Krishna Srinivas
{{Short description|Indian writer (1913–2007)}}
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Dr. Krishna Srinivas (1913–2007) was an Indian writer of English literature, known for his spiritualistic poems. He was the president of the World Poetry Society Intercontinental (WPSI). The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2004.
Biography
Krishna Srinivas, born on 26 July 1913{{Cite web |url=https://www.boloji.com/articles/48951/krishna-srinivas-quest-for-reality |title=Krishna Srinivas: Quest for Reality by Ram Krishna Singh |date=2018-11-26 |website=www.boloji.com |access-date=2018-11-26}} at Srirangam in the present day Tiruchirappalli district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu (then known as Madras Presidency), did his college education at University of Madras from where he graduated in 1932. He worked as a Clerk in Chettinad Bank for 6 years between 1936 and 1942. He got a job as a feature writer with AIR All India Radio in Delhi; He would later become the Assistant Director at AIR.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Krishna-Srinivas-dead/article14895956.ece |title=Krishna Srinivas dead |date=2007-12-16 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2018-11-26}} However, he returned to Chennai to work as a freelance journalist till he founded a journal, POET, in 1960. Later, he was also involved in the formation of the World Poetry Society Intercontinental ad served as an editorial consultant to the International Who's Who In Poetry And Poets' Encyclopaedia, published by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan in 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }} He died on 14 December 2007, at the age of 94.
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |title=Dance of dust. |last=Krishna Srinivas |date=1970 |publisher=Industries Press |language=English |oclc = 564152}}
- {{Cite book |title=Vedas in lyrics |last=Krishna Srinivas |date=1972 |publisher=Poet Press India |language=English |oclc = 8502127}}
- {{Cite book |title=Great American world poets |last=Krishna Srinivas |date=1976 |publisher=Poet Press India |language=English |oclc = 3445316}}
- {{Cite book |title=Tamil poets today |last=Cēturāman̲ |first=Vā. Mu |last2=Krishna Srinivas |date=1981 |publisher=Kaviarasan Publications : Sole selling agents, Tamilmani Puthaka Pannai |language=English |oclc = 12106199}}
- {{Cite book |title=World poetry |last=Krishna Srinivas |date=1982 |publisher=World Poetry |language=English |oclc = 234005103}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|author=S. C. Dwivedi|editor= K.A. Agrawal|title=Indian Writing in English: A Critical Study|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRcQrmT6hlwC&pg=PA53|year=2003|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0285-9|pages=38–65|chapter=Vedantic Thoughts in the Poetry of Krishna Srinivas}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.poemhunter.com/srinivas-krishna/poems/ |title=Srinivas Krishna Poems - Poems of Srinivas Krishna - Poem Hunter |date=2018-11-27 |website=www.poemhunter.com |access-date=2018-11-27}}
External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50078892.html |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |date=2018-11-26 |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=2018-11-26}}
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Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
Category:Writers from Tamil Nadu
Category:People from Tiruchirappalli district
Category:University of Madras alumni
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