala Rao''' was an Indian novelist from Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="The Growth of the novel in India">{{cite book|last1=Rajan|first1=edited by P.K.|last2=S|first2=Prabhakar Rao|title=The Growth of the novel in India, 1950-1980|date=1989|publisher=Abhinav Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=8170172594|pages=93–102|edition=1. publ. in India.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK3PpQWV51MC&q=Kommuri+Venugopala+Rao&pg=PA151|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature">{{cite book|last1=Mohan|first1=lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|date=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788126012213|page=3896|edition=1}}</ref> He wrote more than 30 novels. His two novels ''Penkutillu'' and ''House Surgeon'' are well known to the Telugu readers.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|last1=Veeraji|title=Doing the write thing|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/doing-the-write-thing/article3200593.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> He was influenced by Bengali writer [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay|Sarath Chandra]].<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He was born in Vijayawada in the year 1935.<ref name="Tearful adieu to Kommuri">{{cite web|last1=Special|first1=Correspondent|title=Tearful adieu to Kommuri|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110205100500.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-11-02|accessdate=19 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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== Writings ==<br />
He wrote his first novel, ''Penkutillu'', at the age of 15 which was published in 1957.<ref name="thehindu"/> This novel is based on middle class life. ''House Surgeon'' is about a steadfast medico. Both of these books received several reprints.<br />
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== List of Novels ==<br />
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* ''Penkutillu''<br />
* ''House Surgeon''<br />
* ''Ee Desamlo Oka Bhagam''<br />
* ''Atma Jyoti''<br />
* ''Gorintaku''<br />
* ''Prema Nakshatram''<br />
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[[Category:Telugu writers]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
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