Satyam Sankaramanchi (3 March 1937 – 1987) was a storyteller, born in the village of Amaravati near Guntur City, in Andhra Pradesh, India. The stories he told wove a whole new world around the tiny village of Amaravati.

Satyam Sankaramanchi
Satyam Sankaramanchi
Bornశంకరమంచి సత్యం
(1937-03-03)3 March 1937
Amaravathi village, Guntur district
Died1987
OccupationWriter
LanguageTelugu
NationalityIndian
Notable worksAmarāvati Kathalu, Ākhari Prēmalēkha

Amaravati Kathalu is regarded by Mullapudi as one of the best short story series in Telugu.[citation needed] P. S. Murthy[1] mentions that Amaravati Kathalu is one of the best volumes of short stories in Telugu.[2] D. Anjaneylu mentions that it is a notable work.[3]

His short story "The Flood" has been translated into English.[4] Some of his stories were also televised by the movie maker Shyam Benegal as a series called Amravathi Ki Kathayen.[5] Died on April 21 1987

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  1. ^ P. S. Murthy was the head of the Department of English at Adoni College until June 1996. "Department of English: Genesis". Adoni College. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ Murthy, P. S. (1992). "Short Story (Telugu)". In Lal, Mohan (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Volume V, sasay to zorgot. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4074–4076, page 4076. ISBN 81-260-1221-8.
  3. ^ Anjaneylu, D. (1980). "Telugu: Variety and Wish Fulfilment". Indian Literature. 23 (6): 80–87, page 83. JSTOR 23330262.
  4. ^ "The Flood: A shortstory". The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 1 July 2001. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Agarwal, Amit (1994). "Teletalk: Shyam Benegal all set to return to DD's National Network". India Today. 19 (15 January): 204. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.