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| name = Sripada Subrahmanya Sastry<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1891|04|23}}<ref name="Poranki">{{cite book |last1=Poranki |first1=Dakshina Murthy |title=Bharateeya Sahitya Nirmathalu Sripada Subrahmanya Sastry |date=2005 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-260-2157-8 |page=11 |edition=1}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Polamuru, East Godavari district|Polamuru]], East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1961|02|25|1891|04|23}}<br />
| death_place = [[Rajahmundry|Rajamandri]]<br />
| father = Lakshmipati Somayajulu<br />
| mother = Mahalakshmi Sodemma<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children =<br />
| occupation = writer<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Statue of Sripada Subramanyam laid By Vedagiri Rambabu at Rajamundry.jpg|thumb|Statue of Sripada Subramanyam laid By Vedagiri Rambabu at Rajamundry]]<br />
'''Sripada Subrahmanya Sastry''' (1891–1961) was a Telugu writer from Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="Who's who of Indian Writers">{{cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Kartik Chandra |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA561 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |accessdate=5 July 2018 |year=1999|isbn=9788126008735 }}</ref><ref name="A New Glimpse: Short Stories from South India">{{cite book |last1=Śāstri |first1=Śrīpāda Subrahmaṇya |title=A New Glimpse: Short Stories from South India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=691jAAAAMAAJ&q=Sripada+Subrahmanya+Sastry |publisher=Sterling Paperback |accessdate=5 July 2018 |year=1999|isbn=9788120721838 }}</ref> His predominant works include short stories, novels, literary essays. He also performed [[Avadhanam]].<ref name="Punnamaraju">{{cite web |last1=Punnamaraju |first1=Nageswara Rao |title=జాతి కోసం తపించిన కథకుడు శ్రీపాద సుబ్రహ్మణ్య శాస్త్రి |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/opinion/sripada-subrahmanya-sastry-a-greatest-literature-writer-133137 |website=Sakshi |accessdate=5 July 2018 |date=24 May 2014}}</ref> He is called ''Adhunika Katha Chakravarthy'' (King of modern short stories) because of his contributions to Telugu literature.<ref name="The Hans India">{{cite web |title=A collection of Sripadas short stories |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2015-04-24/A-collection-of-Sripadas-short-stories-/146685 |website=The Hans India |date=25 April 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2018 }}</ref> He translated entire Valmiki Ramayana into Telugu prose.<ref name="Govindaraju Ramakrsihna">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Govindaraju Ramakrsihna |title=Universal appeal |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/telugu-translation-of-the-ramayana/article6317784.ece |website=The Hindu |accessdate=5 July 2018 |date=14 August 2014}}</ref> He ran a magazine called ''Prabuddha Andhra'' for 9 years.<ref name="yabaluri.org">{{cite web |last1=Pouthukuchi |first1=Surya Narayana Murthy |title=SRIPADA SUBRAHMANYA SASTRI |url=http://www.yabaluri.org/CD%20&%20WEB/sripadasubrahmanyasastrijul64.htm |website=yabaluri.org |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Subrahmanya Sastry was born on 23 April 1891 in Polamuru, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to a Brahmin family.<ref name="Punnamaraju"/> His parents are Lakshmipati Somayajulu and Mahalakshmi Somidevamma demma.<ref name="Poranki"/> His father, a [[Shakha|Vedic scholar]] did not allow him to study anything except the traditional Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit. He completed his traditional education according his father's wishes and later pursued formal education.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
* ''Anubhavalu Jnapakalunu'' (Experiences and memories)<br />
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