Gurram Jashuva (Telugu: గుర్రం జాషువా)(September 28, 1895 – July 24, 1971) was a Telugu poet. A Legendary figure in the Telugu literary world. With his immense wisdom and through the struggle he faced due to the Caste-based discrimination Jashuva has written the poetry with a Universal approach. For his contribution to Telugu poetry and Society, he was called the "Poet of the Millennium" for his timeless pieces of poetry and Literature.
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.
Madhurantakam Rajaram was an Indian author who is considered one of the foremost of modern Telugu short story writers. He is the winner of Sahitya Akademi Award of 1993 and Katha prize for short stories for the years 1991 and 1993.
P. Valsala is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer, and social activist from Kerala, India. She is a recipient of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2021, the highest literary honour by government of Kerala. She is only the fifth woman to receive the award since its institution in 1993.
Samala Sadasiva was a Telugu language poet and writer. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2011.
Abburi Chayadevi was a Telugu Indian fiction writer. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005, for her work Tana Margam.
Syed Saleem is a Telugu writer. He has written twenty five novels, about 250 short stories and more than 150 poems. His fiction has been translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil languages. His work is characterized by his humanitarianism and soothing poetic expression. One of his best known works is his Telugu novel Kaluthunna Poolathota, which had won the * Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 2010.
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.
V. M. Devadas is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.
Lakshmanayyar Rama Swamy is an author, translator and short story writer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. His work "Sufi Cheppina Katha" got the Sahitya Academy Award for Telugu Translation of Malayalam Novel "Sufi Paranja Katha" written by KP Ramanunni for the year 2015.
Paramita Satpathy is an Indian writer. Paramita is the daughter of Sahitya Akademi Award winner poet Pratibha Satpathy and Nityananda Satpathy.
Dr. Papineni Sivasankar, a doyen of Modern Literature in Telugu, recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, 2016 is an Indian poet, short story writer, and critic.
Mercy Margaret is a poet, short story writer and a social worker from Hyderabad, India. She came to light as a poet through her poems published in Facebook and became famous after receipt of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Award in the year 2017, for her first poetry book "Matala Madugu" "మాటల మడుగు" in Telugu language
Mobin Mohan is an Indian novelist who writes in the Malayalam language. He is a recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva award of 2021. He was born in 1988 at Kanchiyar, Idukki district. His grandfather migrated to Idukki from Kottayam in 1944. He was born as the son of NG Mohanan and Sobhana. He completed his education from St Mary's School Kanchiyar, St Mary's school Marykulam, St Jerome's HSS Vellamkudy, college of applied science Kattappana. He was a lecturer of St Sebastian's college, Kattappana. He worked as the District Project coordinator of Kerala cultural department.He is a general council member of Kerala Sahithya Akademi member.He is currently working at Munsiff's court Kattappana.
Aswathy Sasikumar is a Malayalam language short story writer from Kerala, India. Her first short story collection Josephinte Manam has won the 2017 Yuva Puraskar and the 2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment. She has also received several other awards including Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer Awardand EP Sushama Ankanam Award.
