Dr. Krishna Srinivas | |
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| Born | (1913-07-26)26 July 1913 Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died | 14 December 2007(2007-12-14) (aged 94) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Poet |
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Dr. Krishna Srinivas (1913–2007) was an Indian writer of English literature, known for his spiritualistic poems. He was the president of the World Poetry Society Intercontinental (WPSI). TheGovernment of India awarded him thePadma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2004.
Krishna Srinivas, born on 26 July 1913[1] atSrirangam in the present dayTiruchirappalli district of the south Indian state ofTamil Nadu (then known asMadras Presidency), did his college education atUniversity of Madras from where he graduated in 1932. He worked as a Clerk in Chettinad Bank for 6 years between 1936 and 1942. He got a job as a feature writer with AIRAll India Radio inDelhi; He would later become the Assistant Director at AIR.[2] However, he returned toChennai to work as a freelance journalist till he founded a journal, POET, in 1960. Later, he was also involved in the formation of the World Poetry Society Intercontinental ad served as an editorial consultant to the International Who's Who In Poetry And Poets' Encyclopaedia, published by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge.[2]
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of thePadma Bhushan in 2004.[3] He died on 14 December 2007, at the age of 94.[1]
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