Telugu poets biography in telugu language learning

Body of works written in the Telugu language

Telugu literature includes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other works composed in Telugu. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium.

The earliest extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya. The language experienced a golden age under the patronage of the Vijayanagara Emperor-Poet Krishnadevaraya.^{[citation needed]}

Historiography

There are various sources available for information on early Telugu writers.

Among these are the prologues to their poems, which followed the Sanskrit model by customarily giving a brief description of the writer, a history of the king to whom the book is dedicated, and a chronological list of the books he published.

In addition, historical information is available from inscriptions that can be correlated with the poems; there are seve