Penumarti Viswanatha Sastry (2 May 1929 – 25 December 1998), also known as "Ajanta", was a

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

writer and editor.Ajanta, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 7-8.

Life

He was born in Kesanakurru village in

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. After primary education at Narsapuram, he graduated and worked in different magazines in Hyderabad and Chennai. He has worked as Chief Sub-editor of

Andhra Prabha ''Andhra Prabha'' is a Telugu-language daily newspaper in India, circulated primarily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Founded on 15 August 1938, by Ramnath Goenka under the Indian Express Group, it has become one of the longest-running Telug ...

daily magazine in Vijayawada. He followed in the line of

Srirangam Srinivasa Rao Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (30 April 1910 – 15 June 1983), popularly known as Sri Sri, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and films. Noted for his anthology '' Maha Prasthanam'', Sri Sri is a recipien ...

. He won the

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

for his Telugu-language poetic work "Swapna Lipi" in 1997.

References

Telugu-language journalists Indian editors Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu 1929 births 1998 deaths Writers from West Godavari district Indian male journalists Journalists from Andhra Pradesh {{india-journalist-stub