Bollozzou Bassavalingam

Bollozzou Bassavalingam (Telugu: బొల్లోజు బసవలింగం, 10 July 1934–26 April 2004) was a poet, writer, independence activist from Yanam. He received Teluguratna (తెలుగురత్న) title from Government of Puducherry. He used Suvarna Sri (సువర్ణశ్రీ) as pen name for his works. During Yanam merger movement, he worked as president of French Indian Yuvajana Congress. As per instruction of fellow activist Dadala, he stayed at Yanam and worked to instigate the ideas of merger among Yanam populace and got incurred with some attacks from his opponents.[1]

Bollozzou Bassavalingam
BornJuly 10, 1934
DiedApril 26, 2004(2004-04-26) (aged 69)
Occupations
  • Playwright
  • poet
  • writer
  • social activist
MovementYanam Merger Movement
AwardsSri Akkineni Nageswararao award

Life events

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He was born on July 10, 1934, at Yanam. In 1973, he obtained a Master of Arts or an M.A. in Political Science from Andhra University and in 1980 he obtained M.A. (French) from University of Karnataka. During 1990s for some time he was principal of Alliance française de Yanaon and taught French coursed. Later, he obtained Sri Akkineni Nageswararao award in the field of Drama.[2] He died on April 26, 2004.

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References

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  1. ^ S.babu Rao (1983). Whos Who Of Indian Writers. Sahitya Academy. p. 89.
  2. ^ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.