Adipudi Somanatharao
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Adipudi Somanatharao | |
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| Born | 1867 |
| Died | 1941 (aged 73–74) |
| Occupations | Poet Translator Social reformer |
| Known for | Gitanjali in Telugu |
| Spouse | seethamma vardhan |
| Children | harshavardhan , shanthi vardhan ,ashokavardhan , sakundhala devi vardhan |
Adipudi Somanatharao (1867–1941) was an Indian writer and social reformer.
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".[1] He translated the famous epic in English "Paradise and the Peri" which was written by Thomas Moore (1779–1852) into Telugu.