Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. B.L. (20 October 1927 – 30 May 2007), also known as Yuga Kavi, was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur. He is well known for his works Naa Desam, Naa Prajalu and Kaala Rekha. He authored over fifty works which have been translated into English, Kannada, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali and Greek.
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma was born on 20 October 1927. He was the first born to his parents, Subrahmanyam Sarma and Ammaayamma. He spent his childhood in his ancestral home in Totapalli Guduru, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. He had three siblings: a younger brother Rajasekhar (died in 2003), and two younger sisters: Anasuya (died in 2007) and Devasena.
Sarma graduated with a B.A. in Literature from the Andhra University and obtained his Law degree from the Madras University. He joined Andhra Pradesh State Government civil service in 1949 and retired as the Municipal Commissioner of Hyderabad.
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