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{{Short description|Indian poet (1889–1945)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| name = Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1889|10|31}}
| birth_place = Siddhantam, [[Srikakulam district]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]], India)
| death_date = 1945 (aged 56)
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| occupation = Poet, translator
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
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| native_name = త్రిపురాన వేంకట సూర్యప్రసాదరాయకవి
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'''Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao''' '''Dora''' (1889–1945) was an Indian poet, translator and [[zamindar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Sisir Kumar |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&pg=PA644&dq=tripurana+poet&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6P_T-seAAxU3kZUCHWttA00Q6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=tripurana%20poet&f=false |title=A History of Indian Literature |date=2005 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-7201-006-5 |pages=644 |language=en |author-link=Sisir Kumar Das}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhaṭṭācāryya |first=Haridāsa |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=Wy88AAAAMAAJ&dq=tripurana&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=tripurana |title=The Cultural Heritage of India: Languages and literatures |date=1953 |publisher=[[Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture]] |pages=636 |language=en |author-link=Haridas Bhattacharya}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nagendra |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1EavAAAAIAAJ&q=tripurana+surya&dq=tripurana+surya&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib95mpj8iAAxUEspUCHXyOANoQ6AF6BAgGEAI |title=Indian Literature: Short Critical Surveys of 12 Major Indian Languages and Literatures |date=1959 |publisher=Lakshmi Narain Agarwal |pages=121 |language=en}}</ref> He translated [[Sanskrit]] works like [[Raghuvaṃśa|''Raghuvaṃsam'']], [[Kumārasambhava|''Kumarasambhavam'']], [[Kirātārjunīya|''Kiratarjuniyam'']], [[Uttararamacarita|''Uttara Ramacharita'']] into [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nagendra |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=3OFjAAAAMAAJ&dq=tripurana&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=tripurana |title=Indian Literature |date=1988 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |pages=82 |language=en}}</ref> He also translated [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s [[King Lear|''King Lear'']] into Telugu. His ''Bharata Dharma Darsanam'' (1910) inspired younger Telugu poets.<ref name=":0" /> His translations were noted for their correctness.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sītāpati |first=Giḍugu Vēṅkaṭa |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yokOAAAAYAAJ&q=tripurana+prasada&dq=tripurana+prasada&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGqJb8kMiAAxXBt5UCHU73BXgQ6AF6BAgIEAI |title=History of Telugu Literature |date=1968 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |pages=131 |language=en}}</ref> He was awarded the title of Kalaprapurna by the [[Andhra University]] in 1943.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Sarma |first=Anivilla Vizaya Dattatreya |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Cn0eAAAAMAAJ&q=tripurana+kavi&dq=tripurana+kavi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbmqLS78eAAxUep5UCHdyEDZAQ6AF6BAgNEAI |title=Integration of Andhra and Orissa Cultures: Viewed Through the Biographical Sketch of Vikrama Deo Varma of Jeypore (1869-1951) |date=1986 |publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7018-334-1 |pages=55, 73 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Dr. Tumati Donappa |url=https://archive.org/details/andrasamstanamul025984mbp/page/550/mode/2up?q=%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81 |title=ఆంధ్ర సంస్థానములు - సాహిత్య పోషణము |date=1969 |publisher=[[Andhra University]] |others= |pages=550 |language=te}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora was born in a [[Telaga]] [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] family<ref name=":3" /> on 31 October 1889 in Siddhantam village of [[Srikakulam district]].<ref name=":1" /> His father was the noted poet Tripurana Tammayya Dora (1849–1890) and his mother was Narayanamma.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OfdhqzqoGfUC&q=tripurana+surya&dq=tripurana+surya&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_1oOlkMiAAxVKIrkGHRNdAto4ChDoAXoECAsQAg |title=Purāṇam |date=1962 |publisher=All-India Kasiraja Trust |pages=402 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry |first= |url=https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%9F_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF |title=ఆంధ్ర రచయితలు |website= |publisher=Addepalli and Co. |year=1950 |pages=273–279 |language=te |author-link=Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry}}</ref> Tripurana family were the holders of a proprietary estate called Danthahundam in Srikakulam district.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />

== Career ==
On 18 July 1922, Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao was honoured by Emperor [[George V]]'s son [[Prince of Wales]] in Madras Senate Hall with a golden bracelet. He was elected as the president of the Andhra Sahitya Parishad annual meeting held in [[Ballari]] in 1927.<ref name=":1" /> He was also an honorary [[Poet laureate|court poet]] of [[Jeypore Estate]].<ref name=":3" />

== Bibliography ==
* ''Nirvachana Kumarasambhavam'' (1913)
* ''Raghudayamu'' (1924)
* ''Rati Vilapamu'' (1926)
* ''Moyilu Rayabaramu'' (1940)

== References ==
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[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:Telugu poets]]
[[Category:People from Srikakulam district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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