Ranganayakamma

Ranganayakamma
Ranganayakamma in an interview with TV9
Native name
రంగనాయకమ్మ
Born(1939-09-21)21 September 1939
Bommidi village near Tadepalligudem, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, critic, essayist
LanguageTelugu
NationalityIndian

Ranganayakamma (Telugu: రంగనాయకమ్మ) (also known as Muppala Ranganayakamma; born 1939) is an Indian Marxist writer and critic. The main theme in her works is gender equality and the depiction of women's family life in India.

She has been writing since 1955. To date, she has written about 15 novels, 70 short stories, and many essays. She published about 60 volumes in all. She is a leading proponent of communism and feminism. She won the Andhra Pradesh Government Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel Balipeetam in 1965.

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