page_title: Kalipatnam Ramarao
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Kalipatnam Ramarao / Career
caption_attribution_description: తెలుగు: కాళీపట్నం రామారావు
context_page_description: Kalipatnam Ramarao known as Kara Mastar, is an Indian poet and writer known for his Telugu short stories.He won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1995 for his Short stories Yajnam To Tommidi.
context_section_description: Kalipatnam was born in 1924 in Ponduru, Srikakulam, India. He worked as a teacher for many years at St. Anthony's High School in Visakhapatnam and retired in 1979. Inspired by  ,Kalipatnam Rama Rao, writer Yandamuri Veerendranath began his writing career. He considers him as Guru. Rama Rao's stories reflect the trials, tribulations, and occasionally the triumphs of life among the middle and lower classes of people in society. Kalipatnam is especially known for his psychological insights and his incisive analytical abilities regarding the social, economical, and political influences on daily life.
  His first story, "Chitragupta", was a mini-story, written on the back of a postcard. He was not satisfied with his writing and stopped in 1955. After 8 years, he wrote "Teerpu" in 1963. He wrote many stories in the late 1960s following "Teerpu", including "Yagnam", "mahadaaseervacanamu", "veerudu-mahaveerudu", "Adivaram", "Himsa", "No room", "Sneham", "Arthi", "Bhayam", "Santhi", "Chavu", "Jevvana dhara", and "Kutra". After writing "Kutra", he stopped writing. He has said that in his early days he would write a lot, but would not send them for publication as he wasn't happy with what he wrote. In later days, he wrote about one or two stories a year. His stories have since been translated into various foreign languages including Russian and English.
  Kalipatnam was also a member of the executive committee of the Viplava Rachayitala Sangham. He won the "Central Cultural Academy award" in 1995, and was felicitated by Loknayak foundation (Visakhapatnam) on 18 January 2008.
caption: Kalipatnam Ramarao talking in 25 years Telugu Story book Inauguration
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