Wikipedia:Ajay Varma Alluri

Ajay Varma Alluri (born 7 September 1996) is a writer and translator in Kannada and Telugu languages. He has one book of poetry and five books of translation to his credit. His translated work 'Vimukthe' won him the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Annual Book Award in the category of best-translated work from Indian languages to Kannada for the year 2019, for his translation of eminent Telugu writer Volga's Sahitya Akademi award-winning work Vimuktha (The Liberation of Sita).

Early life and education
Ajay Varma Alluri was born in a Telugu family, in Sindhanur, Raichur district of Karnataka in 1996. He has completed his B.Sc from JSS College, Dharwad. He then completed his M.Sc (Physics) and a Post-graduate diploma in Translation Studies from University of Mysore. He is currently pursuing his M.A. in Comparative Literature at the Centre for Comparative literature, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), Telangana.

Awards and honours

 * Da.Ra.Bendre poetry prize - 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
 * D.C.Pavate Award (Karnataka University) - 2016
 * Aa.Na.Kru Short story Prize - 2017


 * Sankramana Poetry Prize - 2017
 * Prahalādha Agasanakatte Award - 2020
 * Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Annual Book Award - 2020

Poetry

 * Gagana sindhu (Poetry collection – Kannada) - 2015

Translation

 * Diana Mara (Alejandra Pizarnik’s Spanish poetry in Kannada translation) - 2018
 * Kalala kannēti pāta (Vibha's poetry in Telugu translation) - 2019
 * Vimukthe (Volgat's Sahitya Akademi award-winning book in Kannada translation) - 2019
 * Nalkane ekare(Translation of Telugu novel Naalugo ekaram - 2021)

Audio books

 * Nalana Damayanti (Translation of Anand Neelakantan's Audio drama Nala's Damayanti for Storytel India - 2022