{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Bhamidipati Ramagopalam | caption = Bhamidipati Ramagopalam(Bharago) | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1932|2|6}} | death_date = {{Death date |df=yes|2010|4|7}} | birth_place = Pushpagiri, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India | death_place = Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India | occupation = Writer }} '''Bhamidipati Ramagopalam''' (1932–2010),<ref name="remembering-bharago">[http://www.thehindu.com/books/remembering-bharago/article397065.ece Remembering Bharago - The Hindu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100420014532/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/15/stories/2010041560010300.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : Rich tributes paid to Bharago<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> also known as '''Bharago''', was a writer of short stories, critiques and novels in Telugu. He received the Central Sahitya Academy Award in 1991 for the book ''Itlu mee vidheyudu''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040302193159/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/21/stories/2003072101240400.htm The Hindu : He writes for self-edification<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== Education == Ramagopalam had regular schooling from Form III onwards at M.R. Branch College and later graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1951 from M.R. Degree College, Vizianagaram.<ref name="remembering-bharago" />
== Adaptations == His short stories have been adapted into mini-series in Telugu by Doordarshan.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}
== Awards == {{Unreferenced section|date= May 2022}} *Best humour writer award of Telugu University (1990) *Central Sahitya Academy Award (1991) *Kurella Sahithi Award (1994) *Kalasagara (Chennai) Award (1997)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buddhiraju |first=Vidyadhara |date=2020-07-10 |title=Dakshinapatha Bhamidipati Ramagopalam – Writer, Journalist Music,Art and literature |url=https://dakshinapatha.com/2020/07/10/bhamidipati-ramagopalam-writer-journalist/#:~:text=Bharago%20received%20a%20number%20of,,%20Vaisakha%20Award%20(1996)%20and |access-date=2025-04-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Works ==
=== Novels === *Kundapenkulu (1961) *Sparsa Rekha (1984) *Nakee Udyogam Vaddu (1988)
=== Stories === *Vantochina Mogudu (1966) *Vennela Needa (1997) *Kadhanakutoohalam (1985) *Itlu Mee Vidheyudu (1990) *Sarada and Kulasa Kadhalu (1997)
=== Others === *Kalpasootram from Prakrit into Telugu *116 Telugu film songs of the period 1942-73 under the name 'Noota padaharlu(2001)'<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060302005002/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/07/22/stories/2005072201260200.htm The Hindu : Entertainment Hyderabad / Books : Bharago's latest<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *Telugu film songs under the name 'Maro Noota padaharlu'(2005)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060110183230/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/30/stories/2005093008170200.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : *Bharago's book release on 1 October<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *Anusthana Bhagavadgeetha (2001) *Several commemoration volumes (souvenir) which included the ones on great personalities like Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, P. Bhanumathi, R. Balasaraswathi Devi, Palagummi Padmaraju, and Raavi Sastry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100413134922/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/08/stories/2010040860830400.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : Noted writer Bharago dead<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *Souvenir on Suseela<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090929062245/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/09/18/stories/2009091850540200.htm The Hindu : Friday Review Hyderabad / Events : Souvenir on Suseela<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
=== Biography === *‘Aaramagopalam’ - An autobiography of noted short-story and humour<ref>[https://archive.today/20130820235401/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/19/stories/2007081958780300.htm The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : *Bharago's autobiography released<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *Translation of the biography of Asutosh Mukherjee from English into Telugu<ref name="remembering-bharago" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{more footnotes needed|date=August 2013}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040302193159/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/21/stories/2003072101240400.htm] *[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article191891.ece] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315051058/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article191891.ece |date=15 March 2016 }} *http://www.koumudi.net/gollapudi/041210_bharago.html *http://www.tana.org/events/tana-and-community-news/2010/04/13/a-tribute-to-bhamidipati-ramagopalam-(bharago)-by-chowdary-v-jampala {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020544/http://www.tana.org/events/tana-and-community-news/2010/04/13/a-tribute-to-bhamidipati-ramagopalam-(bharago)-by-chowdary-v-jampala |date=5 March 2016 }}
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Category:1932 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Telugu writers Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu Category:People from Vizianagaram Category:Indian humorists Category:Indian male short story writers Category:20th-century Indian short story writers Category:Telugu-language writers Category:Indian male novelists Category:20th-century Indian novelists Category:Novelists from Andhra Pradesh Category:20th-century Indian male writers