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    Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Rao was a Telugu playwright and journalist from Andhra Pradesh in India. He educated himself after dropping out of school and became actively involved in the Telugu theater scene. He worked as a correspondent for several newspapers from 1962 until his death in 1971. Rao was known for his satirical writing style and translated several works from other languages into Telugu, including plays by Tagore and short stories by Maupassant.

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    Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Rao was a Telugu playwright and journalist from Andhra Pradesh in India. He educated himself after dropping out of school and became actively involved in the Telugu theater scene. He worked as a correspondent for several newspapers from 1962 until his death in 1971. Rao was known for his satirical writing style and translated several works from other languages into Telugu, including plays by Tagore and short stories by Maupassant.

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    Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Rao (1923-1971) was a Telugu playwright and journalist
    who lived and worked in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He was the grandson of the
    pandit Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu. A school drop-out, he educated himself in
    literature, history and philosophy. He was actively associated with the Telugu
    stage and was one of the founding members of the Sri Vijayarama Nataka Kala
    Parishat, which regularly conducted drama competitions. He was often invited by
    other organisers as a judge for drama competitions. He was associated with the
    Praja Socialist Party in its early years.

    He began his journalistic career as a freelancer writing for Roopavani (a Telugu


    film and politics monthly published from Madras) and Swatantra (a political
    fortnightly published in Telugu and English from Madras). In later years he also
    contributed articles to Jyothi (a Telugu weekly political tabloid published from
    Vijayawada). He worked for Andhra Prabha and Indian Express as correspondent from
    1962 to 1971. In the 1960s he worked as the associate editor of The Advertiser, a
    local weekly. He edited and published Navanitham, the first digest type magazine in
    Telugu.

    Suryanarayana Rao (Upadhyayula or USu for his readers) was known for his biting
    satire. In a special issue of The Advertiser, he published "Nakamlo Gurajada
    Jaadalu", a tongue-in-cheek imaginary interview with Gurajada Appa Rao, that
    satirized politicization of literature.

    He translated and adapted Rabindranath Tagore's Kabuliwallah, as a shadow play for


    the Telugu stage. Another of his plays, Vijayanagara Vaibhavamu was broadcast on
    All India Radio in its For the Universities programme. He translated Somerset
    Maugham's play Penelope into Telugu as Pankajakshi, which was serialized in Andhra
    Prabha weekly and was later published in a book form. He translated into Telugu and
    published a selection of Guy de Maupassant's short stories.

    References[edit]
    The Registrar of Newspapers of India, Government of India lists NAVANITHAM as a
    monthly published by U Suryanarayana Rao in Vizianagaram. It also lists The
    Advertiser as a weekly published by K Nageswara Rao in the same district.

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