Background
Kalipatnam was born in 1924 in Ponduru, Srikakulam, India.
Kalipatnam was born in 1924 in Ponduru, Srikakulam, India.
He worked as a teacher for many years at Saint Anthony"s High School in Visakhapatnam and retired in 1979. Inspired by,Kalipatnam Rama Rao, writer Yandamuri Veerendranath began his writing career. He considers him as Guru.
Rama Rao"s stories reflect the trials, tribulations, and occasionally the triumphs of life among the middle and lower classes of people in society.
Kalipatnam is especially known for his psychological insights and his incisive analytical abilities regarding the social, economical, and political influences on daily life. His first story, "Chitragupta", was a mini-story, written on the back of a postcard.
He was not satisfied with his writing and stopped in 1955. After 8 years, he wrote "Teerpu" in 1963.
He wrote many stories in the late 1960s following Teerpu", including "Yagnam", "mahadaaseervacanamu", "veerudu-mahaveerudu", "Adivaram", "Himsa", "Number room", "Sneham", "Arthi", "Bhayam", "Santhi", "Chavu", "Jevvana dhara", and "Kutra".
After writing "Kutra", he stopped writing. He has said that in his early days he would write a lot, but would not send them for publication as he wasn"t happy with what he wrote. In later days, he wrote about one or two stories a year.
His stories have since been translated into various foreign languages including Russian and English.
In the last 15 years, Kalipatnam was active in publishing short story anthologies of other writers. He was in United States in 1993, as a guest of the 9th TANA Conference - World Telugu Convention in New York (Doctor Kalasapoodi Sreenivassa Raavu and Yerramilli Padmaavathi of the literary committee were instrumental in bringing him there).
This year, Kalipatnam"s 90th birth anniversary was celebrated by his fans around Associated Press. At that time, he hinted that he may start writing again. Kalipatnam started on 22 February 1997 as a research center and library to pass on Telugu literature to subsequent generations.
The center is located in Visakha "A" colony in Srikakulam.
Currently, the center houses more than 5000 weeklies, monthlies, and special additions, as well as a wide variety of Telgu magazines.
Kalipatnam was also a member of the executive committee of the Viplava Rachayitala Sangham.