Sripada Subrahmanya Sastry

Sripada Subrahmanya Sastry (1891–1961) was a Telugu writer from Andhra Pradesh.

[2][3] His predominant works include short stories, novels, literary essays.

[4] He is called Adhunika Katha Chakravarthy (King of modern short stories) because of his contributions to Telugu literature.

[7] Subrahmanya Sastry was born on 23 April 1891 in Polamuru, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to a Brahmin family.

[1] His father, a Vedic scholar did not allow him to study anything except the traditional Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit.