Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi

Who is Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi?

Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi is an author of stories and books in Telugu for children.

Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi was born in 1909 in Ravikampaadu village in East Godavari district, a part of the then Madras State in South India. He had his early education in Kakinada and later in Madras city. After securing a degree from the Presidency College, he joined the Madras Central Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank. Writing was his favourite hobby. He wrote thousands of stories for children. These appeared regularly in "Bala" and "Chandamama", magazines for children, published from Chennai. He also wrote several novels for children. In addition to children's literature, he was a prolific writer of stories for older persons as well. Some of these were published as compilations "Katha Saagaram". He wrote "Jeevana Sravanthi" an autobiographical account. He was a regular contributor to "Soubhagya", Andhra Patrika, "Andhra Prabha", "Yuva", "Jyothi" and several other weekly and monthly magazines of the time.