Abburi Chayadevi (1933–2019) was a Telugu Indian fiction writer. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for Tana Margam.

Biography

Chayadevi was born 13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, India.[1]

Chayadevi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She was born in a brahmin family[2] She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages.[3] She served as librarian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the sixties.[4]

She was a council member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002).[1]

Chayadevi's husband, Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the Official Languages Commission.

She was also the daughter-in-law of Abburi Ramakrishna Rao, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.[4]

Chayadevi died 28 June 2019 in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Works

  • Anaga Anaga (folk stories for children)[1]
  • Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu (short stories), 1991[1]
  • Mrityunjaya (long story), 1993[3]
  • Tana Margam (short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds).[5]
  • Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3 (Translated)[6]
  • Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)[7]
  • Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.[7] Conclusion

Awards

  • Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram,2003[1]
  • Telugu University Award, 1996[1]
  • Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. ↑ "Writer Abburi Chaya Devi passes away". The Hindu. 28 June 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Women's Writing
  4. 1 2 3 "Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi". The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Home | Know India: National Portal of India". knowindia.india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kannada". The Hindu. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Welcome to Muse India". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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