Chilukuri Narayana Rao | |
Birth Date: | 1890 |
Birth Place: | Ponduru, Visakhapatnam District, British India |
Death Date: | 1952 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Notableworks: | An Introduction to Dravidian Philology, Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram Named dattamandalam(ceded) as Rayalaseema |
Spouse: | Lakshminarasamma |
Occupation: | Writer |
Awards: | Kala Prapoorna |
Chilukuri Narayana Rao was a Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in Visakhapatnam District, British India.[1]
His notable works include Amba, Upanishattulu, Musalamma, Vaade, Borrayyasetti, Gujaraati Vangmayamu.[2] He also published Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram in the year 1937 and a revised version of Sankaranarayana's English-Telugu Dictionary.
He received the honorary doctorate degree of ‘Kala Prapoorna' from Andhra University in the year 1947.