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| name = Janamaddi Hanumath Sastri<br />
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| birth_date = 1926<br />
| birth_place = [[Rayadurgam]], [[Anantapur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<ref name="thehansindia"/><br />
| death_date = 28 February 2014<br />
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| occupation = Writer<br />
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| father = Subbanna<br />
| mother = Janakamma<br />
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'''Dr. Janamaddi Hanumath Sastri''' is an Indian writer, linguist from [[Kadapa]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="thehansindia">{{cite web|title=Janamaddi passes away|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2014-03-01/Janamaddi-passes-away/87724|website=thehansindia.com|publisher=HMTV|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref> He wrote several books in Telugu and English. He served the Kadapa writers’ organisation for four decades and established [[Charles Phillip Brown|C. P. Brown]] Memorial Library there. [[Jnanpith Award]] winner [[C. Narayana Reddy]] used to fondly call him as ''Brown Sastri'' for his extensive research on Brown.<ref name="sakshi">{{cite web|title=‘బ్రౌన్ శాస్త్రి’ జానమద్ది కన్నుమూత|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/janamaddi-hanumath-sastry-passes-away-109503|website=sakshi.com|publisher=Jagati Publications|accessdate=17 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Rayadurgam]], [[Anantapur district]] in 1926 to the couple Subbanna, Janakamma.<ref name="sakshi"/> He worked as a teacher in 1946 at Government Secondary Grade School, [[Bellary]].<br />
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==Writings==<br />
He wrote over 2,500 articles in various newspapers and publications and authored 16 books. Notable works include life histories of C P Brown, [[Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraiah]], [[Bellary Raghava]].<ref name="thehansindia"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Ayyanki Vekataramanaiah Award<br />
* Anantapur Lalita Kala Parishat Award<br />
* Dharmavaram Kalajyoti Sirisi Anjaneyulu Award<br />
* Kadapa Savera Arts Sahiti Prapurna Award<br />
* Madanapalli Bharatamuni Kalaratna Award<br />
* Telugu University Pratibha Puraskaram<br />
* Bangalore Akhila Bharata Grandhalaya Mahasabha Puraskaram<br />
* Lok Nayak Foundation Literary Award<br />
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