Tripuraneni Gopichand (8 September 1910 â€" 2 November 1962) was a
Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright,
film director, and a radical humanist. Gopichand was the son of
renowned social reformer and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy.
Gopichand, inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first
state secretary of the Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra
Pradesh.[1] His second novel Asamardhuni Jivayatra (Bungler: A Journey
Through Life), was the first psychological novel in Telugu
literature.[2] Gopichand was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi
Award for Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama in 1963, the first
Telugu novel to win this award.[3] [4] His novels typically features
gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured
by a sense of guilt.[5]His novel "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra", is part of
the syllabus for APPSC examinations in Telugu literature as an
optional subject.[citation needed]A postal stamp in his honour was
released by the Government of India on his 100th birthday.[6][7]
Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright,
film director, and a radical humanist. Gopichand was the son of
renowned social reformer and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy.
Gopichand, inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first
state secretary of the Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra
Pradesh.[1] His second novel Asamardhuni Jivayatra (Bungler: A Journey
Through Life), was the first psychological novel in Telugu
literature.[2] Gopichand was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi
Award for Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama in 1963, the first
Telugu novel to win this award.[3] [4] His novels typically features
gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured
by a sense of guilt.[5]His novel "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra", is part of
the syllabus for APPSC examinations in Telugu literature as an
optional subject.[citation needed]A postal stamp in his honour was
released by the Government of India on his 100th birthday.[6][7]
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