Tripuraneni Gopichand

• Name — Tripuraneni Gopichand • Pen Name — Tripuraneni Gopichand • Born — 8 September 1910 • Birthplace — Angaluru, Krishna district, India • Died — 2 November 1962 • Occupation — * Novelist • short story writer • essayist • playwright • editor • film director • Education — Law • Notable Works — * Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama • Asamardhuni Jivayatra (1947) • Spouse — Sakuntala devi • Children — 5; including Sai Chand • Relatives — Pitcheswara Rao Atluri • Native Name — త్రిపురనేని గోపీచంద్

Gopichand was the son of renowned social reformer and play writer Tripuraneni Ramaswamy. Gopichand, inspired by M.N.Roy's Radical Humanism, became the first state secretary of the Radical Democratic Party (India) Andhra Pradesh. His second novel Asamardhuni Jivayatra (Bungler: A Journey Through Life), was the first psychological novel in Telugu literature. Gopichand was posthumously awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Pandita Parameswara Sastri Veelunama in 1963, the first Telugu novel to win this award. His novels typically features gloomy, incomplete, unsatisfied and unsatisfying protagonist tortured by a sense of guilt. His novel "Asamardhuni Jeeva Yatra", is part of the syllabus for APPSC examinations in Telugu literature as an optional subject. A postal stamp in his honour was released by the Government of India on his 100th birthday.

• Parivartanam • Asamardhuni Jivayatra (first psychoanalysis novel in Telugu) • Merupula Marakalu • Pandita Parameswara Sastry Veelunaama • Yamapasam • Cheekati Gadulu • Sidhilalayam • Gadiya Padani Talupulu • Gatinchanigatam • Pillatemmera • Premopahatulu

• Tatvavettalu • Postu Chaiyani Uttarulu • Maku Unnayi Swagataalu • Vubhayakusalopari

• Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963) (Dialogues) • Dharmadevatha (1952) (Dialogues) • Priyuralu (1952) (Story, Dialogues and Direction) • Perantalu (1951) (Director) • Lakshmamma (1950) (Director) • Gruhapravesam (1946) (Story) • Raithubidda (1939) (Dialogues)