| Kondaveeti Venkatakavi | |
| Othername: | Kondaveeti Venkata Kavi |
| Birthname: | Kondaveeti Venkatayya |
| Birth Date: | Jan 25, 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Vipparla, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Death Date: | Apr 7, 1991 |
| Yearsactive: | 1932 - 1991 |
| Occupation: | Poet, Film Writer |
| Father: | Narayana |
| Mother: | Sheshamma |
Kondaveeti Venkatakavi is an Indian poet, scholar, and film writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is well known for writing dialogues in the movie Daana Veera Soora Karna.
Venkata Kavi was born as Venkatayya to Narayana and Seshamma in the village of Vipparla in Guntur district.[1]
He got primary education was from his scholarly father. He studied Sanskrit poetry and pancha kavyas under the guidance of Narikonda Nammalaraju, a poet from Gadwal. He later moved to Tenali and worked as assistant under Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary. He mastered Sriharsha Naishada under his uncle Yetukri Narasimhayya. He worked as assistant under Srimat Tirumala Mudhimalla Varadhacharya, who was working to teach Sanskrit to all sections of the people. He learned Sanskrit Vyakarana and Patanjali Bhashya from Kavi Ramanujacharya. He leaned Telugu Vyakarana from Duvvur Venkataramana Sastry. He moved to Vijayanagaram and studied the grammar under the Chinaseetarama Sastry. He later practiced Avadhanam under the guidance of Chellapilla Venkata Sastry.[2]
He worked as a Telugu scholar in the Board High School in Macherla from 1948 to 1952, and as Sanskrit lecturer in Ponnur oriental college for forty years from 1952.[3]
He started writing poetry at the age of 14 and wrote many books. In 1932, he wrote Karshaka Satakam about the problems of farmers. It was banned by the government. In 1946, he wrote Chennakesava Satakam. He wrote Divyasmrutulu remembering Vemana, Gurajada Apparao and other eminent Telugu personalities. He published a research work on Amuktamalyada of Krishna Devaraya. He wrote a book with rational thoughts on Melu Kolupu in 1942.[4]
He wrote a literary series with the name Nehru Charita.[5]