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Telugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language.It consists of poems, short stories, novels, plays, and song lyrics, among others.There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium, the first extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.
Palkuriki Somanatha was one of the most noted Telugu language writers of the 12th or 13th century. He was also an accomplished writer in the Kannada and Sanskrit languages and penned several classics in those languages. [ 1] He was a Veerashaiva a follower of the 12th century social reformer Basava and his writings were primarily intended to ...
Nannayya. Rajamahendravaram. [ 1] Nannayya Bhattaraka or Nannayya Bhattu (sometimes spelled Nannaya; c. 11th century) was a Telugu poet and the author of Andhra Mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Sanskrit -language Mahabharata. Nannaya is generally considered the first poet ( Adi Kavi) of Telugu language. [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 1] He was patronized ...
The folk literature created by men, women, and children consists of folk songs, song narratives, lullabies, work songs, women songs, different other kind of songs, general tales, wonder tales proverbs, riddles and so on. Telugu folk literature is very rich for all these genres. Collection and researching of these folk genres has been started in ...
The dictionary features over 1.1 lakh words with information about each entry like word origin, meaning, synonyms and historical usage in literature. [2] A team of 40 scholars contributed to the dictionary over a period of six decades from 1911 to 1974. [2] [9] The first four volumes were published by Andhra Sahitya Parishad, Kakinada. [10]
Kokkonda Venkata Ratnam Pantulu (1842–1915) was a well-known Telugu and Sanskrit writer in the nineteenth century. [1] As a respect word pantulu meaning scholar was added. He was known as Andhra Johnson and is remembered as the multifaceted Andhra genius, the pioneer of many movements in social reform, literature, publication, journalism.
Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy (1863-1940) was a Telugu writer and one of the earliest modern Telugu linguists and social visionaries during the British rule. He championed the cause of using a language comprehensible to the common man (‘Vyavaharika Bhasha’) as opposed to the scholastic language (‘Grandhika Bhasha’). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Biography. Molla is the second female Telugu poet of note, after Tallapaka Timmakka, wife of Tallapaka Annamayya ("Annamacharya"). She translated the Sanskrit Ramayana into Telugu. [ 1] Her father Atukuri Kesanna was a potter of Gopavaram, a village in Gopavaram Mandal near Badvel town, fifty miles north of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh state.