Abburi Chayadevi
Abburi Chayadevi (1933–2019) was a Telugu Indian fiction writer. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for Tana Margam.
Biography
Chayadevi was born 13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, India.
Chayadevi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She was born in a brahmin family She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages. She served as librarian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the sixties.
She was a council member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002).
Chayadevi's husband, Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the Official Languages Commission.
She was also the daughter-in-law of Abburi Ramakrishna Rao, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.
Works
- Anaga Anaga (folk stories for children)
- Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu (short stories), 1991
- Mrityunjaya (long story), 1993
- Tana Margam (short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds).
- Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3 (Translated)
- Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)
- Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members. Conclusion
Awards
- Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram, 2003
- Telugu University Award, 1996
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126008735.
- ↑ "Writer Abburi Chaya Devi passes away". The Hindu. 28 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- 1 2 Women's Writing
- 1 2 3 "Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi". The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2018.[dead link]
- 1 2 "Home | Know India: National Portal of India". knowindia.india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Kannada". The Hindu. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- 1 2 "Welcome to Muse India". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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