Kundurti Anjaneyulu Explained

Kundurti Anjaneyulu
Birth Date:	16 December 1922
Birth Place:	Kotavaripalem, Guntur district
Death Date:	1982
Nationality:	Indian
Citizenship:	India
Education:	B.A.
Alma Mater:	Andhra Christian College, Guntur
Genre:	Writer
Notableworks:	Kundurti Kritulu
Spouse:	Sundaramma
Awards:	Sahitya Akademi Award

Kundurti Anjaneyulu (Telugu: కుందుర్తి ఆంజనేయులు) (16 December 1922 – 1982) was a Telugu poet. He was a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award. He is also known as "Vachana Kavitha Pitamahudu" (Father of prose poetry).^[1]

Literary works

• Souptikam
• Rasadhuni
• Amavaasya
• Naa Preyasi
• Nayaagara
• Telangana
• Dandi Yaatra
• Asha
• Nagaramlo Vaana
• Naaloni Vaadaalu
• Hamsa Egiripoyindi
• Teera Nenu Kaasta Egiripoyaaka
• Meghamaala
• Idi Naa Jenda
• Kundurti Peethikalu
• Kundurti Vyaasaalu
• Batuku Maata

Awards

• Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award to Telugu Writers in 1977.

Free Verse Trust

The group, "Free Verse Front", was founded by him and has been giving prizes since 1967. Free Verse Front Prize Trust was founded on 31 July 1979 in Hyderabad.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mana Sanskriti (Our Culture) . Vepachedu Educational Foundation . 17 July 2018 .
2. The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, by Amaresh Datta, Volume 1, pp.307.