Tripuraneni Gopichand (8 September 1910 - 2 November 1962) was a Telugu

Telugu people

The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu are an ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali...

 short story

Short story

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 writer, novelist, editor

Editing

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, essayist, playwright

Playwright

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 and film director

Film director

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. Gopichand's writings are remarkable for interplay of values, ideas and 'isms' - materialism

Materialism

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, rationalism

Rationalism

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, existentialism

Existentialism

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, realism

Realism (arts)

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 and humanism

Humanism

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. He is especially celebrated for his second novel 'Asamardhuni Jeevayatra' (The Incompetent's Life Journey). This is the first psychological novel in Telugu literature

Telugu literature

The Telugu literature or Telugu Sahityam is one of the most precious possessions of the literary products of India. Telugu literature is rich reserve of poems, stories, dramas and puranas. It flowered in the early 16th century under the Vijayanagar empire, of which Telugu was one of the court...

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Gopichand's work Panditha Parameshwara Sastry Veelunama in 1963 was presented with the Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi

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 Award - This was the first Telugu novel to win the award.

Gopichand's father, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy was a lawyer, playwright and reformer active among the Telugu-speaking people. He was part of a growing movement in India to reassess the culture of India...

was a famous social reformer.

Novels

• Parivartanam
• Asamarthuni Jeeva Yatra (first psychoanalysis novel in Telugu)
• Merupula Marakalu
• Pandita Parameswara Sastry Veelunaama
• Yamapasam
• Cheekati Gadulu
• Sidhilalayam
• Gadiya Padani Talupulu
• Gatinchanigatam
• Pillatemmera
• Premopahatulu

Filmography of Telugu films

• Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963) (Dialogues)
• Dharmadevatha (1952) (Dialogues)
• Priyuralu (1952) (Story, Dialogues and Direction)
• Perantalu (1951) (Director)
• Lakshmamma (1950) (Director)
• Grihapravesam (1946) (Story)
• Raithubidda (1939) (Dialogues)

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