Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry

Sripada Krishna Murthy Sastry
Poet-Laurate of Andhra Pradesh
Born29 October 1866
Died29 December 1960
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Playwright
  • poet
  • writer
  • laurate
Years activec. 1585–1613
Parents
  • Sripada Venkata Somayajulu (father)
  • Sripada Venkata Subbamma (mother)
AwardsPadma Shri (1958)

Kaviraz Krishna Murthy Sastry, of Sripada family (29 October 1866 – 29 December 1960), a native of Devarapalli of West Godavari district, was the first poet laureate ((ఆస్థాన కవి Asţhānakavi)) of Andhra Pradesh. He composed more than a hundred works in Telugu. He composed ‘Sri Krishnasweeyacharitam’, an autobiography in Sanskrit.

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