Mamidi Harikrishna | |
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![]() Mamidi Harikrishna | |
Born | Shayampet, Warangal District, Telangana |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Director, culture department, government of telangana |
Years active | 1996–present |
Known for | poetry, film criticism |
Mamidi Harikrishna is an Indian Telugu poet, illustrator, translator, documentary filmmaker, movie critic[1] and Historian on Telangana state history and Films.[2] He is currently the director of Language and Culture department of the Telangana government.[3][4]
Harikrishna was born in Shayampet of Warangal district.[2] He did his schooling up to class X in his village. His intermediate education and degree were completed from Lalbahadur College in Warangal and his post-graduation MA in psychology from Osmania University. He further completed his MEd from Kakatiya University.[2][5] Have done Ph.D. research on 'Folklore elements in Telugu Cinema a study', and received doctorate from Telugu University on 16 July 2022.[6][7]
Harikrishna has published three of his own poetry compilations and as a director of the Culture Department, published 50 above books of various writers and poets. He is credited with introducing "Fusion Shayaree" into Telugu poetry in 2014.[8]
The Department of Language and Culture have published the following books.[9]
Harikrishna joined the state civil services (of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh) in 1996. He was appointed to his current position, Director of Language and Culture, on 28 October 2014.[14]
Harikrishna was awarded Best Film Critic in Telugu Cinema for the year 2009 and 2012. He is credited with organising the fifth edition of World Telugu Conference in Hyderabad in 2017. He was selected as the national poet from Telugu by Ministry of Information and Broadcasts, Government of India in 2019.[15]