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{{short description|Director of culture department, Government of Telangana, India}}<br />
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| name = Mamidi Harikrishna<br />
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| birth_place = Shayampet village, [[Warangal District]], [[Telangana]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| occupation = Director, culture department, government of telangana<br />
| years_active = 1999–present<br />
| known_for = poetry, film criticism<br />
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'''Mamidi Harikrishna''' is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet, painter, translator, documentary filmmaker, [[movie critic]] and [[History Research]]er on [[Telangana]] state history.<ref name="pioneer">{{cite news |last1=Ramya Sree |first1=K |title=Wedded to creative work |url=http://pynr.in/2020/04/05/wedded-to-creative-work/ |accessdate=20 April 2020 |agency=[[The Pioneer (India)]] |date=5 April 2020}}</ref> He is currently the director of Language and Culture department of the [[Telangana government]].<ref name="ToI">{{cite news |last1=Sushil Rao |first1=Ch |title=Traditional art forms and peppy folk songs unite to fight coronavirus in Hyderabad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/traditional-art-forms-and-peppy-folk-songs-unite-to-fight-coronavirus/articleshow/75000325.cms |accessdate=20 April 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |date=5 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Birth, early life==<br />
Harikrishna was born in [[Shyampet|Shayampet]] of [[Warangal Urban district|Warangal district]].<ref name="pioneer" /> He did his schooling up to class X in his village. His intermediate education and degree were received from Lalbahadur College in [[Warangal]] and his post-graduation MA in psychology from [[Osmania University]]. He further received his MEd from [[Kakatiya University]].<ref name="pioneer" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Suresh |first1=Basani |title=''bahumukha prajnasali mamidi harikrishna''(in Telugu) |date=October 2019 |publisher=Deccan Land |page=23}}</ref><br />
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==Poetry==<br />
Harikrishna has published three of his own poetry compilations and as a director of the Culture Department, published about five poetry collections of various poets. He is credited with introducing "Fusion Shayaree" into Telugu poetry.<ref name="hlf">{{cite web |title=MAMIDI HARI KRISHNA |url=https://www.hydlitfest.org/speaker/mamidi-hari-krishna/ |website=Hyderabad Literary Festival |publisher=Hyderabad Literary Festival |accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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===Public Service===<br />
Harikrishna joined the state civil services (of erstwhile [[Andhra Pradesh]]) in 1996. He was appointed to his current position, Director of Language and Culture, on 28 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Bhasha samskrutika director ga mamidi harikrishna''(Mamidi Harikrishna appointed as director of language and culture deprtment) |url=https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/andhra-pradesh/mamidi-harikrishna-as-telangana-language-cultural-director-145588.html |website=One India |publisher=One India |accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
Harikrishna was awarded [[Nandi Awards of 2009|Best Film Critic in Telugu Cinema]] for the year 2009. He is credited with organising the fifth edition of [[World Telugu Conference|Telugu Mahasabhalu]] in Hyderabad in 2017. He was selected as the national poet from Telugu by Sahitya Akademi in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sushil Rao |first1=Ch |title=Telugu writers bag national honours, one gets Sahitya Akademi award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telugu-writers-bag-natl-honours-one-gets-sahitya-akademi-award/articleshow/72876355.cms |accessdate=20 April 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=19 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gAQ7Nmuz8 Mamidi Harikrishna's interview on Doordarshan Yadagiri]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOjcZqUA9ijbdoS7G1L_scg Mamidi Harikrishna's youtube channel]<br />
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