Nationality Indian | Period Present | |
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Occupation Writer, poet, researcher | ||
The first writer in residence at rashtrapathi bhavan dr vempalli gangadhar
Vempalli Gangadhar is a researcher, poet and writer from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. He has been awarded Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar for 2011 for his short-story collection "Molakala Punnami".
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- The first writer in residence at rashtrapathi bhavan dr vempalli gangadhar
- Molakala Punnami
- Other works
- Published books
- Novels
- References
Gangadhar's Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar win makes him one of 16 authors to have won the award. He received a cash prize of Indian Rupees 50,000. The award also included an engraved copper plaque. Gangadhar was given a certificate and memento by President Pranab Mukherjee’s Secretary Omita Paul at the valedictory function of the “Artists In Residence Programme” at Rashtrapathi Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. Gangadhar, recipient of Central Sahitya Academy’s first Yuva Puraskar, had been a guest of the President in Rashtrapathi Bhavan from September 8 to September 26, 2014.
The first writer in residence at rashtrapathi bhavan dr vempalli gangadhar
Molakala Punnami
Gangadhar's award-winning book Molakala Punnami is a collection of 13 short-stories. It was published in 2006 and is woven around the plight of farmers. Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, a Telugu poet, has written the foreword for the book.
Other works
Gangadhar, a doctorate holder from the Sri Venkateswara University, has ten books to his name so far. He has also won an award for a previous work. His Mynapu Bommalu won the American Telugu Association award. The book is about sex workers.