గోపి; born 25 June 1948) is an eminent Indian poet, and literary critic in Telugu and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient.

His poetry collections have been translated into several Indian languages and foreign like Hindi, English, Gujarati, Tamil.

Dogri, Maithili, Kannada, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Odia, Sindhi, Urdu, Assamese, Manipuri/Meitei, Bengali, Bodo, Kashmiri, Santali, Rajasthani, German, Chinese, Russian, and Persian.

in Telugu, Sanskrit, and Linguistics group and stood with 6th rank, winning Nizam’s Gold Medal.

So far 300 collections of this form have been published It has been described as path breaking and translated into 11 languages, including Persian Other than these he wrote four travel books and many Translations[2] Gopi's Ph.D thesis (1978) on ‘Saint Poet Vemana’ is a monumental work and is rated as the best research work among 20 of that kind in Telugu.

Courtesy of his literary work and his service to Telugu literature, Gopi is a recipient of more than 50 awards.

The following are some of his most recognized awards: Gopi has also served as an elected member of various literary bodies across India.

Some of the most coveted positions include: Gopi's literary essays are considered original and are widely quoted.

[5] His prolific columns in various newspapers and magazines on subjects such as literature and current affairs were very well received.