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Telugu literature includes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other works composed in Telugu. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium. The earliest extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.
Sri Suryaraya Andhra Nighantuvu is a Telugu language dictionary. It is the most comprehensive monolingual Telugu dictionary. [1] It was published in eight volumes between 1936 and 1974. [2] [3] It was named after Rao Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rau, the zamindar of Pitapuram Estate who sponsored the first four volumes of the dictionary. [4] [5]
Vavilla Press published mostly classic literature, epics, Puranas, and commentaries. They published Sanskrit text in Telugu script so that any Telugu reader person can read the ancient Sanskrit texts and study them. During his lifetime more than 900 books in Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil and English languages were published.
Rajasekhara Charitramu is a Telugu novel written by Kandukuri Veeresalingam in 1878. [1] It was first published as a serial in Viveka Chandrika in 1878 and later as a novel in 1880. It is widely regarded as one of the first social novels in Telugu literature and remains a landmark in Indian literary history.
His book 'Success in Five Steps' holds an all-time record in Telugu literature, surpassing sales of more than two crore rupees. He built an ashram at Kakinada, a one-crore project to teach the importance of education to tribal students free of cost.
It is among the most influential dictionaries in Telugu language. [2] [3] It was published under the direction of Madras School Book and Vernacular Literature Society. The dictionary was reprinted more than 10 times. [4] The words in the dictionary are followed by a symbol indicating the source language as well as the part of speech. [2]
In 1970, Satyanarayana won India's highest literary award, Jnanpith Award for the book. [3] He became the first Telugu writer to receive the Jnanpith Award through this work. [4] [5] [6] Ramayana Kalpavruksham is considered to be the magnum opus of Viswanatha Satyanarayana and one of the most prominent works of modern Telugu literature.
Kesava Reddy (10 March 1946 – 13 February 2015) was a renowned Telugu novelist. [1] Hailing from Andhra Pradesh state in India. In his writings he addresses many of the important social problems in India like poverty, prejudices, and superstitions, and encourages people to be socially responsible.