Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Explained

Peddibhotla Subbaramayya (also spelled as Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah; 1938 18 May 2018) ^[1] was a Telugu short-story writer from Vijayawada.^[2] His short story collection Peddibhotia Subbaramayya Kathalu (Vol. 1) was selected for Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for 2012.^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Subbaramayya 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.^[5] Subbaramayya served as a lecturer in Andhra Loyola College for 40 years and retired in December 1996. He started writing in 1959.^[6] "The plight, and the jealousies of the middle class are the raw material of my stories", he says. 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 Subbaramayya Kathalu (Vol. 1)
• Peddibhotla Subbaramayya Kathalu – 2^[7]

Awards

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acclaimed Telugu writer Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah passes away at 79. 19 May 2018.
2. News: Sahitya Akademi Award for Vijayawada writer . The Hindu . 2012-12-25 . 2013-08-16. Rao . G. Venkataramana .
3. News: Sahitya Akademi Awards for 24 . The Hindu . 2012-12-21 . 2013-08-16.
4. Web site: Sahitya Akademi : Poets Dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012 . Sahitya-akademi.gov.in . 2013-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124023951/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sa-award2012.pdf . 24 January 2013 . dead .
5. News: Sahitya Akademi Award for writer Subbaramaiah . The Hindu . 2012-12-25 . 2013-08-16. Rao . G. Venkataramana .
6. Web site: Peddibhotla gets sahitya award for short story . https://web.archive.org/web/20121221220513/http://deccanchronicle.com/121221/news-current-affairs/article/peddibhotla-gets-sahitya-award-short-story . dead . 21 December 2012 . Deccan Chronicle . 2012-12-21 . 2013-08-16.
7. Web site: Telugu Book Reviews. Cpbrownacademy.org . 2013-08-16.