Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora | |
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Native name | త్రిపురాన వేంకట సూర్యప్రసాదరాయకవి |
Born | Siddhantam, Srikakulam district, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India) | 31 October 1889
Died | 1945 (aged 56) |
Occupation | Poet, translator |
Language | Telugu |
Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora (1889–1945) was an Indian poet, translator and zamindar. [1] [2] [3] He translated Sanskrit works like Raghuvaṃsam, Kumarasambhavam, Kiratarjuniyam, Uttara Ramacharita into Telugu. [4] He also translated Shakespeare's King Lear into Telugu. His Bharata Dharma Darsanam (1910) inspired younger Telugu poets. [1] His translations were noted for their correctness. [5] He was awarded the title of Kalaprapurna by the Andhra University in 1943. [6] [7]
Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao Dora was born in a Telaga Kapu family [7] on 31 October 1889 in Siddhantam village of Srikakulam district. [8] His father was the noted poet Tripurana Tammayya Dora (1849–1890) and his mother was Narayanamma. [9] [8] Tripurana family were the holders of a proprietary estate called Danthahundam in Srikakulam district. [7] [6]
On 18 July 1922, Tripurana Venkata Surya Prasada Rao was honoured by Emperor George V's son Prince of Wales in Madras Senate Hall with a golden bracelet. He was elected as the president of the Andhra Sahitya Parishad annual meeting held in Ballari in 1927. [8] He was also an honorary court poet of Jeypore Estate. [7]