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'''Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak''' (1 August 1921 – 1 July 1966) was an Indian poet, novelist and short story writer.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Tilak was born on 21 August 1921 in the village of [[Mandapaka]] in the [[Tanuku Taluk district]]. He died on 1 July 1966 at the age of 44 years. <br />
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He completed his Intermediate at AVN College [[Visakhapatnam]] and joined [[Loyola College, Chennai]] (then Madras), but had to cease his studies due to health issues. He established the Vigjnana Parishad in Tanuku (later renamed Sahiti Sarovaram) and pursued literary activities.<br />
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Tilak wrote his first story at the age of 11, which is said to have been published in the Madhuri Magazine. At the age of 16, he started writing poetry and developed his unique writing style.<br />
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His most famous work, ''Amrutham Kurisina Ratri'', was translated into English as ''The Night the Nectar Rained'' by Velchala Kondal Rao.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} ''The Night of Nectar'' was translated by B Indira.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article584197.ece|title=Devouring the sweet nectar of poetry|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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His first anthology, ''Prabhatamu-Sandhya'' (1945), was written in the romantic style popular in [[Indian poetry]] of the early and mid-20th century. He changed his style after attending the 'All India Progressive Writers' Conference in Bombay.<ref name=skdhil>{{cite book|first=Sisir Kumar |last=Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=sqBjpV9OzcsC}}|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9}}</ref> His anthology of Poems ( Padya kavitalu) "Goruvankalu" was published by Visalandhra Publishing house.<br />
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==Literary contributions and recognition==<br />
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He was awarded the "Sahitya Academy award" in 1970<ref name=gold>{{cite web|last1=Bhadriraju Krishnamurti|first1=C. Vijayasree|title=Gold Nuggets: Selected Post-independence Telugu Short Stories|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=VG0EBZP3scUC|page=455}}|website=Google Books|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> for his posthumously published collection of poems ''Amrutham Kurisina Ratri''.<ref name=skdhil/> published in 1969<ref>[http://www.koumudi.net/Monthly/2008/february/feb_2008_anaganagaOmanchikatha.pdf Microsoft Word - feb_2008_anaganagaOmanchikatha.doc<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The volume was called a "milestone in modern Telugu" by Sisir Kumar Das, who added, "But for him, 'verse libre' or 'prose poetry' could not have gained so much of popularity."<ref name=skdhil/><br />
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His short stories include "Sundari-SubbaRavu", "Vuri Chivara Illu" and "Tilak Kadhalu". His stories were influenced by [[Maxim Gorky]] and [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=skdhil/><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Anaganaga Omanchikatha |url=http://www.koumudi.net/Monthly/2008/february/feb_2008_anaganagaOmanchikatha.pdf |date=February 2008}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://kinige.com/kbrowse.php?via=author&name=Devarakonda+Balagangadhara+Thilak&id=216 Tilak books on Kinige] Wahed<br />
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