Famous Telugu writer Abburi Chaya Devi, a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005, died here Friday.
She was 86.
Chaya Devi had been suffering from lung ailments and she died of cardiac arrest in the morning, sources from CR Foundation said.
She had been staying at the 'Home for the Aged run by the foundation here for several years now.
The foundation is affiliated to the CPI.
Chaya Devi, who highlighted the cause of women in her writings, received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 for her book 'Thana Margam.'
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