- Madhurantakam Rajaram
Madhurantakam Rajaram(1930 - 1999) is considered foremost of modern Telugu short story writers. He is the winner of
Sahitya Akademi Award of 1993 and Katha prize for short stories for the years 1991 and 1993. [ [http://www.ndtv.com/ent/kathaawards.asp?part=3 Katha prize winners] ]Life and Literary Career
Rajaram was born in
Damalcheruvu village ofChittoor district ofAndhra Pradesh state. Rajaram worked as Telugu teacher at Zilla parishath high school ofDamalcheruvu and wrote stories to prominent Telugu dailies. In the span of over five decades he wrote many short stories depicting the lives of middle class or lower middle class people inRayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. His collection of short stories include Madhurantakam Rajaram kathalu, Halikulu Kushalama etc. and he has also tested other genre of writing such as plays. In its citation, Sahitya Akademi said that "Madhurantakam Rajaram Kathalu is recognized as a masterpiece of Indian short fiction in Telugu for its faithful delineation of the outer and inner life of the rustic folk, its proper employment of dialect, its total comprehension of social and existential reality and its directness and force of narration." [ [http://www.teluguworld.org/Bio/rajaram.html Madhurantakam Rajaram] ]Madhurantakam Rajaram's sons Madhurantakam Narendra and Madhurantakam Mahendra are also accomplished story writes, some times they are collectively referred as "Madhurantakam Trio".
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