Kolakaluri Enoch
Kolakaluri Enoch after Sahitya Akademi award
Born	(1939-07-01) 1 July 1939 (age 85) Vejandla, Guntur, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Occupation(s)	Indian writer and educationist
Parent(s)	Ramaiah Veeramma
Awards	Padma Shri
Website	http://kolakalurienoch.com/

Kolakaluri Enoch (born 1 July 1939) is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.^[1] He 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.^[2]

Kolakaluri Enoch was born in a family with meagre financial resources, to Ramaiah and Veeramma, in the small village of Vejandla, in Guntur district,^[4] in the present day Andhra Pradesh state of India.^[3][5] His higher education was at the Andhra University from where he secured BA (Hons) in 1959. During his college days, he received the first prize for short story, poem, and play in the annual competitions for three years consecutively, from 1957 to 1959. Subsequently, he joined Sri Venkateswara University, in the temple town of Tirupati, and obtained a PhD.

Kolakaluri Enoch started his career by joining Andhra University as a faculty member.^[5] He 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.^[6]

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. Many of his works have been translated into other languages such as English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. His works have been subjected to critical studies for educational purposes and nine PhDs and 5 MPhils have been reported to be based on them. One of his stories, Talalenodu (A Person without head), was a prescribed text book for intermediate course at Andhra University during the period from 1987 to 1995.

Enoch, belonging to a backward community, was also reported to be a social activist and, championed the cause of Dalits through his works.^[5] He was a member of the jury for T. V. Nandi awards^[7] of the Government of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1992.^[6]

Kolakaluri Enoch was awarded the Padma Shri, in 2014, by the Government of India^[2] He has also received many other awards such as:

• Awarded with the 29th Moortidevi Award by Bharatiya Jnanpith for his novel Ananta Jeevanam^[8]
• Telugu Bharati Puraskaram - C. P. Brown Academy, Alfa foundation, Hyderabad – 2010^[6][9]
• Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award (for Adunika Sahitya Vimarsha Sutram) - 1998
• Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award (for Munivahanudu) - 1988
• Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award (for Urabavi (Short Story Arthology)) - 1986
• Mallemala Sahitya Puraskaram - Mallemala Trust, Kadapa – 2010^[6]
• Telugu Sakha Swarnotshava Puraskaram - S. V. University, Tirupati - 2009^[6]
• Duvvuri Ramanamma Puraskaram - DRW College, Gudur - 2009^[6]
• Viswavidyalaya Pratibha Puraskaram - Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur - 2007^[6]
• Life achievement Award - Siddhartha Kalapeetham, Vijayawada - 2006^[6]
• Telugu Bhashotsava Puraskaram - Government of Andhra Pradesh - 2004^[6]
• N. T. R. Lalitha Kala Puraskaram N. T. R. Foundation Trust, Hyderabad - 2008^[6]
• Sahiti Puraskaram - Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University - 1999
• Sahitya Academy Award Telugu for Vimarshini in 2018 ^[10]

He is also reported to have received the Ambedkar National Literary Award (1997), Juluri Nagarajarao Literary Award (1977), Paidi Lakshmaiah Literary Award (1998), and Madras Telugu Akademi Literary Award (2001)^[6] Some of the educational awards received by him are:

• Best Teacher Award - Government of Andhra Pradesh - 1993^[6]
• Best Educationalist Award - All India Ambedkar Association, Andhra Pradesh - 1994^[6]
• National Integration Award - Government of Andhra Pradesh - 1994^[6]
• Best Educational Award - Delhi Telugu Association, New Delhi - 1998^[6]

Some of the titles conferred on him by local cultural bodies are the Andhra Shri by the Sri Saraswati Journal in 1961, Kalasaraswati by Kalavedika, Hyderabad in 1985, Sahiti Samrat by Kalarayam, Hyderabad in 1991 and Kathaka Chakravarti by Joshua Samithi, Vinukonda in 1999.

Enoch is credited with over 180 poems, 180 stories, 9 novels and 30 plays. Some of his notable works are:^[6] Poems

Dramas

One Act Plays

Novels

Short Story Anthologies

Research Papers

Literary Criticism

Translations

Children's literature

• Amma - Dance & Music Playlets

Enoch's writings have been translated into English, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi. His works have been subjected to critical studies, both for literary and educational purposes.^[6]

• "Book List on Mary Martin". Mary Martin. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
• "Kolakaluri Enoch - Blog". Blogger. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
• "Write up on Enoch's writings". Blogger. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
• "Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri". Wordpress. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

• Kolakaluri Enoch (15 September 2011). Sahitya Vyasalu (Telugu ed.). Nabu Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-1245596879.
• Kolakaluri Enoch (1963). Anadha: Navala. Navayuga Publishers. p. 270. ASIN B0000CQ47Q.
• Kolakaluri Enoch (2012). Votlaata : A political drama. Mary Martin. p. 110. ISBN 9788192309880. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2014.