Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad is an Indian writer and politician. He is the Chairman of the A.P. Hindi Academy; Professor in Hindi at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and is a former Rajya Sabha Member. He received the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003, followed by the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010. The Government of India honoured him again in 2016 with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award.
Literary works: Attadugu nundi Agrasthanam varaku Doctor Karan Singh (biography) Draupadi Harivamsrai Bachhan (biography) Kathanala Venuka Kathalu Mana Governor Narayanadutt Tiwari Puchalapalli Sundarayya (biography) Satyabhama (novel) Pakisthan lo Padi Rojulu
Awards: Padma Shri - 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award - 20Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad is an Indian writer and politician. He is the Chairman of the A.P. Hindi Academy; Professor in Hindi at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and is a former Rajya Sabha Member. He received the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2003, followed by the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010. The Government of India honoured him again in 2016 with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award.
Literary works: Attadugu nundi Agrasthanam varaku Doctor Karan Singh (biography) Draupadi Harivamsrai Bachhan (biography) Kathanala Venuka Kathalu Mana Governor Narayanadutt Tiwari Puchalapalli Sundarayya (biography) Satyabhama (novel) Pakisthan lo Padi Rojulu
Awards: Padma Shri - 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award - 2010 Ganga Sharan Singh Award - 2012[6] Padma Bhushan - 2016...more