Chilukuri Narayana Rao

Chilukuri Narayana Rao
Born1890
Ponduru, Visakhapatnam District, British India
Died1952
OccupationWriter
NationalityIndian
Notable worksAn Introduction to Dravidian Philology, Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram
Named dattamandalam(ceded) as Rayalaseema
Notable awardsKala Prapoorna
SpouseLakshminarasamma

Chilukuri Narayana Rao was a Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in Visakhapatnam District, British India.[1]

His notable works include Amba, Upanishattulu, Musalamma, Vaade, Borrayyasetti, Gujaraati Vangmayamu.[2] He also published Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram in the year 1937 and a revised version of Sankaranarayana's English-Telugu Dictionary.

Awards

He received the honorary doctorate degree of ‘Kala Prapoorna' from Andhra University in the year 1947.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "telugu, mana saMskriti (our culture)". www.vepachedu.org.
  2. ^ "Eminent Telugu Personalities". Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

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