Tripuraneni Gopichand

Indian writer

Novelist
short story writer
essayist
playwright
editor
film director

EducationLawNotable works

Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama
Asamardhuni Jivayatra (1947)

SpouseSakuntala devi Parent

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy (father)

Children5; including Sai ChandRelativesPitcheswara Rao Atluri

Tripuraneni Gopichand (8 September 1910 – 2 November 1962) was a Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright, film director, and a radical humanist. Gopichand was the son of renowned social reformer and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy. Gopichand, inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first state secretary of the Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra Pradesh.^[1] His second novel Asamardhuni Jivayatra (Bungler: A Journey Through Life), was the first psychological novel in Telugu literature.^[2] Gopichand was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama in 1963, the first Telugu novel to win this award.^[3] ^[4] His novels typically features gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured by a sense of guilt.^[5]

His novel "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra", is part of the syllabus for APPSC examinations in Telugu literature as an optional subject.^{[citation needed]}

A postal stamp in his honour was released by the Government of India on his 100th birthday.^[6]^[7]

Bibliography

Novels

Parivartanam
Asamardhuni Jivayatra (first psychoanalysis novel in Telugu)
Merupula Marakalu
Pandita Parameswara Sastry Veelunaama
Yamapasam
Cheekati Gadulu
Sidhilalayam
Gadiya Padani Talupulu
Gatinchanigatam
Pillatemmera
Premopahatulu

Non-fiction

Tatvavettalu
Postu Chaiyani Uttarulu
Maku Unnayi Swagataalu
Vubhayakusalopari

Filmography

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963) (Dialogues)
Dharmadevatha (1952) (Dialogues)
Priyuralu (1952) (Story, Dialogues and Direction)
Perantalu (1951) (Director)
Lakshmamma (1950) (Director)
Gruhapravesam (1946) (Story)
Raithubidda (1939) (Dialogues)

Family tree

T. Ramaswamy Choudary
- Tripuraneni Gopichand
  - Tripuraneni Sai Chand (Actor)

References

^ "Scientific humanism". 3 November 2010.
^ "DVNarasaRaju &TGopichand-Writers". Lamakaan. 2 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014.
^ "Sahitya Akademi.Awards.Telugu". Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra By Tripuraneni Gopichand". Scribd.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ Anjaneyulu, D. (1964). "A Novel of Modern Andhra". Indian Literature. 7 (2). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi: 23. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 23329244.
^ "tripuraneni gopichand stamp | Phila-Mirror". 8 September 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ Special Correspondent (11 September 2011). "'Literature is social documentation'". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 February 2014.