Writer Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah no more

His writings reflected travails of middle class

May 19, 2018 01:06 am | Updated 01:06 am IST - Vijayawada

Peddibotla Subbaramaiah.

Peddibotla Subbaramaiah.

Noted Telugu writer Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. He was 79.

Mr. Subbaramaiah won many awards, including that of the Sahitya Akademi, for his stories and a few novels some of which got translated into English.

He was suffering from a liver disease.

Mr. Subbaramaiah, who shot into fame with his compilation of stories titled ‘Peddibhotla Subbaramaiah Kadhalu,’ was born in Guntur in December 1938 and had worked as a Telugu lecturer in Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada for nearly four decades.

He became an accomplished writer under the tutelage of Viswanatha Satyanarayana.

CM condoles death

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed condolence on the death of Mr. Subbaramaiah and said his demise was an irreparable loss to Telugu writers.

Krishna District Writers’ Association President G.V. Purnachand told The Hindu that he was fortunate to have moved closely with Mr. Subbaramaiah for nearly four decades.

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