Jnanpith Award
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (2012) Winner
Ravuri Bharadhwaja
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Rāvūri Bharadvāja
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-07-05 （Moguluru, Krishna District, India）
- Died
- 2013-10-18 （Hyderabad, India） age 86
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Telugu
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Tadikonda, Guntur district, India → Hyderabad, India
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, radio playwright
- Active Years
- 1940-2013
- Affiliations
- All India Radio
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School in Tadikonda | — | — | — | 小学校7年生まで | India |
School in Tadikonda
Period:
小学校7年生まで
Country:
India
Educated till 7th grade
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jnanpith Award | Contributions to Telugu literature | — | Bharatiya Jnanpith | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Central Sahitya Akademi Award | — | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Gopichand Literary Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Rajalakshmi Award | — | — | Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Lok Nayak Foundation's Literary Award | — | — | Lok Nayak Foundation | 受賞 |
Jnanpith Award
2013
Work:
Contributions to Telugu literature
Organization:
Bharatiya Jnanpith
Result:
受賞
Central Sahitya Akademi Award
1983
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Gopichand Literary Award
1968
Result:
受賞
Rajalakshmi Award
1987
Organization:
Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lok Nayak Foundation's Literary Award
2009
Organization:
Lok Nayak Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Paakudu Raallu
NovelA graphic account of life behind the screen in the film industry, considered his magnum opus.
Film industryWorking class life
Jeevana Samaram
NovelOne of his popular works.
Bibliography
- 37 collections of short stories, 17 novels, six short novels for children and eight plays
Translations of Works
- Phantomy quintette and other stories (1970)
- Love's labour lost and other stories (1975)
- Ad infinitum: featurised poetic story (1987)
- Kaumudi translated by Navnit Madrasi (1988)
- Un Aankhon ki katha: (short story) (1991)
Legacy
Jnanpith award-winning Telugu novelist, the third Telugu writer to receive India's highest literary honor. Gained fame through short stories, poetry, and critical reviews despite limited formal education.
Trivia
- Could not study beyond class 7 but earned fame through his short stories, poetry and critical reviews.
- At age 14, left home and worked as farm labour, construction worker, etc., which became subjects of his stories.
- Received honorary doctorates from Andhra, Nagarjuna, Vignan and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universities.