Pitcheswara Rao Atluri

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Pitcheswara Rao Atluri (1925 — 1966) was an Indian writer, and a prominent writer in the Telugu language.

He was born in the small Choutapally in Krishna District in the province of Andhra Pradesh on April 12, 1925. Later his family migrated to the nearby village Pulaparru. He studied in Choutapally village and Kaikaluru schools. He stood first in the Hindi 'VISHARADA' exams. He completed his Inter in the then 'Bandar' (Machilipatnam) College.

He joined the Indian Navy after completing his studies in 1945. In 1948 he passed with flying colours in B R W, K C G exams. He resigned from the Indian Navy in 1953.

He was with a daily newspaper in Telugu "Vishalandhra' for some time. In 1962, he moved into Madras, the present Chennai, and settled down as a film scriptwriter. He became famous. He translated famous works of literature from the Hindi language into Telugu-Godaan, Prathidwani, Pekamukkalu, and Gaadida Athma Kadha. Apart from them he had written plenty of stories, radio plays, sketches, etc. "Manasulo Manishi' is an exceptional work of his.

'Gowthama Budha', 'Veeresalingam' documentary scripts show to the world his unparalleled talents as a writer. The scripts for these documentaries are considered to be rare works of art in Telugu language. At a time when he was blossoming out to be a great film scriptwriter he died on September 26, 1966 from a heart attack.

[edit] Works

Some of his published works:

• Jeevachhavaalu
• Nethuru kadha
• Chiranjeevulu
• Gadavani Ninna
• Korina varam
• August 15na
• Verrikaadu Vedaantham
• Donkala vankala Manasulu
• Sastry
• Sabadham
• Kadhakudu
• Vimukti
• Gadachina dinnalu
• Brathakadam Theliyanivaadu
• Oka Anubhavam

[edit] Family

His wife Chouda Rani is the youngest daughter of Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, a great telugu poet and social reformer. Chouda Rani herself a short story writer, and novelist. She started an exclusive telugu book store in Madras the present Chennai. She died in 1996.