Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad is an Indian writer and politician. He is the Chairman of the A.P. Hindi Academy; Professor in Hindi at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and is a former Rajya Sabha Member.[1] He received the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003,[2] followed by the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010.[3][4] The Government of India honoured him again in 2016 with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award.[5]
Literary works[edit]
- Attadugu nundi Agrasthanam varaku
- Doctor Karan Singh (biography)
- Draupadi
- Harivamsrai Bachhan (biography)
- Kathanala Venuka Kathalu
- Mana Governor Narayanadutt Tiwari
- Puchalapalli Sundarayya (biography)
- Satyabhama (novel)
- Pakisthan lo Padi Rojulu
Awards[edit]
- Padma Shri - 2003
- Sahitya Akademi Award - 2010
- Ganga Sharan Singh Award - 2012[6]
- Padma Bhushan - 2016
References[edit]
- ↑ "Former Rajya Sabha member's book released". The Hindu. 23 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 21 May 2014. pp. 117–166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ "Draupadi's unending circle of suffering". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Front Page : Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". 27 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Gangasharan Singh Award". khsindia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
Categories:
- Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Krishna district
- Hindi-language writers
- Telugu-language writers
- Writers from Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra University faculty
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education