12 Facts About Kolakaluri Enoch

Kolakaluri Enoch was born on 1 July 1939 and is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of literature.

Kolakaluri Enoch was born in a family with meagre financial resources, to Ramaiah and Veeramma, in the small village of Vejandla, in Guntur district, in the present day Andhra Pradesh state of India.

Kolakaluri Enoch started his career by joining Andhra University as a faculty member.

Kolakaluri Enoch had a notable career which took him to the post of the Vice Chancellor of the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, the institution from where he secured his doctoral degree.

Kolakaluri Enoch has a fairly large body of work, which comprises 180 poems, 180 stories, 9 novels and 30 plays apart from other efforts on literary criticisms and Children's literature.

Kolakaluri Enoch's works have been subjected to critical studies for educational purposes and nine PhDs and 5 MPhils have been reported to be based on them.

Kolakaluri Enoch was awarded the Padma Shri, in 2014, by the Government of India He has received many other awards such as:.

Kolakaluri Enoch is reported to have received the Ambedkar National Literary Award, Juluri Nagarajarao Literary Award, Paidi Lakshmaiah Literary Award, and Madras Telugu Akademi Literary Award Some of the educational awards received by him are:.

Kolakaluri Enoch is credited with over 180 poems, 180 stories, 9 novels and 30 plays.

Kolakaluri Enoch's writings have been translated into English, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi.

Kolakaluri Enoch's works have been subjected to critical studies, both for literary and educational purposes.