Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry
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Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry (Telugu: పెనుమర్తి విశ్వనాథశాస్త్రి) (2 May 1929 – 25 December 1998), also known as "Ajanta", was a Telugu writer and editor.[1]
Life
He was born in Kesanakurru village in West Godavari district. After primary education at Narsapuram, he graduated and worked in different magazines in Hyderabad and Chennai.[citation needed] He has worked as Chief Sub-editor of Andhra Prabha daily magazine in Vijayawada. He followed in the line of Srirangam Srinivasa Rao.[citation needed]
He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Telugu-language poetic work "Swapna Lipi" in 1997.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Ajanta, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 7-8.
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