Tripura (Telugu author)
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Rayasam Venkata Tripurantakeswara Rao (2 September 1928 – 24 May 2013), popularly known as Tripura, was an Indian Telugu short story writer of the 1960s and 1970s. He was born on 2 September 1928[1] in Purushottampur Tehsil of Ganjam District of Orissa state. His father was a surgeon and worked in Government Hospital there.[2]
త్రిపుర Tripura | |
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Born | (1928-09-02)2 September 1928 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Died | 24 May 2013(2013-05-24) (aged 84) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Principal, MBB College of Tripura University, Agartala State, India |
Known for | Telugu language short stories |
Tripura had his initial schooling at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and completed his M.A. (English) from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1953. He did not complete his doctoral thesis on Graham Greene. Tripura initially worked at various places like Burma, Madanapalli, Visakhapatnam, and Jajpur, before settling down in 1960 at Tripura University, Agartala, in the North Eastern State of Tripura, India.
Tripura lived in Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh.[3] He died on 24 May 2013, at the age of 84.[4]