Srinivas Rayaprol

Son of Dr. Rayaprolu Subba Rao, the “father of modern Telugu poetry,” Srinivas Rayaprol was born in 1925 in Secunderabad. He studied in Nizam College, Hyderabad and at the Banaras Hindu University before going to Stanford University from where he obtained a M.S. in Civil Engineering. While in the U.S., he started writing poetry in English and interacted closely with writers like William Carlos Williams, Yvor Winters, and James Laughlin.

Nikita Deshpande wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2023

Nikita Deshpande, a Mumbai-based writer, has emerged as the winner of the 15th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. She has been selected from a pool of about 120 entries for this year’s prize by a jury consisting of poet, Sridala Swami and two faculty members of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust also announced the name of Shalim Hussain of Assam as being on the prize shortlist this year.

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2023 – Call for Entries

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2023  Call for Entries    Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years of age and writing poetry in English for the 15th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly […]

Syam Sudhakar presented the 14th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2023

Dr. Syam Sudhakar, a bilingual poet, was presented with the 14th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2023 by Mani Rao, poet and jury member, and Prof. Aparna Rayaprol from Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust and the Rayaprol family.

Syam Sudhakar, bilingual poet, wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2022

Syam Sudhakar

Dr. Syam Sudhakar, a bilingual poet who writes in English and Malayalam, won the 2022 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. A lecturer in English Literature at the St. Thomas College, Thrissur, he was chosen from among 114 entries received this year by a jury consisting of the noted poet, Mani Rao and two faculty members of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad.

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2022 – Call for Entries

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2022

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2022  Call for Entries    Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years of age and writing poetry in English for the thirteenth Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly […]

Pervin Saket wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2021

Pervin Saket, a Pune-based writer and poet, is the winner of the 2021 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. Selected from a field of about 80 talented contestants from across the country by a distinguished jury consisting of Vinay Dharwadker, author and Professor of English Literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison and two faculty members of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad, Pervin will be the 13th recipient of the prestigious literary award. Krishnakumar Sankaran and Kinshuk Gupta were among those shortlisted for the prize.

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2021 – Call for Entries

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2021

Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2021  Call for Entries    Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years of age and writing poetry in English for the thirteenth Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly […]

12th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize Presentation

Satya Dash, a 29-year old poet and independent artist based in Bangalore, was the 12th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. Dash, who grew up in Cuttack, Odisha, was selected from a field of 180 contestants from all over the country by a jury consisting of the well-known poet and writer, Mamang Dai, and two faculty members from the Department of English, University of Hyderabad.  Huzaifa Pandit, Stuti Pachisia, and Pervin Saket are the other poets who made it to the jury’s shortlist.

Satya Dash wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize 2020

Satya Dash,a 29-year old poet and independent artist based in Bangalore, has been chosen for the 12th Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize. Dash, who grew up in Cuttack, Odisha, was selected from a field of 180 contestants from all over the country by a jury consisting of the well-known poet and writer, Mamang Dai, and two faculty members from the Department of English, University of Hyderabad.  Huzaifa Pandit, Stuti Pachisia, and Pervin Saket are the other poets who made it to the jury’s shortlist.