Adipudi Somanatharao
Adipudi Somanatharao was an Indian writer and social reformer.
Biography
Adipudi Somanatharao belonged to the Brahmin community of Sandilya Gotra. He worked in Pithapuram, Sansthanam as a scholar. He was a well-known poet in Sanskrit, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. He introduced the style of Ravindranath Tagore poetry to the Telugu people.Translator
He translated the Kamba Ramayanam from Tamil to Telugu. He established the "Srikrishnadevarayandhra Bhashanilayam" with the help of the famous scholar, "Komarraju Lakshmanarao". He translated the famous epic in English "Paradise and the Peri" which was written by Thomas Moore into Telugu.Writings
Japan Desa Charitra Dayananda Saraswathi Charitra Satyartha PrakasikaAndhra RaghuvamsamAndhra Kumara SambhavamuVijayendra VijayamuSrikrishnadevaraya CharitraKenopashattuKamba RamayanamGeetanjaliGeethamrutasaramuKinnari Vijayam Budha BhushanamSarvamanya SatakamLokapavana Satakam- ''Ramamohana Natakam.''