But Kovvali didn’t give up and the man went on his course to eventually champion the cause.
His rebellious thoughts were, however, not welcomed in the conservative households and many even banned his books from their houses. He opposed many social evils such as child-marriage and encouraged rational thoughts such as widow-remarriage. Kovvali predominantly wrote on the then prevalent social issues and was a pioneer in addressing women’s issues. This made his books popular among the masses but also encouraged many to take up to book-reading. Contrary to the high-level language used those days, he used the much simpler, common language to write his novels. He turned into a writer with the ambition of making the habit of book-reading much easier. Kovvali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao was born in Tanuku of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh in 1912. Kovvali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao’s 1000th book About the man How many novels is it possible to write in a lifetime? 100 novels? 200 novels? Or even a 500 novels may be? Well, how many of you know the fact that we had an author who had written about 1001 novels in Telugu? Kovvali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao is the man from Andhra Pradesh who is the only Telugu Novelist till date to have achieved this colossal feat.