Duvvoori Ramireddy was an eminent Telugu

Telugu people

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 poet. He was born in a farmers family in Nellore district

Nellore district

Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....

 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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. He won many laurels including the title Kavikokila in 1929 by the Andhra Maha Parishad, Vijayawada. RamiReddy wrote prabandhas, Kandakavyas and also translated romantic poetry from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 and Arabic. Besides he provided Lyrics and Dialogues to Telugu films.

Literary works

Duvvoori Ramireddy started his literary career with his 1918 poetry Vanakumari. Krishivaludu (The Tiller of the Land) followed it in 1919. His well known work Paanasala the translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, was published in 1935. His other works include Phalitakesamu (1944), Nalajaramma, Swatantra Radham and Agnipravesamu. He also wrote and elegy on the death of his wife expressing his inconsolable grief.

Duvvoori has also worked in Telugu film industry as lyricist and dialogue writer. He provided dialogues to movies like Balaji (1939, remade 1960 as Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam with dialogue by Aathreya

Aathreya

Aacharya Aathreya born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu was a versatile playwright, lyric writer and story writer in Telugu cinema.-Life:...

). He also provided lyrics to 1939 movie Nala Doutyamu.