> Two weeks ago we gave a quiz and here are the
> answers to them.
>
> 4. what is the real life name of beenaadEvi, the
> famous short story writer ?
>
> A. bhaagavatula narasimhaaraavu
>
Technically this is incorrect. beenaadEvi refers to beenaa's wife
-sundaramma gaaru. narasimhaaraavu gaaru died about three years ago,
but beenaadEvi is still writing and publishing.
(it is true that narasimhaaraavu gaaru alsow rote under the
pseudonym beenaadEvi, but he is generally referred to as jaDjee gaaru,
and sundaramma gaaru is referred to as beenaadeVi. I knew them
during my Guntur days).
> 6. Who were the two prominent personalities, one
> known as eminent scholar and the other as a
> 'down-to-earth realist', who translated Sarat's
> Bengali novels so well in to Telugu that many
> believe(d) Sarat were a Telugu?
>
> A. vEloori SivaraamaSaastri and chakrapaaNi
>
I will have to check on this, but I think other prominent writers
also translated Sarat into Telugu. bollimunta SivaraamakRUshNa is one
that comes to my mind.
> 7. Victor Hugo's Les Miserables was well adapted
> in to Telugu, not once, but twice. Who were the
> authors and what were the respective titles?
>
> [Clue: One of the authors was involved in
> translating Sarat's novels also!]
>
> A. vEloori Sivaraama Saastri - divyajeevanamu and
> Ch. kaamESwararaavu - prEmasundari
>
> [ Sreenivas comments that :
> " the "beedala paaTlu" mentioned by Jampala gaaru
> was never released as a book, but only film.
> Volumes can be written on that film. aarudra made
> his film debut through it, and his love for
> Sabdaalankaaraalu can be seen in the very first
> film." ]
>
As bachOTi gaaru mentioned, I also read a large tome in Telugu,
titled beedalapaaTlu, which was a translation of Les Miserables. I don't
recall the translator's name.
Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala