Vempalli Gangadhar

Vempalli Gangadhar
Occupation Writer, poet, researcher
Nationality Indian
Period Present
Website
vempalligangadhar.com

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".[1]

Dr Vempalli Gangadhar, with his Sahitya Akademi Award.

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.[2] 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.[3]

Writings

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.[2]

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.[2]

Published books

  • Anathapuram Charithra -అనంత పురం చరిత్ర (సంపాదకత్వం)(book editor)-January 2017
  • Ravana Vahanam Kathalu -రావణ వాహనం కథలు -( Ravana vahanam -stories)- ( 25 stories )- December 2015
  • Paapagni kathalu - పాపాఘ్ని కథలు -(Stories of the Paapagni River)- (30 Stories)- June 2015
  • Nenu chusina shantinekethan- నేను చూసిన శాంతినికేతన్ ( పర్యటన )(Travelogue)-January 2015
  • toli telugu shasanam - తొలి తెలుగు శాసనం (The first Telugu stone inscription)-December 2013
  • Greeshma Bhoomi Kathalu - గ్రీష్మ భూమి కథలు (Stories of the summer land)- (13 Stories)-November 2013
  • nela digina vaana - నేల దిగిన వాన (The rain that landed on earth)-( Novel)- March 2013
  • devarashila - దేవరశిల (the divine rock) - (12 Stories)- November 2008
  • hiranya rajyam - హిరణ్య రాజ్యం (The kingdom of Hirnya)- rayalaseema factionism history- August 2008
  • pune prayanam - పూణే ప్రయాణం (The journey to Pune)-(Trafficking of Women ) June 2007
  • molakala punnami - మొలకల పున్నమి (The full moon of sprouts) - (13 Stories),April 2006;second edition April 2012
  • Kadapa Vibhavam- కడప వైభవం-కడప చరిత్ర (సంపాదకత్వం)(book editor)-2004
  • kathanam - కథనం (narration)- essays book, -November 2002

Novels

  • nela digina vaana - నేల దిగిన వాన (The rain that landed on earth)

Short stories

References

  1. ↑ The Hindu's article on Vempalle Gangadhar winning Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar
  2. 1 2 3 "Vempalli bags Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/kadapa-writer-felicitated/article6451920.ece
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