Chilukuri Narayana Rao was a Telugu writer, lexicographer, historian and scholar. He was born to Bheemasenarao and Lakshmamma in 1890 in Visakhapatnam District, British India.
His notable works include Amba, Upanishattulu, Musalamma, Vaade, Borrayyasetti, Gujaraati Vangmayamu. He also published Aandhra Bhaashaa Charitram in the year 1937 and a revised version of Sankaranarayana's English-Telugu Dictionary.
He received the honorary doctorate degree of âÂÂKala Prapoorna' from Andhra University in the year 1947.