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'''Abburi Chayadevi''' is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] fiction writer, born on 13 October 1933 in [[Rajahmundry]], [[East Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=book>{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&lpg=PA242&dq=Abburi%20Chayadevi&pg=PA242#v=onepage&q=Abburi%20Chayadevi&f=false | title = Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M | isbn = 9788126008735 | author1 = Dutt | first1 = Kartik Chandra | year = 1999}}</ref>
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She has won [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in Telugu for the Year 2005, for her work '''Tana Margam''' (Short Stories).<ref name=knowindia>[http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=7 Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005 - General Information - Know India: National Portal of India<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{wayback|url=http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=7 |date=20140922161646 }}</ref><ref name=hindu>[http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/23/stories/2005122319170200.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Chaya Devi is the wife of the late [[Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao]], himself a writer, critic and former Chairman, [[Official Languages Commission]].


'''Abburi Chayadevi''' (1933–2019) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] Indian fiction writer. She won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2005 for ''Tana Margam''.
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She is also the daughter-in-law of [[Abburi Ramakrishna]], a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.<ref name="hindu" />


== Early life ==
==Biography==
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Chayadevi was born 13 October 1933 in [[Rajahmundry]], India.<ref name="book">{{Cite book |last1=Dutt |first1=Kartik Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Abburi+Chayadevi&pg=PA242 |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M |year=1999 |isbn=9788126008735}}</ref>


Chaya Devi has been active in literary circles since the fifties and even at 71 years of age, is still known as a creative feminist writer. She has also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages.<ref name=womenswriting>[http://www.womenswriting.com/WomensWriting/AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorID=100 Women's Writing<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Chayadevi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She was born in a [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-06-28|title=Writer Abburi Chaya Devi passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/writer-abburi-chaya-devi-passes-away/article28215475.ece|access-date=2022-01-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages.<ref name="womenswriting">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071030002430/http://www.womenswriting.com/WomensWriting/AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorID=100 Women's Writing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She has served as librarian at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]] in the sixties.<ref name="hindu" />
She served as librarian at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]] in the sixties.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |date=23 December 2005 |title=Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/23/stories/2005122319170200.htm |accessdate=6 October 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


She was a council member of Kendra [[Sahitya Akademi]] (1998-2002).<ref name="book" />
She was a council member of Kendra [[Sahitya Akademi]] (1998-2002).<ref name="book" />


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Chayadevi's husband, [[Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao]], was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the [[Official Languages Commission]].
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== Works ==


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She was also the daughter-in-law of [[Abburi Ramakrishna Rao]], a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.<ref name="hindu" />

Chayadevi died 28 June 2019 in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]].

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== Works ==
*''Anaga Anaga'' (folk stories for children)<ref name="book" />
*''Anaga Anaga'' (folk stories for children)<ref name="book" />
*Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu(short stories), 1991<ref name="book" />
*Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu (short stories), 1991<ref name="book" />
*Mrityunjaya(long story),1993<ref name="womenswriting" />
*Mrityunjaya (long story), 1993<ref name="womenswriting" />
*Tana Margam(short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds.<ref name="knowindia" />
*Tana Margam (short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds).<ref name="knowindia">{{Cite web |title=Home &#124; Know India: National Portal of India |url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922161646/http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=7 |archivedate=22 September 2014 |website=knowindia.india.gov.in |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3(Translated)<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/kannada/article1166153.ece KANNADA - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3 (Translated)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/KANNADA/article15132578.ece | title=Kannada | newspaper=The Hindu | date=8 February 2011 | accessdate=6 October 2018 }}</ref>
*Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)<ref name=museindia>[http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2011&issid=40&id=2927 Welcome to Muse India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)<ref name=museindia>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2011&issid=40&id=2927 |title=Welcome to Muse India<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100718/http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2011&issid=40&id=2927 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.<ref name="museindia" />
*Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.<ref name="museindia" /> Conclusion


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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*Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram, 2003<ref name="book" />

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*Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram,2003<ref name="book" />
*Telugu University Award, 1996<ref name="book" />
*Telugu University Award, 1996<ref name="book" />
*Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005<ref name="knowindia" />
*Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005<ref name="hindu" /><ref name="knowindia" />


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 10 October 2024

Abburi Chayadevi (1933–2019) was a Telugu Indian fiction writer. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for Tana Margam.

Biography

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Chayadevi was born 13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, India.[1]

Chayadevi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She was born in a brahmin family[2] She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages.[3] She served as librarian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the sixties.[4]

She was a council member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002).[1]

Chayadevi's husband, Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the Official Languages Commission.

She was also the daughter-in-law of Abburi Ramakrishna Rao, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.[4]

Chayadevi died 28 June 2019 in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Works

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  • Anaga Anaga (folk stories for children)[1]
  • Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu (short stories), 1991[1]
  • Mrityunjaya (long story), 1993[3]
  • Tana Margam (short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds).[5]
  • Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3 (Translated)[6]
  • Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)[7]
  • Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.[7] Conclusion

Awards

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  • Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram, 2003[1]
  • Telugu University Award, 1996[1]
  • Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. ^ "Writer Abburi Chaya Devi passes away". The Hindu. 28 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Women's Writing
  4. ^ a b c "Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi". The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2018.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b "Home | Know India: National Portal of India". knowindia.india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Kannada". The Hindu. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Welcome to Muse India". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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