Background
Ramakrishna was born in Tuni in East Godavari district.
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Avasarala Ramakrishna Rao
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Education
He had a Doctor of Philosophy on George Orwell from Andhra University.
Career
He worked as a Mathematics and Science teacher there before he did Master of Arts in English. Ramakrishna began his literary career at the age of 17. He was known for his wit and humor.
Apart from his short stories, he wrote a number of one-act plays, songs and poems for All India Radio and literary magazines, essays on mathematics and science.
Avasarala"s feature "Mathe-me-tricks" (ie, tricks to solve Mathematical problems easily) was carried regularly in the children"s magazine, Bala Jyothi (Telugu: బాలజ్యోతి ie, Light for kids), with a silver jubilee run. At the time of his death, he was writing a column called "Angrezi-Made-Easy" (ie, English made easy) for a leading Telugu daily.
He contributed regularly to book reviews and a feature called Sebhashitaalu (Telugu: శభాషితాలు, a pun on Subhashitalu) in the Telugu edition of India Today. According to him, his most satisfying work is Pekamukkalu, a compilation of the short stories published in various magazines over the past 52 years.
He described himself in the following four lines.
Although he taught English, his writings were in Telugu. His writings reflected his critical views of society and he chose harsh words to describe it according to himself. He underwent a bypass surgery at NIMS, after which he developed complications leading to death.
As he wished, his body was donated to the Osmania Medical College for research.
Achievements
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He won the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy award for his anthology of short stories Ardhamunna Kadhalu (Telugu: అర్థమున్న కథలు ie, Stories with a meaning) in 1969. He was the recipient of “Best Writer in Humour” award of Sri Potti Sriramulutu Telugu University in 1994 and Delhi Telugu Academy"s Ugadi Puraskar in 2000. He was felicitated by the Andhra Sanskriti Sangham, Chandigarh in 2000.
Personality
He described himself in the following four lines.
Although he taught English, his writings were in Telugu. His writings reflected his critical views of society and he chose harsh words to describe it according to himself. He was an atheist and wanted people to move from "foolish faith to pragmatism".
His favorite writers were Ranganayakamma and Volga, both Telugu female writers.
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October 28, 2011 (aged 79)
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Awards
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He won the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy award for his anthology of short stories Ardhamunna Kadhalu (Telugu: అర్థమున్న కథలు ie, Stories with a meaning) in 1969. He was the recipient of “Best Writer in Humour” award of Sri Potti Sriramulutu Telugu University in 1994 and Delhi Telugu Academy's Ugadi Puraskar in 2000. He was felicitated by the Andhra Sanskriti Sangham, Chandigarh in 2000.He won the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy award for his anthology of short stories Ardhamunna Kadhalu (Telugu: అర్థమున్న కథలు ie, Stories with a meaning) in 1969. He was the recipient of “Best Writer in Humour” award of Sri Potti Sriramulutu Telugu University in 1994 and Delhi Telugu Academy's Ugadi Puraskar in 2000. He was felicitated by the Andhra Sanskriti Sangham, Chandigarh in 2000.