K.Varalakshmi

K. Varalakshmi
K. Varalakshmi
Native name	కె.వరలక్ష్మి
Born	24 October 1948 (age 76); Jaggampeta, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Short Story Writer
Spouse	K. Ram Mohan Rao
Children	Ravindra Phaniraj, Dr. K. Geeta, Sri Lalitha
Website
	telugurachayita.org

K. Varalakshmi (Telugu: కె.వరలక్ష్మి; born 24 October 1948) is a Telugu short story writer.

Biography

She was born in Jaggampeta, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. She is the eldest daughter of Palla Venkata Ramana and Bangaramma.

Her schooling was completed in Jaggampeta. Once financially settled, she finished her M.A. from Andhra University.

She is married to Kala Ramamohana Rao in 1964. They have three children. Their son, K. Ravindra Phaniraj is a Tourism Project consultant in Hyderabad. Her elder daughter, Dr. K. Geeta is a Telugu poetry writer. Their younger daughter, Sri Lalitha is also a story writer.

Most of her writings addresses the women of rural areas.

Awards

Poetry

Sri Sri, Devulapalli KrishnaSastry, Kandukuri Rajyalakshmi and many more.

Story

Suseela Narayana Reddy award
Chaso Spurthi award
Vimalasanthi award
Sahrudaya Sahiti award
Hasan Fatima award
Ranjani award
Ajo-Vibho award
Auto Katha award
Tana Katha award
Rangavalli award
Pulikanti award
R.S.Krishna Murthy award
Dharmanidhi award from Telugu University
Sri Peddibhotla Subbaramayya award and many more

Selected works

Story

Jeevaragam, 1996
Matti-Bangaram, 2001
Athadu-Nenu, 2007
Kshatagatra, 2014
Pittagullu, 2016

Poetry

Aame, 2002

Other writings

Many more stories, poems, essays and novels.

Katha lonchi Katha (Serial)- koumudi patrika (from 2016)
Na Jeevana Yaanamlo(Serial Autobiography) - vihanga patrika (from 2013 till date)

References

Athadu-Nenu Archived 10 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine

External links