Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1865

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1940

Profession: playwright, author, essayist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Panuganti Lakshmi Narasimharaavu (Telugu - ???????? ??????? ??????? ????) (2 November 1865 – 1 January 1940) was one of the popular modern Telugu writers.
He was born at Seetanagaram, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh.
After his education, he became a teacher in Peddapuram High School.
Later he moved to Pitahpuram as 'Asthana Kavi' for the Pitahpuram Rajah's kingdom. He brought essays into prominence in Telugu literature.
He is popularly known as "Andhra Shakespeare" and "Andhra Edison".
He was awarded 'Abhinava Kalidas' by Venkata Sastry.
He was one of the three famous writers of those days - Chilakamarthy Lakshmi Narasimham, Koochi Narasimham and Panuganti Lakshmi Narasimham - popularly known as 'Simha Trayam'.