Vanguri chitten raju biography

Telugu Short Story Golden Jubilee Celebrations held in Houston

Houston, Texas: Telugu Short Story in North America completed 50 years, hence these Golden Jubilee Celebrations, declared Vanguri Chitten Raju, founder of the Vanguri Foundation at a memorable two day program held in Houston, Texas on October 25th and 26th.



Andhra Sachitra Vaara Patrika published the first ever Telugu Short Story written in North America in 1964. Puligandla Mallikarjuna Rao from Edmonton, Canada was the writer. That was the beginning of Telugu Literature in North America. Subsequently, Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao became the first Telugu poet and writer in the United States. Late Venugopala Rao also started the first Telugu magazine in the United States.

Vanguri Foundation is relentlessly working for the promotion of Telugu Literature in North America. It has celebrated the Golden Jubilee and 9th American Telugu Literary Summit under the leadership of it's founder Chitten Raju.

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