Ravuri Bharadwaja won Gyanpeeth award for the year 2012 for his well known Telugu novel, Paakudu Raallu, which reflected real life behind the silver screen of the film industry.
About Ravuri Bharadwaja
Bharadwaja, who struggled in his initial years due to poverty and overcame many an obstacle to pursue his passion, is the only third writer of eminence from the State to achieve the rare feat of winning the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2012.
Bharadwaja was educated up to Class VII only. However his books are used as course works in BA, MA and there have even been several PhD degrees awarded for research on his works. He got honorary doctorates from Andhra, Nagarjuna and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universities for his literary prowess.
Bharadhwaja has been twice awarded the State Sahitya Academy Award for Literature and in 1983 was the winner of the Central Sahitya Academy Award. In 1968, he was the inaugural recipient of the Gopichand Literary Award. He was conferred the Rajalakshmi Award for Literature in 1987 and the Lok Nayak Foundation’s Literary Award in 2009. In 2013, he became the third Telugu author to be conferred the Jnanpith award for his novel ‘Paakudu Raallu’. Viswanatha Satyanarayana and C. Narayana Reddy were the earlier recipients.
He had 37 collections of short stories, 17 novels, four play-lets, and five radio plays to his credit. He also contributed profusely to children's literature.
Sahitya Akademi:
- The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.
- Founded on 12th March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government and situated at Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House area, New Delhi.
- The Akademi presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
- The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India.
- Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.
- Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country.
- The award was instituted in 1961.
- It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the The Times of India newspaper.
Who: Ravuri Bharadwaja
Where: Hyderabad
What: Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja passed away
When: 18 October 2013
Where: Hyderabad
What: Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja passed away
When: 18 October 2013
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