 | This article does not cite any sources .(February 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) |
Kanety Krishna Menon | |
|---|---|
 K. K. Menon | |
| Born | 1942 Ramaraju Lanka, East Godavari |
| Died | 1 August 2012 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Telugu Writer |
Kanety Krishna Menon (1942 - 2012) was a Telugu writer with about 80 short stories and 6 novels to his credit. Many of his stories have been translated to different languages in India.
K. K. Menon was employed with Accountant General's office in Hyderabad. He was born and brought up in Ramaraju Lanka, a remote village in East Gadavari district. He had his secondary education at Rajolu, graduation at Bhimavaram and attained a master's degree in Economics from Nagpur University.
He started writing short stories when he was studying IX class. His teacher late Kandukuri Ramabhadra Rao, who was himself a well known writer encouraged him to write. His first story got him an award which inspired him to takeup writing seriously.
Menon's writings and ideologies were inspired by prominent writers like Sri Sri, Atreya, Gudipati Venkatachalam and Kalipatnam Ramarao.
Menon's first short story was published in "Prajamatha"a Bangalore-based magazine while he was studying his 12th Standard.
Since 1974 his short stories continues to publish in different Telugu daily and weekly magazines.
In 1977 his first novel Baki Batukulu was publishes by Vishalandhra publications .This novel was again published in 1994 by the same publisher.
In 1979 Idi Streaking Kadu a compilation of Short stories was published. In 1996 Puli Kuudu was published.
About eight of his stories were translated to Hindi by Dr. Bhimsen Nirmal. One of his short story Dwaram was translated to Punjabi.
He co-authored Rangula Needa with Yandamuri Veerendranath.
Menon's writings generally reflect images of contemporary socioeconomic scenario. The characters were always made with a sympathetic approach to poorer classes of the society.
Inspired by Matter of Life authored by Sir Robert Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe(the father of Test-Tube babies), Menon penned a novel Krathuvu . Krathuvu won him an acclaim and established him as a versatile author.
It is a pride to him that his novel Krathuvu has been selected by many Telugu research scholars as a subject for Ph.D in science fiction category in Telugu literature.
Once the eminent writer Sri Madhurantakam Rajaram quoted that he had never seen a novel that received as much response as Krathuvu in past 25years.
In 2014 the novel has been translated to Hindi by Mr.G.Parmeshwar.
In 1993, [Etukuru Venkata Narsiah Memorial award] was presented to Menon by Telugu University in recognition of his contribution to Telugu literature.
Kanety Krishna Menon wes born in Dindi a remote village of Rajolu to Smt. Venkamma and Kanety Tataiah. He was the eldest son of the family of four siblings. In his young age he was adopted by his maternal aunt Smt. Satamma and Sri James who lived in Ramaraju Lanka. Most of his childhood was spent in Ramaraju Lanka.
His has two sisters (Mahaniamma and Smt. Bharati) and two brothers (Madhusudan and Lakshmi Vara Prasad).
He married Siroratnamma on 19 June 1963 and moved to Hyderabad in 1965 to join his service with A.G's Office.
He has two children. His daughter Dr. Aparna is an ophthalmologist and his son Vamshi Kanety lives in Bahrain.
Menon was an active member of Ranjani a literary association and was associated with it until his retirement in 1997. He was an active participant for many literary activities and supporter of Virasam a revolutionary writers association. In the year 2005 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease which forced him to refrain from writing. On 1 August 2012 he died after being bedridden for 2 years.
Panikkassery Keshavan Balakrishnan was an Indian novelist and critic. A doyen of Malayalam literature, he is best known for his novel, Ini Njan Urangatte, a novel based on Mahabharata as well as a number of critical studies which include Chandu Menon Oru Padanam, Novel - Siddhiyum Sadhanayum, Kavyakala Kumaranasaniloode and Ezhuthachante Kala : Chila Vyasabharatha Patanangalum. His work 'Jathivyavasthayum Kerala Charitravum is a work in social history. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for novel in 1974. He was also a recipient of the Vayalar Award and other honours.
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand (pronounced [mʊnʃiː preːm t͡ʃənd̪], was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. His novels include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah. He published his first collection of five short stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-e Watan.
Devulapalli Venkata Krishnasastri was a Telugu poet, playwright and translator. He is known as Andhra Shelley.
