Kethu Viswanatha Reddy
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Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, also known as Ketu Visvanathareddi, (born 1939) is a short story writer, novelist and essayist whose writings have been translated into modern India
n languages such as Hindi
, Bengali
, Kannada, Malayalam and English
and Russian
. He has worked many variations on the theme of rural transformation in southern Andhra Pradesh
- Rayalaseema - the Semi-Arid zone, its famines, factions and industrialisation.
He has received awards from various organisations including Central Sahitya Academy (New Delhi), Bhartiya Bhasa Parishad (Calcutta), Telugu University (Hyderabad) and several others including Raavi Shastry Award for literature. For Academic excellence, Best Teacher Award for University teachers from Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Literary Works
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n languages such as Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, Kannada, Malayalam and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
. He has worked many variations on the theme of rural transformation in southern Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
- Rayalaseema - the Semi-Arid zone, its famines, factions and industrialisation.
He has received awards from various organisations including Central Sahitya Academy (New Delhi), Bhartiya Bhasa Parishad (Calcutta), Telugu University (Hyderabad) and several others including Raavi Shastry Award for literature. For Academic excellence, Best Teacher Award for University teachers from Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Literary Works
- Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu 1998 - 2003
- Verlu - Bodhi 1994
- Icchagni 1996
- Japtu 1974
- Drishti