Chittoor Telugu Teacher achieves Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar

By Our Special Correspondent

Pallipattu Nagaraju won the 2022 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in Telugu for his series of poems 'Elai Pudisinti'.

The Academy announced Yuva Puraskar awards for 23 works in 23 different languages ​​including Assamese, Odia, Bodo, Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu, Konkani, Maithili, Rajasthani, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil and Kannada. Bala Puraskar awards for the year 2022 have also been announced.

Nagaraju, who works as a teacher in Peddur High School, Shantipuram Mandal, Chittoor District, wrote poems in Chittoor dialect under the title 'Elai Pudisani' reflecting the hardships of the working class and the current trends in the society. A panel of three judges unanimously selected Nagaraju's work among the 11 works recommended for the award.

Engraved copper plate he will receive the award in the form of a casket containing a check of Rs 50,000, which will be presented to him at a special function. The date of presentation of awards will be announced later.