Srirangam Srinivasarao or Sri Sri (1910-1983) was a popular modern Telugu poet. He was born in Visakhapatnam. Sri Sri was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues which affected day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical telugu poetry. Sri Sri was famous as mahakavi. He rocked the telugu literature world with his Maha Prasthanam(literally - a long journey), an anthology of poems -- one of his major works.Some other major works of Sri Sri include ' Maro Prasthanam', 'Siprali' ,'Khadga Srushti'.Sri Sri had written songs for Telugu films too. HisPadavoyi Bharatheeyuda of Velugu Needalu (1961), Telugu veera levara of Alluri Seetha Rama Raju quite popular.
CAREER Sri Sri was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues that affected day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical Telugu poetry. Sri Sri was famous as a Mahakavi (literally, a great poet).
He rocked the Telugu literature world with his Maha Prasthanam (literally - a great journey), an anthology of poems -- one of his major works. Some other major works of Sri Sri include Maha Prasthanam, Siprali, and Khadga Srushti.
Sri Sri had written songs to about 42 Telugu films between 1952 and 1982. His songs "Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda" (literally - Start singing O! Indian) of Velugu Needalu (1961), "Telugu veera levara" (literally - O brave Telugu born, wake up!!) of Alluri Seetha Rama Raju (the song won National Award for best lyric), and "Nenu saitham"(literally - I too have been the fuel for this great activity of building up the world) of Mahaprastanam were quite popular. This poem was used in the movie Rudraveena, which was one of the turning points in Chiranjeevi's career. Initial paragraphs of the same poem were also used in a film starring Chiranjeevi, Tagore.
He was the first person to be conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1979 by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in Chennai.
Name of the Book Name of the Book Published by Year : Prabava Kavita Samithi - Vizag 1928 Varam Varam Pratima Books - Eeluru 1946 Sampinga Thota Praja Sahitya Parishat - Tenali 1947 Mahaprasthanam Nalini Kumar - Machilipatinam 1950 Mahaprasthanam Visalandhra publishing house - Vijayawada (20 editions) 1952-1984 Mahaprasthanam - manuscript and own voice London Edition 1981 Amma Arunarekha publishers and Nellore Socialist publications - Vijayawada 1952-1967 Mae Mae Trilinga publishers - Vijayawada 1954 Maroprapancham Saradhi publications - Secunderabad 1954 Radio natikalu Arunarekha publishers - Nellore 1956 Three Cheers for Man Abhyudaya publishers - Madras 1956 Charamarathri Gupta Brothers - Vizag 1957 Maanavudi paatlu Visalandhra publishers - Vijayawada 1958 Soudamini - Puripanda's poems translated to English Addepalli and Co. - Rajamundry 1958 Gurajada Manasahiti - Hyderabad 1959 Mudu Yabhailu Visalandhra publishers - Vijayawada 1964 Visalandhra publisers - Vijayawada 1964-1987 Khadga srushti Visalandhra publisers - Vijayawada 1966-1984 Viewlu Reviewlu MVL Minerva Press - Machilipatinam 1969 Sri Sri Sahityam Shastipurti Sanmana Sangham - Vizag (5 editions) 1970 Sri Sri Miscellany - English volumes Shastipurti Sanmana Sangham - Vizag 1970 Lenin ¨ÉþÃþ÷ Pragati prachurana - Moscow 1971 Rekka Vippina Revolution Udhayama Sahiti - Kareemnagar 1971 Vyasa Kridalu Navodaya publishers - Vijayawada 1973 Maro mudu yabhailu MS Co. - Secunderabad 1974 China Yanam Swathi publishers - Vijayawada 1980 Maroprasthanam Virasam 1980 Siprali America lo photocopy 1981 Padavoyi Bharateeyuda Sri Sri prachuranalu - Madras 1983 Sri Sri Vyasalu Virasam 1983 New Frontiers Virasam 1983 Anatham Virasam 1986 Praja Virasam 1990 Telugu Veera Levara Visalandhra Publishers, Hyderabad 1996 Visalandhra lo Praja Rajyam Visalandhra Publishers, Hyderabad 1999 Aasa Virasam 1999 Ookki Pidikili - Agni Jwala Visalandhra Publishers, Hyderabad 2001 Khabardaar Sangha sathruvulaara Visalandhra Publishers, Hyderabad 2001
SONGS BY SRISRI
Alluri Seetarama Raju 1974 telugu veera lEvarA
Alu magalu telusukO.. ee jeevita satyam telusukO.. ee jeevita satyam
ammAyi moguDu-mAmaki yamuDu 1980 chUDarA.. Telugu sOdarA
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