Resumo de The Story Of Gurajada Venkata Appa Rao(poet)

The story of Gurajada Venkata App Rao(poet)

Gurajada
Venkata Appa Rao (1862-1915): Hailed as the father of
Modern Telugu literature, G.V.Appa Rao blazed a new ttail
in play-writing as also in poetry and short story
Kanyasulkam (Bride-Price) is one of his outstanding plays.
It was the harbringer of modernism of Telugu literature.Sri
Gurajada Apparao was a social reformer, poet, writer,
philosopher, and a friend. He was born in 1863 in Rayavaram
of Visakhapatnam distt.. He graduated from the Maharaja's
College (MR COLLEGE) of Vizianagaram, the so called
VIDYANAGARAM of ANDHRA where he synthesized de novo the
greatest of his writings which are superb, unforgettable,
and immortal. "dESamanTE maTTika'dOy - dESamanTE
manushulOy" has had been shacking the hearts of every
Telugu soul, whether literate or illiterate. The style of
Gurajada's poetry, neither pedantic nor enigmatic, but was
the purest, crystal clear, lucid, and vivaceous. His poems

awaken the weeklings even and energize them. Gurajada's

intellectual creativity gave us a keepsake, historical

landmark, and a precious literary diamond -
"KANYASULKAM"

play. It is one and the only book in Telugu in which

dedication and preface were written in English (there
may

be others in existence, but they mushroomed
afterwards). On

the 13th of August, 1992, "Kanyasulkam" celebrated its

100th birthday, eversince it was staged for the first

time. "Kanyasulkam" centenary celebrations were held at

Gurajada's residence in Vizianagaram. Poets and writers

from various places in Andhra held literary discourses
on

Gurajada's works. On the 76th death anniversary of Sri

Gurajada, Sri Jonnalagadda Somayajulu and his party

performed the "Kanyasulkam" play. Sri Jonnalagadda

Ramanamurty, well known for his Girisam role in the
play,

was honored. Sri Gurajada wrote the "Kanyasulkam" in
1869

for an excellent cause - social reformism. Girls at ten

years of age were married to men of 65 years of age or

older in return the girls' parents used to receive a
sum of

Rs 1000/- or more. This unfortunate act of selling
young

girls who did not either attain mental maturity or
puberty

to men (ready to be buried under 6 feet of mud)
performed

by their ignorant parents can be envisioned in this
play,

even now. No where in this entire world, a play like
this

or similar to this, was ever written. One will be
surprised

to know that the era of Modern Telugu Literature was
born

from Gurajada's pen and
his "Kanyasulkam". "Kanyasulkam"

was performed for the first time by the "Jagannadha

Vilasini Sabha" of Vizianagaram in 1892. (Contributed
by

Palana)

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