Twentieth Century Telugu Poetry

The book aims at fulfilling the long left need of translating Telugu poetry into English, covering all the important trends that Telugu poetry witnessed during that Telugu poetry witnessed during the last century. Poets in Andhra region have always marched along with the times and have written on issues relating to human behavior and survival. This collection makes a modest effort to bring the talent of the poets of this region to the national mainstream. The human concerns and questions that challenge our troubled world in this era of globalization have very much been the concern of the poets writing today. Aimed at providing a useful reference tool for researchers, it is also hoped that this will provide the necessary basis for the comparative study of literatures produced in India. Poetry in India has a loyal readership though not a wide one. This book, the originals published in Telugu under the title Chaitanya Dehali by NBT (2002) is a tribute to the lovers of poetry who kept up their interest, thereby keeping this genre alive for posterity, against all odds.