Chayadevi was born 13 October 1933 in
Rajahmundry, India. Chayadevi was active in literary circles since the fifties and even in her 70s, was still known as a creative feminist writer. She was born in a
brahmin family She also translated German fiction. Her stories have been translated into English and Spanish besides many Indian languages. She served as librarian at the
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi in the sixties. She was a council member of Kendra
Sahitya Akademi (1998-2002). Chayadevi's husband,
Abburi Varadarajeswara Rao, was a writer, critic and former Chairman of the
Official Languages Commission. She was also the daughter-in-law of
Abburi Ramakrishna Rao, a pioneer of the romantic first and later the progressive literary movement. Chayadevi died 28 June 2019 in
Hyderabad,
Telangana. == Works ==