Krishna Srinivas

Dr. Krishna Srinivas (1913–2007) was an Indian writer of English literature, known for his spiritualistic poems.

Krishna Srinivas, born on 26 July 1913[1] at Srirangam in the present day Tiruchirappalli district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu (then known as Madras Presidency), did his college education at University of Madras from where he graduated in 1932.

[2] However, he returned to Chennai to work as a freelance journalist till he founded a journal, POET, in 1960.

Later, he was also involved in the formation of the World Poetry Society Intercontinental ad served as an editorial consultant to the International Who's Who In Poetry And Poets' Encyclopaedia, published by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge.

[2] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan in 2004.