Aluri Chakrapani or Aluri Venkata Subbarao was an Indian film multilingual writer, producer and director known for his works in predominantly in Telugu cinema and he won two Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. He was also notable for his association with Vijaya Vauhini Studios, one of the largest studios in Asia, at that time. aluri was also a partner of Vijaya Productions along with B. Nagi Reddy and founder of Chandamama children magazine.
Telugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language. It consists of poems, short stories, novels, plays, and song lyrics, among others. While there is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium, the first extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya. The language experienced a golden age under the patronage of the Vijayanagara king-poet Krishnadevaraya.
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, also known as Ketu Visvanathareddi, is a short story writer, novelist and essayist who won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1996 for his short story Kethu Viswanatha Reddy Kathalu.
Dr. 'Ampasayya' Naveen is a Telugu novelist. He is an Osmania University alumni, and his college life at OU inspired his first novel, Ampasayya. His novel Kala Rekhalu won the Sahitya Academy Award in 2004.
The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) is one of the few Indian language universities in India.
Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu was a classical poet, literary critic, composer, musicologist, translator and polyglot.
Ganga Prasad Vimal was an Indian writer. He was a poet, story writer, novelist and translator.
Shiv K. Kumar was an Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer. His grandfather late Tulsi Das Kumar was a school teacher and his father Bishan Das Kumar, was a retired headmaster. The letter 'K' stands for Krishna, i.e. Shiv Krishna Kumar.
Jandhyala Papayya Sastry was an eminent Telugu writer and lyricist. He was popularly known as Karunasri because his writings expressively show compassion, one of the Nine Rasas. His famous kavyas include Pushpa Vilapam and Kunthi Kumari.
Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy, religion, sociology, political science, linguistics, psychology and consciousness studies, epistemology, aesthetics and spiritualism. He was a student of the illustrious Telugu writer Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, of the Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo. Viswanatha's wrote in both a modern and classical style, in complex modes. His popular works include Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu, Kinnersani Patalu and the novel Veyipadagalu. Among many awards, he was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1970, the first for a Telugu writer, and Padma Bhushan in 1971.
Pilla Zamindar is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by G Ashok. produced by D. S. Rao and Master Bujji Babu under Sri Shailendra Cinemas banner and starring Nani, Haripriya, and Bindu Madhavi in the lead roles, while Srinivas Avasarala, Dhanraj, Thagubothu Ramesh, Rao Ramesh and Nagineedu play supporting roles. This film is heavily inspired by the South Korean film A Millionaire's First Love (2006). The film soundtrack was composed by Indian percussionist and composer Selvaganesh. Cinematography was handled by Sai Sriram and editing was done by Praveen Pudi. Dialogues of the film were written by popular writer Chandrashekar Gundimeda and screenplay was handled by G. Ashok. Pilla Zamindar was released on 14 October 2011. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics.
Kolakaluri Enoch is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of literature.
Dr. Pullella Sriramachandrudu was an Indian scholar of Vedanta, Vyakarana and Alankara Sastra and a prolific writer of Sanskrit and Telugu literature. He was widely credited with several books in Sanskrit and Telugu and was best known for translating many difficult Sanskrit works into Telugu the seven volume Telugu edition of the Indian epic, Ramayanam by Valmiki. The Government of India has honored Pullella Srirama Chandrudu in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.
Gottimukkala Venkata Rama Raju is an Indian film director and scriptwriter associated with Telugu cinema. He is from the town of Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. Ramaraju has undertaken many professions in his life and finally ended up in film industry. His first movie Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu starring Kranthi, Sri Divya receiving critical acclaim from the directors Sekhar Kammula, V. V. Vinayak and Harish Shankar. His second movie Oka Manasu is a romantic drama starring Niharika Konidela and Naga Shourya which released June 2016.
Vemuri Anjaneya Sarma was an Indian writer in the Telugu and Hindi languages. He was active in literary and cultural fields in the Indian independence movement, and became an important figure in the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (DBHP), a Hindi-language movement in South India.
Dr. Paruchuri Gopala Krishna is an Indian film screenwriter, story writer, dialogue writer, actor, director, poet, playwright, novelist, and orator predominant in Telugu cinema. Dr. Gopala Krishna is the younger of the Paruchuri Brothers, a writing duo in the film industry who have worked on more than 350 films since 1978.
Nadella Purushottama Kavi was an Indian scholar, playwright, teacher and editor. Purushottama Kavi is notable for his "Chitra Kavyas". He was a great scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, Persian and Hindi and composed more than 100 works in Telugu and Hindi. He also authored several plays in Hindi for the Hindu Nataka Samajam.