Tripura (Telugu author)

త్రిపుర
Tripura
Born(1928-09-02)2 September 1928
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died24 May 2013(2013-05-24) (aged 84)
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Principal, MBB College of Tripura University, Agartala State, India
Known forTelugu language short stories

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]

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]

  1. ^ త్రిపుర కథలు(Tripura Kathalu) by Tripura - తెలుగు పుస్తకాలు Telugu books.
  2. ^ "Writer Tripura dead". The Hindu. Thehindu.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Sakshi". Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Writer Tripura dead". The Hindu. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2023.