Achyutarao Tekumalla (1880-1947)

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Achyutarao Tekumalla was born in a Brahmin family of poets in Potanavalasa village in Visakhpatnam District in Andhra Pradesh on April 18, 1880 (Vikrama Year on Sri Rama Navami).

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AchyutaraoTekumalla(18801947)
AchyutaraoTekumallawasborninaBrahminfamilyofpoetsin
PotanavalasavillageinVisakhpatnamDistrictinAndhraPradeshon
April18,1880(VikramaYearonSriRamaNavami).Hisparents
wereKamayyaandVenkamma.HisfatherKamayyawasuneducated
andtheir'swasapoorfamily.
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AchyutaraowaseducatedinParlakimidiandVijayanagaram.Hewas
awardedMcDonaldAwardforattainingfirstrankinBA,inthe
northernBritishDistrictsofAndhra.HemarriedVisalakshi
Dvarakabhamidipatiin1900.Hehadtwosonsandadaughter.His
eldestsonisKameswararoTekumalla,whoauthored"navangmaya
mitrulu."
HeobtainedtrainingatGovernmentTrainingCollegein
Rajamahendravaramandjinedthesamecollegeasateacher.Laterhe
servedasSubAssistantInspectorofSchoolsandthenHeadMasterof
variousTeacherTrainingSchools.Hetraveledonthejobtovarious
citieslikeBandaru,Nelluru,Ballari,Rajamahendravarametc.Hedid
MAatKolkattaUniversity,whichdidn'thelppromotehiminhisjob.
Heretiredin1934.
HestartedwritingpoetryinEnglishatayoungageandwasvery
muchinterestedinEnglishliterature.Whileworkingasteacherhe
developedaninterestinTeluguliteratureandstudiedunderthe
supervisionofgreatPunditVeerabhadrasastriGunturi.Hebecame
interestedinthewritingsofpoetSuranaPingali.Heappliedhis
knowledgeinEnglishliterarycriticismtoTeluguliteratureandwrote
aboutpoetsofVijayanagarKingdom.Hisworksincludeaamdhra
padamulupaatalu,aamdhranaatakamuluramgasthalamulu,
vijayanagarasaamraajyamandaliaamdhravangmayacharitra(two
volumes),PingaliSurana(EnglishCritique)etc.

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Source:"naavaangmayamitrulu"byKameswararaoTekumalla.
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