Ajanta, Perhaps The Only Telugu Poet Who Was Recognized As A Major Poet As Soon As He Published His First Poem. He Wrote Very Infrequently But Nearly Everything He Wrote Was Read And Reread By His Readers. In 1993, His Friend Published A Volume Of His Poems, Swapna-Lipi For Which He Rewrote, From Memory, All The Poems He Published Earlier In Various Journals. This Book Got Him Sahitya Akademi Award In 1997.