Bio
Dr. Madhurantakam Narendra is a Telugu writer whose books include short story collections Kumbhamela, Asthithwanikiatoo Itoo, Rendella Padnaaalugu Amsterdamlo Adbhutham and novels Kathakokila Prachuranalu Tirupathi, Bhoochakram, Kondakinda Kothooru and Roopantharam. He has also written Microcosms of Modern India: A Study of the novels of Nayantara Sahgal, Kathanjali: A Study of the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore, and translated books from Telugu to English and vice-versa. His awards include the Katha Award in 1994, the Paruchri Rajaram Award in 2005 and the Rabindranath Tagore Puraskaram in 2012. He is presently a professor at the Department of English in the S.V. University, Tirupati.