Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry

Sripada Krishna Murthy Sastry
Sripada Krishna Murthy Sastry
	Poet-Laurate of Andhra Pradesh
Born	29 October 1866
Died	29 December 1960; Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations	Playwright; poet; writer; laurate;
Years active	c. 1585–1613
Parents	Sripada Venkata Somayajulu (father); Sripada Venkata Subbamma (mother);
Awards	Padma Shri (1958)

Kaviraz Krishna Murthy Sastry, of Sripada family (29 October 1866 – 29 December 1960), a native of Devarapalli of West Godavari district, was the first poet laureate ((ఆస్థాన కవి Asţhānakavi)) of Andhra Pradesh.^[2] He composed more than a hundred works in Telugu. He composed ‘Sri Krishnasweeyacharitam’, an autobiography in Sanskrit.

^ http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1960/Dec/30-dec-1960.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ p. 644, Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes), by Shankarlal C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava, vol. 2, Kaplaz Publishers, 2006.

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[2] . 644, Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes), by Shankarlal C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava, vol. 2, Kaplaz Publishers, 2006.

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