Bandi Narayanaswamy

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Bandi Narayanaswamy
Bandi Narayanaswamyin 2020
Born (1952-06-03) 3 June 1952 (age 71)
Alma materSri Venkateswara University
Occupation(s)Writer, Novelist, Teacher
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (2019),
Telugu Association of North America Award (2017), NTR Award (2005), YSR Lifetime Achievement Award (2021), AJVB Foundation Award, Telugu University Award, Kathakokila, Kolakaluri Awards.

Bandi Narayanswamy is a Telugu writer, novelist and a teacher. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2019[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] for his novel Saptabhoomi.[9] He published the novel in 2017 and got the Telugu Association of North America Award[10] for the same.

Early life and career[edit]

He was born on 3 June 1952[11] in Anantapur to an agricultural family. He studied at the PG Center in Sri Venkateswara University.[12]

After completing his education, he worked as a teacher for various government primary and high schools in remote villages.[13]

His other novels are Rendu Kalala Desam,[14] Meerajyam Meerelandi[15] and Gaddalaadatandayi.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shashi Tharoor Among 23 Named for 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award". India West. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ Bajwa, Swinder (3 January 2020). "Ninth-pass Punjabi writer gets key literary award | Tehelka". tehelka.com. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "అభిశప్తుడికి ఓ అభయం". Sakshi (in Telugu). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ "ఒక ప్రాంతీయ రచయిత సార్వజన ఘోష". 23 December 2019.
  5. ^ "'శప్తభూమి'కి సాహిత్య అవార్డు". Sakshi (in Telugu). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards announced in 23 Indian languages". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. ^ "పాఠకులకే: బండి నారాయణ స్వామి భావోద్వేగం". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Telugu). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. ^ Nath, Damini (18 December 2019). "Sahitya Akademi's 2019 awards includes non-fiction by Shashi Tharoor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 (Winners List)". Schools360. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  10. ^ "State writer bags National Sahitya Akademi Award". The Hindu. 18 December 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ Rao, Ch Sushil (19 December 2019). "Telugu writers bag national honours, one gets Sahitya Akademi award". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  12. ^ "తెలుగు నవలకు జాతీయ అవార్డు..'శప్తభూమి'కి కేంద్ర సాహిత్య అకాడమీ పురస్కారం". Samayam Telugu (in Telugu). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Telugu writer Narayana Swami wins Sahitya Akademi Award". The New Indian Express. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  14. ^ "AP CM YS Jagan Congratulates Bandi Narayana Swamy For Sahitya Akademi Award 2019". Sakshipost. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  15. ^ Ravikumar, Aruna (25 January 2020). "Oppression in the cursed land". The Hans India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.