Well known Telugu writer and poet Mr. Vegunta Mohan Prasad, popularly known as Mo, passed away this morning at a private nursing home in Vijayawada. He was undergoing treatment for brain hemorrhage for the last few days.
Mr Mo’s poems were published in a series of collections known as Punarapi, Rahasyatantri, Nishadam, Chitichinta, Vennela Needalu and Sandhya Bhasha.
Mo has also published a collection of essays in the name of ‘Karachalanam’ in which he had introduced several internationally known writers to the Telugu readers. Very recently, he won the Tanikella Bharani literary award introduced in 2011.