Name Samala Sadasiva | Role Writer | |
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Died August 7, 2012, Adilabad district Born 11 May 1928 Similar C Narayana Reddy, Kaloji Narayana Rao, Vattikota Alwar Swamy | ||
Literary gaint samala sadasiva remembrance
Samala Sadasiva (born 1928 – 7 August 2012) was a Telugu language poet and writer. He won Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2011.
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- Literary gaint samala sadasiva remembrance
- Telangana Hero Samala Sadashiva Popular Writer and National Award Winner
- Born
- Life
- Death
- References
Telangana Hero - Samala Sadashiva - Popular Writer and National Award Winner
Born
He was born in Telugupalle village in Dahegaon mandal in Kummuram Bheem district and worked as a teacher.
Life
Sadasiva wrote over 425 books in various languages and translated books into Telugu from Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Marathi, Farsi, English and others. He was instrumental in including a lesson on Girijan leader Komaram Bheem in the school syllabus in Andhra Pradesh.
He earned a doctorate from Sri Potti Sriramulu University in 1998 and Kakatiya University conferred him with a doctorate in 2002. In 2006, he got Rajiv Prathibha Puraskaram. A native of Cherupalli village of Dayagam mandal, He lived in Vidhyanagar in Adilabad town.
He won national award for his book on Hindustani music written in Telugu called Swara Layalu.
Death
He died following cardiac arrest at his home in Adilabad.