| Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu | |
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| Born | March 28, 1914 Chiyyedu Village, Penukonda Taluq, Anantapur district |
| Died | September 1, 1990 Cuddapah |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Hindu |
| Citizenship | India |
| Education | Siromani, Vidwan |
| Alma mater | Tirupati Sanskrit College |
| Genres | Poet, Composer, Critic , Orator, Commentator , Translator |
| Notable work(s) | Shivathandavam, Pandari Bhagavatham, Janapriya Ramayanam, Meghadutam |
| Notable award(s) | Padma Shri, Honorary Doctorates from Sri Venkateswara University and SKD University |
| Spouse(s) | Puttaparthi Kanakamma (she was also a renowned poetess,Composer with A.P.Sahitya Academy Award in 1975) |
| Children | 5 Daughters and 1 son |
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Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu (Telugu: పుట్టపర్తి నారాయణాచార్యులు) (March 28, 1914 - September 1, 1990) was a front-ranking classical poet, literary critic, composer, musicologist, translator and polyglot.
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Narayanacharyulu was born in a SriVaishnava Brahmin family in Chiyyedu Village in Penukonda taluq of Anantapur district. His father Sreenivasacharyulu and mother Lakshmidevi were great Sanskrit-Andhra pundits. He served as a teacher at Ramakrishna High School at Kadapa and Government College at Anantapuram.
He studied many epics including Bhaaratam, Bhaagavatam, Puraanas, Kavyas and music at a very young age. He studied Sanskrit literature up to Siromani at Tirupati Sanskrit College. He learned grammar, meter, figures of speech etc. from great Sanskrit teachers like Kapilasthalam Krishnamacharyulu and D.T. Tatacharyulu. He learned Bharatanatyam under the guidance of dancer Ranjakam Mahalakshmamma. He learned classical music from Pakka Hanumanthacharyulu.
He has about 50 works of poetry to his credit. Considered an authority on the history and literature of the Vijaynagar period, he has written in Telugu extensively on Sanskrit, Prakrit, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam literature. He has about 7,000 musical compositions in Telugu and Sanskrit to his credit and 200 of them have been notated by himself. He had the unique and ironic experience of having written a poetic work called Penugonda Lakshmi at the age of 14, prescribed as a text when he took the Vidwan examination in his thirtees. Shivathandavam (The Cosmic Dance of Shiva), the most representative of his genius, was composed in Agasteswara Temple in Proddatur. His Janapriya Ramayanam won Central sahitya Akademi literary award in the year 1979 .He got the award of Bharateeya Bhasha Parshath Kolkatta for his epic 'Sreenivasa Prabandham'in 1988. His English work "Leaves in the Wind" written at the age of 20 was appreciated by well-known Indo-Anglican poet Sri Harindranath Chattopadyaya. Further, he wrote a playlet named 'The Hero' (with the influence of Milton), Duryodhana as the hero and this work was also critically acclaimed.
He was a polyglot and pundit in many languages. He was fluent in 14 languages, including French and Persian. His lifesize bronze statue was installed in Proddatur town by Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu Sahithi Peetham in 2007.[1]