Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao

Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora (1889–1945) was an Indian poet, translator and zamindar.[1][2][3] He translated Sanskrit works like Raghuvaṃsam, Kumarasambhavam, Kiratarjuniyam, Uttara Ramacharita into Telugu.[4] He also translated Shakespeare's King Lear into Telugu. His Bharata Dharma Darsanam (1910) inspired younger Telugu poets.[1] His translations were noted for their correctness.[5] He was awarded the title of Kalaprapurna by the Andhra University in 1943.[6][7]

Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora
Native name
త్రిపురాన వేంకట సూర్యప్రసాదరాయకవి
Born(1889-10-31)31 October 1889
Siddhantam, Srikakulam district, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died1945 (aged 56)
OccupationPoet, translator
LanguageTelugu

Early life

Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora was born in a Telaga Kapu family[7] on 31 October 1889 in Siddhantam village of Srikakulam district.[8] His father was the noted poet Tripurana Tammayya Dora (1849–1890) and his mother was Narayanamma.[9][8] Tripurana family were the holders of a proprietary estate called Danthahundam in Srikakulam district.[7][6]

Career

On 18 July 1922, Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao was honoured by Emperor George V's son Prince of Wales in Madras Senate Hall with a golden bracelet. He was elected as the president of the Andhra Sahitya Parishad annual meeting held in Ballari in 1927.[8] He was also an honorary court poet of Jeypore Estate.[7]

Bibliography
  • Nirvachana Kumarasambhavam (1913)
  • Raghudayamu (1924)
  • Rati Vilapamu (1926)
  • Moyilu Rayabaramu (1940)

References
  1. Das, Sisir Kumar (2005). A History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 644. ISBN 978-81-7201-006-5.
  2. Bhaṭṭācāryya, Haridāsa (1953). The Cultural Heritage of India: Languages and literatures. Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. p. 636.
  3. Nagendra (1959). Indian Literature: Short Critical Surveys of 12 Major Indian Languages and Literatures. Lakshmi Narain Agarwal. p. 121.
  4. Nagendra (1988). Indian Literature. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 82.
  5. Sītāpati, Giḍugu Vēṅkaṭa (1968). History of Telugu Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 131.
  6. Sarma, Anivilla Vizaya Dattatreya (1986). Integration of Andhra and Orissa Cultures: Viewed Through the Biographical Sketch of Vikrama Deo Varma of Jeypore (1869-1951). B.R. Publishing Corporation. pp. 55, 73. ISBN 978-81-7018-334-1.
  7. Dr. Tumati Donappa (1969). ఆంధ్ర సంస్థానములు - సాహిత్య పోషణము (in Telugu). Andhra University. p. 550.
  8. Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry (1950). ఆంధ్ర రచయితలు (in Telugu). Addepalli and Co. pp. 273–279.
  9. Purāṇam. All-India Kasiraja Trust. 1962. p. 402.
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