Bio
A young and upcoming Telugu writer who received the Sahitya Akademi’s Yuva Puraskar 2011 for Telugu for his work Molakala Punnami depicting the lives of the village people of Rayalaseema. His work on the Tribal Landscape and life, Minam Bommalu (Wax Toys) was selected for ATA Puraskar for the year 2004.
His works include Kathanam (Collection of Articles), Molakala Punnami (Collection of Stories), Pune Pranayam (News Story), Kadapa Vybhavam (Souvenir), Hiranya Rajyam (Rayalaseema Factionalism History), Devarasila (Selected Short Stories), Neela Dhigina Vaana (Novel), Toli Telugu Sasanam (First Telugu Inscription) and Papagni Kathalu (Collection of Stories).