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{{Infobox person
| name = Bandi Narayanaswamy
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| image = Bandi Narayanaswamy, February 2020.jpg
| caption = Bandi Narayanaswamyin 2020
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|06|03}}
| birth_place = Old town, [[Anantapur district]]
| occupation = Writer, Novelist, Teacher
| alma_mater = [[Sri Venkateswara University]]
| years_active =
| awards = [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu|Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2019),<br />Telugu Association of North America Award (2017)
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'''Bandi Narayanswamy''' is an [[Telugu language|Telugu]] writer, novelist and a teacher. He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/shashi-tharoor-among-named-for-sahitya-akademi-award/article_c6c2db88-268c-11ea-a910-6b1b994a04a0.html|title=Shashi Tharoor Among 23 Named for 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award|website=India West|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tehelka.com/ninth-pass-punjabi-writer-gets-key-literary-award/|title=Ninth-pass Punjabi writer gets key literary award {{!}} Tehelka|last=Bajwa|first=Swinder|website=tehelka.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/guest-columns/desharaju-article-bandi-narayana-swamy-1249048|title=అభిశప్తుడికి ఓ అభయం|date=2019-12-19|website=Sakshi|language=te|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/family/madhurantakam-narendra-article-shaptabhumi-writer-bandi-narayana-swamy-1250101|title = ఒక ప్రాంతీయ రచయిత సార్వజన ఘోష|date = 23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/national/telugu-writer-bandi-narayana-swamy-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2019-1249095|title='శప్తభూమి'కి సాహిత్య అవార్డు|date=2019-12-19|website=Sakshi|language=te|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/799803-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-in-23indian-languages|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards announced in 23 Indian languages|website=Devdiscourse|language=en|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.asianetnews.com/literature/bandi-narayana-swamy-speaks-with-asianet-news-telugu-q2psjg|title=పాఠకులకే: బండి నారాయణ స్వామి భావోద్వేగం|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=te|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-shashi-tharoor-named-for-english/article30338408.ece|title=Sahitya Akademi's 2019 awards includes non-fiction by Shashi Tharoor|last=Nath|first=Damini|date=2019-12-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-26|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> for his novel ''Saptabhoomi''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schools360.in/sahitya-akademi-awards-2019-winners-list/|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 (Winners List)|date=2019-12-18|website=Schools360|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref> He published the novel in 2017 and got the Telugu Association of North America Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/state-writer-bags-nationalsahitya-akademi-award/article30342131.ece|title=State writer bags National Sahitya Akademi Award|date=2019-12-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-23|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> for the same.

== Early life and career ==
He was born on 3 June 1952<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telugu-writers-bag-natl-honours-one-gets-sahitya-akademi-award/articleshow/72876355.cms|title=Telugu writers bag national honours, one gets Sahitya Akademi award|date=December 19, 2019|first=Ch Sushil |last=Rao |website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> at old town of [[Anantapur]] in an [[agricultural]] family. He studied at the PG Center in [[Sri Venkateswara University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/news/kendra-sahitya-academy-announced-award-for-shaptha-bhoomi-novel/articleshow/72874402.cms|title=తెలుగు నవలకు జాతీయ అవార్డు..'శప్తభూమి'కి కేంద్ర సాహిత్య అకాడమీ పురస్కారం|date=2019-12-18|website=Samayam Telugu|language=te|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>

After completing his education, he worked as a teacher for various primary and high schools in villages.<ref name=":0" />

His other novels are ''Rendu Kalala Desam'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.sakshi.com/andhrapradesh/2019/12/19/ap-cm-ys-jagan-congratulates-bandi-narayana-swamy-for-sahitya-akademi-award-2019|title=AP CM YS Jagan Congratulates Bandi Narayana Swamy For Sahitya Akademi Award 2019|website=Sakshipost|date=19 December 2019|language=en|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref> ''Meerajyam Meerelandi''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ravikumar|first=Aruna|date=2020-01-25|title=Oppression in the cursed land|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/featured/sunday-hans/oppression-in-the-cursed-land-599964|url-status=live|access-date=2020-01-26|website=The Hans India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126075909/https://www.thehansindia.com/featured/sunday-hans/oppression-in-the-cursed-land-599964 |archive-date=26 January 2020 }}</ref> and ''Nisargam''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-19|title=Telugu writer Narayana Swami wins Sahitya Akademi Award|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/dec/19/telugu-writer-narayana-swami-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2078115.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-01-23|website=The New Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220160924/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2019/dec/19/telugu-writer-narayana-swami-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-2078115.html |archive-date=20 December 2019 }}</ref>

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[[Category:1952 births]]
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[[Category:Writers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Rayalaseema]]
[[Category:People from Anantapur district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu]]
[[Category:Telugu people]]
[[Category:Indian writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian writers]]

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