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'''Tekumalla Achyutarao''' (18 April 1880 – 12 February 1947) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282507097|title=Achyutarao Tekumalla (1880-1947) |website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> was one of a major critics in [[Telugu language]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=tekumalla+achyuta+rao&pg=PA4356|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|last=Lal|first=Mohan|date=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126012213|language=en}}</ref> He known for his [[English language|English]] work "Pingali Suranarya"([[Pingali Suranna]], his life and works).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&q=tekumalla+achyuta+rao&pg=PA779|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|last=Das|first=Sisir Kumar|date=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788172017989|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was born in Pothanavalasa village in [[Visakhapatnam district]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] on 18 April 1880. His parents were Kamayya and Venkamma. He was educated in [[Paralakhemundi]] and [[Vijayanagaram]]. He married Visalakshi in 1900. He had tow sons and a daughter. His son kameswararao Tekumalla,<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://connemara.tnopac.gov.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=185515|title=Na Vangmaya Mithrulu|last=Kameswara Rao (Tekumalla)|date=1996|publisher=Visalandra Publications Home, Vignan Bhavan, 4-1-435. Bank S}}</ref> who authored "Na vangmaya mitrulu".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vepachedu.org/manasanskriti/tekumallaa.html|title=telugu, mana saMskriti (our culture)|website=www.vepachedu.org|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref><br />
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He trained in college of [[Rajamahendravaram]] and joined in same college as a teacher. Later he served as Headmaster. He did M.A in Kolkata university. He retired in 1934.<br />
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He was interested in English literature. He applied his knowledge in English literary criticism to [[Telugu literature]] and wrote about poets of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar Kingdom]]. He has written a famous book "Pingali suranarya". His book is the precursor of others of a similar type, dealing with ancient Telugu literature, written not only by himself but by other Telugu scholars.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78883|title=Life Of Pingali Suranarya|last=Tekumalla Achyuta Rau M A L T|date=1941}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
* Andhra padamulu-patalu (1916–17)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhaavana.net/telusa/1995/0148.html|title=The telusa list-archive: telugu ja'napada gEya'la pustakamulu - Books on Telugu Folk Songs|website=www.bhaavana.net|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref><br />
* Andhra Natakamulu-rangasthalamulu<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.372945|title=Andhra Natakamulu Rangasthalamulu|last=Tekumalla Achyutharao|date=1926}}</ref><br />
* vijayanagara samrajyamandali<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/149166/14/14_%20bibliography.pdf|title=Select Bibliography|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> andhra vagmaya charitramu.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybwPc4uOeaEC&q=tekumalla+achyuta+ravu&pg=PA23|title=A Lover's Guide to Warangal|last=Vallabharāya|first=Vinukoṇḍa|date=2002|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788178240299|language=en}}</ref><br />
* Pingali surana (English critique)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78883 life of PIngali surana - Tekumalla achyutarao]<br />
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