Dr. Mamidi Harikrishna

Mamidi Harikrishna is a prominent Telugu poet. He is currently the director of Language and Culture department of the Telangana by profession, He has done Ph.D. research on ‘Folklore elements in Telugu Cinema a study’, and received doctorate from Telugu University. Harikrishna has published three of his own poetry compilations and as a director of the Culture Department, published 50 above books of various writers and poets. He is credited with introducing “Fusion Shayaree” into Telugu poetry in 2014. Not just that, he is also a painter, writer, translator, essayist, historian, film maker and film critic by predilection. He is influenced by world literature as well as world cinema. His poetry tries to portray human agony and ecstasy in their myriad forms. His style is deeply rooted in the local dialect and lifestyles and incorporates into the blend the “native roots of naturalism” and the changing times of “cosmopolitan ultra modernism”. He has master’s degrees in Psychology and Education, and his poetry tries to unravel and explore the unexplored plains of the human psyche.