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'''Upādhyāyula Sūryanārāyaṇa Rāo''' (1923–1971) was a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] playwright and journalist who lived and worked in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He was the grandson of the pandit [[Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu]]. A school drop-out, he educated himself in literature, history and philosophy. He was actively associated with the Telugu stage and was one of the founding members of the ''Sri Vijayarama Nataka Kala Parishat'', which regularly conducted drama competitions. He was often invited by other organisers as a judge for drama competitions. He was associated with the [[Praja Socialist Party]] in its early years.

He began his journalistic career as a freelancer writing for ''Roopavani'' (a Telugu film and politics monthly published from [[Madras]]) and ''Swatantra'' (a political fortnightly published in Telugu and English from Madras). In later years he also contributed articles to ''Jyothi'' (a Telugu weekly political tabloid published from Vijayawada). He worked for ''Andhra Prabha'' and ''Indian Express'' as correspondent from 1962 to 1971. In the 1960s he worked as the associate editor of ''The'' ''Advertiser'', a local weekly. He edited and published ''Navanitham'', the first digest type magazine in Telugu.

Sūryanārāyaṇa Rāo (Upādhyāyula or USu for his readers) was known for his biting satire. In a special issue of ''The Advertiser'', he published "''Nakamlo Gurajada Jaadalu''", a tongue-in-cheek imaginary interview with [[Gurajada Appa Rao]], that satirized politicization of literature.

He translated and adapted Rabindranath Tagore's ''Kabuliwallah'', as a shadow play for the Telugu stage. Another of his plays, ''Vijayanagara Vaibhavamu'' was broadcast on [[All India Radio]] in its ''For the Universities'' programme. He translated Somerset Maugham's play ''Penelope'' into Telugu as ''Pankajakshi'', which was serialized in ''Andhra Prabha'' weekly and was later published in a book form. He translated into Telugu and published a selection of Guy de Maupassant's short stories.

==References==
*The [http://rni.nic.in/ Registrar of Newspapers of India], Government of India lists ''NAVANITHAM'' as a monthly published by U Suryanarayana Rao in Vizianagaram. It also lists ''The Advertiser'' as a weekly published by K Nageswara Rao in the same district.

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