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{{short description|Indian author, critic}}
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'''Velcheru Narayana Rao''' is an Indian author, critic, and [[literary translator]]. He is a professor at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in the Department of South Asian Studies. His work is primarily focused on [[Telugu literature]] for which he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], the highest honour conferred by [[Sahitya Akademi]], in February 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Varma |first=P. Sujatha |date=27 February 2021 |title=Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for Velcheru Narayana Rao |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kendra-sahitya-akademi-award-for-velcheru-narayana-rao/article33945737.ece |website=The Hindu |via=}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Velcheru Narayana Rao was born in Ambakhandi, [[Srikakulam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Veluri |first=Venkateswara Rao |date=July 2007 |title=నారాయణరావుగారి గురించి నాలుగు మాటలు |url=https://eemaata.com/em/issues/200707/1119.html |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=eemaata |language=te}}</ref> He later moved to [[Eluru]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref name=":1" /> He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from Sir C. R. Reddy College in Eluru.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date= |title=Velcheru Narayana Rao CV |url=http://www.mesas.emory.edu/home/assets/pdf/cv/CV_VNRao_Nov2010.pdf |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514091954/http://www.mesas.emory.edu/home/assets/pdf/cv/CV_VNRao_Nov2010.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2014 }}</ref> He obtained his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from [[Andhra University]] in 1968, and later obtained a diploma in linguistics from [[Osmania University]] in 1970.<ref name=":0" /> He earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from Andhra University in 1974.<ref name=":1" />

== Work ==
In 1971, Narayana Rao was appointed a lecturer in the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1987 he became a professor at the university. He has also been a visiting professor at the [[University of Chicago]] and [[Emory University]].<ref name=":2" />

Narayana Rao has translated several [[Telugu language]] books into [[English language|English]] including [[Gurajada Apparao]]'s ''[[Kanyasulkam]]'' as ''Girls for Sale: Kanyasulkam'', ''A Play from Colonial India'' and [[Allasani Peddana]]'s Manu Charitramu as ''The Story of Manu''. He has co-authored books with [[David Dean Shulman|David Shulman]] and [[Sanjay Subrahmanyam]] such as ''God on the Hills: Temple Songs from Tirupati'' and ''Textures of Time: Writing History in South India''. He also wrote a book on Telugu poetry titled ''Hibiscus on the Lake: Twentieth Century Telugu Poetry from India''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2021 |title=Sahitya Akademi fellowship for Professor Narayana Rao |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/feb/27/sahitya-akademi-fellowship-for-professor-narayana-rao-2269694.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*1998 (with [[David Dean Shulman|David Shulman]]), ''A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India'', University of California Press.
*2002 (with David Shulman and [[Sanjay Subrahmanyam]]), ''Textures of Time: Writing History in South India'', Paris, Seuil, Permanent Black, Delhi.
*2002 (with David Shulman), ''Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology'', University of California Press, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
*2002 (with David Shulman), ''The Sound of the Kiss, or the Story that Must be Told. Pingali Suranna's Kaḷāpūrṇōdayamu'', Columbia University Press.
*2002 (with David Shulman), ''A Lover's Guide to Warangal. The Kridabhiramamu of Vallabharaya'', Permanent Black, New Delhi.
*2006 (Translation, with David Shulman) ''The Demon's Daughter: A Love Story from South India'', (by Piṅgaḷi Sūrana) SUNY Press, Albany.
*2005 (with David Shulman), ''God on the Hill: Temple poems from Tirupati'', Oxford University Press, New York.
*2012 (With David Shulman) ''Srinatha: The Poet who Made Gods and Kings'', Oxford University Press.
*2015 (Translation of [[Allasani Peddana]], with David Shulman) ''The Story of Manu''. Murti Classical Library of India.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://alc.wisc.edu/staff/narayana-rao-velcheru/ Narayana Rao] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]

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