Adipudi Somanatharao


Adipudi Somanatharao was a writer and social reformer.

Biography

Adipudi Somanatharao belonged to the Brahmin community of Sandilya Gotra. He worked in Pithapuram, Sansthanam as a scholar. He was a well-known poet in Sanskrit, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. He introduced the style of Ravindranath Tagore poetry to the Telugu people.

Translator

He translated the Kamba Ramayanam from Tamil to Telugu. He established the "Srikrishnadevarayandhra Bhashanilayam" with the help of the famous scholar, "Komarraju Lakshmanarao". He translated the famous epic in English "Paradise and the Peri" which was written by Thomas Moore into Telugu.

Writings

Kinnari Vijayam is perhaps Somantharao's most famous poem. It was published at Kakinada in 1920.