Abburi Chayadevi
Abburi Chayadevi is a Telugu fiction writer, born on 13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.[1] She has won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005, for her work Tana Margam (Short Stories).[2][3] Chaya Devi is the wife of the late Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, himself a writer, critic and former Chairman, Official Languages Commission.
She is also the daughter-in-law of Abburi Ramakrishna, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.[3]
Early life
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.[4] She has served as librarian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the sixties.[3]
She was a council member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002).[1]
Works
- Anaga Anaga (folk stories for children)[1]
- Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu(short stories), 1991[1]
- Mrityunjaya(long story),1993[4]
- Tana Margam(short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds.[2]
- Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3(Translated)[5]
- Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)[6]
- Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.[6]
Awards
- Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram,1993[1]
- Telugu University Award, 1996[1]
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). "Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M". ISBN 9788126008735.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005 - General Information - Know India: National Portal of India
- ^ a b c The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi
- ^ a b Women's Writing
- ^ KANNADA - The Hindu
- ^ a b Welcome to Muse India
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