Abburi Chayadevi (13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh[1] – 28 June 2019 in Hyderabad, Telangana) was a Telugu Indian fiction writer. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005, for her work Tana Margam (Short Stories).[2][3]
Biography
Chaya Devi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages.[4] She served as librarian at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the sixties.[3]
She was a council member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002).[1]
Chayadevi's husband, Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the Official Languages Commission.
She was also the daughter-in-law of Abburi Ramakrishna Rao, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement.[3]
Works
- Anaga Anaga (folk stories for children)[1]
- Abburi Chaya Devi Kathalu(short stories), 1991[1]
- Mrityunjaya(long story),1993[4]
- Tana Margam(short stories-about the exploitation of women in the guise of family bonds.[2]
- Mana Jeevithalu-Jiddu Krishnamurti Vyakhyanalu–3(Translated)[5]
- Parichita Lekha published as an anthology (Translation of stories by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig)[6]
- Bonsai Batukulu [Bonsai Lives] portrays the life of women who live mechanically under the control of family members.[6] Conclusion
Awards
- Ranganayakamma Pratibha Puraskaram,2003[1]
- Telugu University Award, 1996[1]
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1999). ISBN 9788126008735
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005 - General Information - Know India: National Portal of India Template:Webarchive
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sahitya Akademi award for Abburi Chaya Devi. The Hindu(23 December 2005).Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Women's Writing
- ↑ KANNADA. The Hindu(8 February 2011).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Welcome to Muse India. Retrieved 18 August 2013.