Indian
Director, culture department, government of telangana
1999–present
poetry, film criticism
Mamidi Harikrishna is a Telugu poet, painter, translator, documentary filmmaker, movie critic and History Researcher on Telangana state history.[1] He is currently the director of Language and Culture department of the Telangana government.[2]
Birth, early life
Harikrishna was born in Shayampet of Warangal district.[1] 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.[1][3]
Poetry
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.[4]
Public Service
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.[5]
Recognition
Harikrishna was awarded Best Film Critic in Telugu Cinema for the year 2009. He is credited with organising the fifth edition of Telugu Mahasabhalu in Hyderabad in 2017. He was selected as the national poet from Telugu by Sahitya Akademi in 2019.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wedded to creative work(5 April 2020).
- ↑ Traditional art forms and peppy folk songs unite to fight coronavirus in Hyderabad. The Times of India(5 April 2020).
- ↑ 'bahumukha prajnasali mamidi harikrishna(in Telugu){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Deccan Land(October 2019)
- ↑ MAMIDI HARI KRISHNA. Hyderabad Literary Festival. Hyderabad Literary Festival.
- ↑ Bhasha samskrutika director ga mamidi harikrishna(Mamidi Harikrishna appointed as director of language and culture deprtment). One India. One India.
- ↑ Telugu writers bag national honours, one gets Sahitya Akademi award. The Times of India(19 December 2019).