Question: who among the following is the author of ramayana

title: Ramayana
text: Valmiki composes the Ramayana and teaches Lava and Kusha to sing it . Later , Rama holds a ceremony during the Ashwamedha yagna , which sage Valmiki , with Lava and Kusha , attends . Lava and Kusha sing the Ramayana in the presence of Rama and his vast audience . When Lava and Kusha recite about Sita 's exile , Rama becomes grief - stricken and Valmiki produces Sita . Sita calls upon the Earth , her mother , to receive her and as the ground opens , she vanishes into it . Rama then learns that Lava and Kusha are his children . Many years later , a messenger from the Gods appears and informs Rama that the mission of his incarnation is over . Rama returns to his celestial abode along with his brothers . It was dramatised as Uttararamacarita by the Sanskrit poet Bhavabhuti .