The Kendriya
Sahitya Akademi recently re-published
Pandit Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das'
Rubaiyat of Omar Khaiyam, first published in 1932, under its 'Rare Books Series'
programme. The book was released at a function
organised by the
Sahitya Akademi and Vijayawada Book Festival Society at Vijayawada on May 5, 2012. (
See the English and Telugu invitations below.) The event was prominently reported by
The Hindu,
The Hans India and
Eenadu among other newspapers. For details of
Pandit Srimadajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das'
Rubaiyat of Omar Khaiyam see these
reviews:
A Monument Of Scholarship and
Body's Soul & Earth Is Heaven
Seen in the picture are from left to right:
R. C. Mahesh, Regional Secretary, Sahitya Akademi;
Upadhyayula Narayana Das, great-grandson of Pandit Narayana Das;
Jayasri Mohanraj, translator and Professor, English & Foreign Languages Universtiy, Hyderbadad;
Turlapati Kutumba Rao, writer and journalist,
P. Satyavathi, writer and
U. A. Narasimha Murthy, literary critic and writer.