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'''Illindala Saraswati Devi''' (1918–1998) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] novelist, short story writer, biographer, essayist and social worker from [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. She received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1982 for her short story collection, ''Swarnakamalalu''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Saraswati Devi was born in 1918 in Andhra Pradesh, India. She started the Andhra Yuvati Mandali, a women's educational and social organization in 1936. Some time after 1950, she completed a course in journalism at [[Osmania University]]. Subsequently she published several short stories in journals such as ''Bharati'' and ''Sujata''. She served as a member of the both central and state Film Award Committees. She was a nominated member of the [[Vidhan Parishad|State Legislative Council]] from 1958 to 1966.<ref name="TharuLalita1991">{{cite book|editor1=Susie J. Tharu|editor2=Ke Lalita|title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA154|year=1991|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|location=New York|isbn=978-1-55861-029-3|page=154}}</ref><ref name="DattaLal2007">{{cite book|author1=Amaresh Datta|author2=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri-Sarvasena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOsbAAAAIAAJ|year=2007|edition=4th|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|pages=3818|isbn=((978-81-260-1003-1))}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
She has published over forty works, including twelve novels, several plays, and essays, biographies and short stories. She has used literature as a way of upholding ethical and cultural values. Her short story collection ''Swarnakamalalu'' depicts the multiplicity of human experience, insights into personal relationships, a progressive outlook and an engrossing style.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/> She has also written children's literature, including a concise biography of [[Mahatma Gandhi]],<ref name="JAMUNA2017">{{cite book|editor-last=JAMUNA|editor-first=K. A.|title=Children's Literature in Indian Languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KS0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT208|year=2017|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2456-1|page=208}}</ref> and ''Mahatmudu Mahila'' (''Gandhiji's View about Woman''), published in 1969 by Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|editor-last=Datta|editor-first=Amaresh|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1363|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1363}}</ref><br />
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Her other significant works are the novels: ''Muthyalu Manasu'' (1962; ''Muthtalu's heart''), ''Darijerina Pranulu'' (1963; ''Lives That Have Reached the Shore''), ''Tejomurtulu'' (1976; ''Icons of Light'') and ''Akkaraku Vacchina Chuttamu'' (1967, ''A Helpful Relative''); and the short story collection: ''Raja Hamsalu'' (1981, The Royal Swans). She has written over a hundred short stories which have since been published as a collection, ''Swarnakamalalu''.<ref name="TharuLalita1991"/><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
In appreciation of her services to literature she was honoured in 1964 with the Grihalakshmi Sanstha Gold Bangle Award. The Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi awarded her the Best Woman Writer Award in 1974. She received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1982 for her short story collection, ''Swarnakamalalu''.<ref name="DattaLal2007"/><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite journal|last=ANJANEYLU|first=D.|title=Illindala Saraswati Devi|journal=Indian Literature|date=September–October 1981|volume=24|issue=5|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|pages=169–173|jstor=23331096}}{{closed access}}<br />
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