Profile: Ramakanth Jonnavittula

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About the author Ramakanth Jonnavittula is a double Ph.D. in Mathematics and in Business Management and a Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences. After an active career as Professor of Mathematics at various universities in India, in USA and in Canada, he resides in Dix Hills. NY. He was interested in literature from his college days and published stories and plays in reputed Telugu magazines. He won awards, in India and in USA, for his writings. His drama ‘Kalachakram’ was staged at the All India Andhra Nataka Kala Parishattu competitions in 1960 and was awarded four prizes, including the second prize in the script. Visaladhra Publications published a book of his 16 short stories named Kathaguchcham in 1995. He won the second prize for the story Kanuvippu in 2008 at the competitions conducted by the American Telugu Association. He has obtained the author’s permission and translated Arthur Miller’s drama The Price into Telugu. In addition to his publications in Telugu, he is the author of 4 print books, 13 e books and one audio book in English. Feed AREAD is publishing his ten books now.