Ampashayya Naveen:

                                      Ampashayya Naveen

Ampashayya Naveen is the author of 30 novels and five volumes of short stories in Telugu. His path-breaking novel Ampashayya(1969, Tr.Bed of Thorns) is credited with introducing the 'stream of consciousness' technique to Telugu fiction. WhileAmpashayya, Mullapodalu(Thorn Bushes) andAntasravanti (Inner Stream) form the 'Ravi Trilogy', the 'Telangana Trilogy' comprisesKalarekhalu (Contours of time), Chedirina Swapnalu(Dreams Gone Sour), andBandhavyalu(Relationships). His work has been translated into Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi.
Naveen's Antasravanti won the Telugu University's Best Novel Award in 1994, and Kalarekhalu won the Central Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004. He was Senior Fellow, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India (1997-98), and Writer in Residence, Sahitya Akademi (2009). Kakatiya University honoured him with Doctor of Letters (honoriscausa) in 2004, and in 2006 he visited the USA at the invitation of ATA (American Telugu Association).

Kalarekhalu

Kalarekhalu is a socio-autobiographical novel based on the Telangana struggle against the imperialist regime. The novel is unique in its picturization of the struggle of suppressed humanity. The author has successfully captured the sentiments of populace in the throes of liberating themselves. The novel adds magnificently to Indian fiction in Telugu.

                                                   

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