Acharya Gopi to be conferred with Prof. Jayashankar Award

Category : Awards Published on: June 24 2023

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Eminent poet, literary critic, and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient, Acharya N. Gopi has been selected for Kothapalli Jayashankar Award instituted by Bharat Jagruthi, a cultural organization and extended arm of Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
The award would be presented to Acharya Gopi at an event to be organized at Telangana Saraswatha Parishath in Abids.
The award has been instituted earlier this year for honouring the littérateurs every year.
Acharya Gopi has so far penned 56 books including 26 compilations of poems, 7 compilations of essays, 5 translations and 3 research books.
His books were translated to several Indian languages as also into foreign languages such as German, Persian, Russian and others.
He worked as the Vice-Chancellor of Telugu University and acted as the in-charge V-C of Kakatiya and Dravida Universities in the past.