Dasari Venkataramana

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| birth_place = Uyyalawada Village, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh

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| occupation = Writer, Sub Registrar in Dept of Stamps and Registration

| language = Telugu language

| nationality = Indian

| citizenship = Indian

| education = Master of Arts in Telugu language

| alma_mater = Osmania University

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| genre = Children's literature

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| notableworks = Amma Manasu (Mother's heart), Anandam (Bliss)

| spouse = Lakshmidevi

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| children = Shravani, Saratchandra

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| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award

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Dasari Venkata Ramana, popular for his Chandamama style of story writing is an author hailing from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. His genre of writing is mostly confined to children's literature. He has been awarded with Bala Sahitya Puraskar for Telugu language for the year 2014 from Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.{{Cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/e-newsletter/Nov-Dec_2014_NewsLetter.pdf |title=Page 2 of the newsletter has list of writers who got award. |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714091455/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/e-newsletter/Nov-Dec_2014_NewsLetter.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR (2010–2016)|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp|website=Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630000355/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Dasari wins Bal Sahitya Puraskar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/dasari-wins-bal-sahitya-puraskar/article6423994.ece|accessdate=6 June 2017|agency=The Hindu|date=19 September 2014}}

He has also been awarded Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University's annual literary award under Children's Literature category for the year 2006 (Awarded in 2007).{{cite news|title=Telugu University announces annual literary awards|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Telugu-University-announces-annual-literary-awards/article14899140.ece|accessdate=6 June 2017|agency=The Hindu|date=21 December 2007}}