Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma
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Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma (27 March 1928 - 13 April 2007) popularly known as 'Sarabhayya' was a perfect 'sahrudaya' and an India
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 poet, critic, translator and a great exponent of classical literature.

Biography

Sarabhayya began writing poetry at twelve and won laurels for his poems from the stalwarts like Sri Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, Sri Katuri Venkateswara Rao and Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Viswanatha Satyanarayana , popularly known as the Kavi Samraat , was a modern Telugu poet.He was a disciple of the Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo...

. He was fondly called 'Bala Kavi Kesari' by them. He spent most of his time in cultural capital of Andhra Pradesh 'Rajahmundry'.

Sarabhayya had his traditional Sanskrit gurukula education at his father and completed the 'pancha kavyas' before he was thirteen years old.

He published his poems in various literary magazines and reviewed many books under the pen name 'pavaki' His celebrated composition 'Sri Venugopala Satakam' reflects his poetic genius.

Sri Viswanadha held Sarabhayya's views in high esteem and eagerly waited for his remarks on his poems. The Kavisamrat made it a point to recite first to Sarabhayya and then only to others.

Awards and honours

In 1997, he received the Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award for his contribution to literature. He also won Gupta Foundation Award and many titles and awards.

Sarabhayya's article 'Sahrudayabhisaranam' was considered the best literary article and was prescribed for the high school students by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

His works

Sarabhayya's works include poems, dramas, translations, commentaries, articles, reviews,

Translations

  • Kumarasambhavam (From Sanskrit
    Sanskrit
    Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

     to Telugu
    Telugu language
    Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

    )
  • Lalladevi Vakkulu (From Kashmiri
    Kashmiri language
    Kashmiri is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir...

     to Telugu)
  • Basaveswaravachanani (from Kannada
    Kannada language
    Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

    to Sanskrit)

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