Akkiraju Umakantham (1889–1942)[1] was a scholar of the Telugu, Sanskrit and English languages. He was an influential author of literary criticism in Telugu.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Akkiraju_umakantham_%28cropped%29.jpg)
He was the editor of the magazine Trilinga, which was started in 1914 by Vavilikolanu Subbarao.[2] He worked as the president of Telugu branch of Presidency College, Chennai from 1920 to 1936.[3]
References
edit- ^ Rao, Velcheru Narayana (2003). Hibiscus on the Lake: Twentieth-century Telugu Poetry from India. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299177041.
- ^ Rao, P. Rajeswar (1991). The Great Indian Patriots. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170992882.
- ^ "DEPARTMENT OF TELUGU". presidencycollege.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.