Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah (1938 - 18 May 2018) [1] was a Telugu short-story writer from Vijayawada.[2] His short story collection Peddibhotia Subbaramaiah Kathalu (Vol. 1) was selected for Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for 2012.[3][4]
Early life
Subbaramaiah was born in Guntur in 1938, the son of a railway station master. He went to school in Ongole. For college he came to Vijayawada and became a student of Viswanatha Satyanaryana, the author of Veyipadagalu, and a lecturer of SRR and CVR College.[5]
Subbaramaiah served as a lecturer in Andhra Loyola College for 40 years and retired in December 1996.
He started writing in 1959.[6] "The plight, and the jealousies of the middle class are the raw material of my stories", he says.[2]
The author has written more than 200 stories.
Works
- His first novel "Dhruva tara" was published in the weekly Andhra Patrika. He later wrote stories and two novels for Bharati magazine.
- Peddibhotia Subbaramaiah Kathalu (Vol. 1)
- Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah Kathalu – 2[7]
Awards
- Ravi Sastry Smaraka Sahitya Nidhi
- Gopichand Memorial
- Appajosyula Vishnubhotla Kandalam Foundation Award.
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 2012
References
- ↑ "Acclaimed Telugu writer Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah passes away at 79". 19 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rao, G. Venkataramana (25 December 2012). "Sahitya Akademi Award for Vijayawada writer". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Awards for 24". The Hindu. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi : Poets Dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ Rao, G. Venkataramana (25 December 2012). "Sahitya Akademi Award for writer Subbaramaiah". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Peddibhotla gets sahitya award for short story". Deccan Chronicle. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Telugu Book Reviews". Cpbrownacademy.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.