Sahitya Academy award winner Shaik Khaja Hussain passes away

Noted Telugu poet, journalist, scriptwriter, and Kendra Sahitya Academy award winner Shaik Khaja Hussain (70) popularly known as Devi Priya, passed away on November 21.

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Born in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, Devi Priya worked as journalist with popular Telugu and English dailies.

He had also penned award-winning lyrics for several Telugu films and associated with Telugu literary movements since the early ‘70s.

Devi Priya bagged the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, for his book Gaali Rangu.