Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah

Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah is a Telugu short-story writer from Vijayawada.[1] His short story collection Peddibhotia Subbaramaiah Kathalu (Vol. 1) was selected for Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for 2012.[2][3]

Early life

Subbaramaiah was born in Guntur in 1938, the son of a railway station master. He went to school in Ongole. For college he came to Vijayawada and became a student of Viswanatha Satyanaryana, the author of Veyipadagalu, and a lecturer of SRR and CVR College.[4]

Subbaramaiah served as a lecturer in Andhra Loyola College for 40 years and retired in December 1996.

He started writing in 1959.[5] "The plight, and the jealousies of the middle class are the raw material of my stories", he says.[1]

The author has written more than 200 stories.

Works
  • His first novel "Dhruva tara" was published in the weekly Andhra Patrika. He later wrote stories and two novels for Bharati magazine.
  • Peddibhotia Subbaramaiah Kathalu (Vol. 1)
  • Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah Kathalu – 2[6]

Awards
  • Ravi Sastry Smaraka Sahitya Nidhi
  • Gopichand Memorial
  • Appajosyula Vishnubhotla Kandalam Foundation Award.
  • Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 2012

References
  1. "Sahitya Akademi Award for Vijayawada writer". The Hindu. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. "Sahitya Akademi Awards for 24". The Hindu. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. "Sahitya Akademi : Poets Dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. "Sahitya Akademi Award for writer Subbaramaiah". The Hindu. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. "Peddibhotla gets sahitya award for short story". Deccan Chronicle. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. "Telugu Book Reviews". Cpbrownacademy.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.


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