Velcheru Narayana Rao | |
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| Born | Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Education | Ph.D. (1974) |
| Alma mater | Andhra University Osmania University |
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| Children | Sarayu Rao |
| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |
Velcheru Narayana Rao is an Indian author, critic, and literary translator. He is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Department of South Asian Studies. His work is primarily focused on Telugu literature for which he received the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sahitya Akademi, in February 2021.[1]