Viswanatha Satyanarayana
1895–1976Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer
scholar, playwright, teacher and editor
Nadella Purushottama Kavi
1863–1938, born Machilipatnam, writes in Telugu, writer
Nadella Purushottama Kavi was an Indian scholar, playwright, teacher and editor. Purushottama Kavi is notable for his “Chitra Kavyas”. He was a great scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, Persian and Hindi and composed more than 100 works in Telugu and Hindi. He also authored several plays in Hindi for the Hindu Nataka Samajam.
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Also writing in Telugu
Adivi Bapiraju
1895–1952Telugu novelist, playwright and painter
I. Panduranga Rao
1930–2011scholar, poet, writer, linguist and orator of Telugu descent
K. Shivareddy
b. 1943Telugu writer
Ravuri Bharadhwaja
1927–2013Writer who won Jnanpith award in 2012
Singireddy NarayanaReddy
1931–2017Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet