Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu

Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu (28 March 1914 – 1 September 1990) was a classical poet, literary critic, composer, musicologist, translator and polyglot.
Life sketch.
Puttaparthi's father Sriman Puttaparthi Thirumala Sreenivasacharya was a Pandit and commentator of his times and the child Puttaparthi used to accompany him during his Purana Pravachanams. Puttaparthi's mother Kondamma (Mendamma) also was a poet and scholar in music and both the parents influenced Puttaparthi in his childhood.
He studied Sanskrit literature up to Siromani at Tirupati Sanskrit College. He learned grammar, meter, figures of speech from the likes of Kapilasthalam Krishnamacharyulu and D.T. Tatacharyulu. He learned Bharatanatyam under the guidance of dancer Ranjakam Mahalakshmamma. He learned classical Carnatic music from Pakka Hanumanthacharyulu. He learned English literature from Mrs. Pitt, wife of a deceased Sub collector of Penugonda (Ananthapur-A.P) at the age of 14. He practiced Pakrit languages from his paternal uncle Sriman Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sarma. After that Puttaparthi studied many more languages, including Kannada, Tamil, French, Latin, Persian and numerous Prakrit variations. His wife Smt Puttaparthi Kanakamma (DB 22nd July, 1922) was also a poet of her own calibre who penned "Gandhiji Mahaprasthanam', 'Agniveena' and many more devotional lyrics. She was honoured as a 'Best woman writer' in 1975 by A.P. Sahitya Academy.
Puttaparthi has about 50 works of poetry, 10 works of translations, hundreds of articles (on Telugu, Tamil, Kannada,Malayalam, Prakrit, Hindi and Sanskrit literatures) and about 7,000 musical compositions to his credit. His "Janapriya Ramayanam" won Central Sahitya Akademi literary award in the year 1979. He got the award of Bharateeya Bhasha Parshath, Kolkatta for his epic 'Sreenivasa Prabandham' in 1988. His English work "Leaves in the Wind" written at the age of 20 was appreciated by well-known Indo-Anglican poet Sri Harindranath Chattopadyaya. Further, he wrote a playlet named 'The Hero' (under the influence of Milton), which was also critically acclaimed.
He was a polyglot and pundit in many languages, as he was fluent in 14 languages. His life size bronze statue was installed in Proddatur town by Puttaparthi Narayanacharyulu Sahithi Peetham in 2007.