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Yarlagadda Lakshmi "Prasad" YLP (November 24, 1953) is a distinguished Hindi/Telugu poet of recent times. He was honored with Padmashree award by Government of India in recognition for his distinguished contribution to Arts, Education, Literature, Social Service and public life. Mr. Lakshmi Prasad has written over 32 books in Telugu and Hindi and over 100 articles in various newspapers. "YLP" as he is called in public (Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad) wrote a lot of Hindi books that comprise biographies of noted poets like Bhairagi, C Narayana Reddy and translations of works of Bezwada Gopala Reddy and others. Dr. Lakshmi Prasad also wrote biographies of Jayaprakash Narayan in Telugu and translated the biography of Harivanshrai Bachchan and works of many other authors. He translated Bisham Sahani's novel 'Tamas' into Telugu in record 22 days!

Personal life and education
Born in a lower middle class family in Gudivada he rose to the heights that only a few could dream. After his post-graduation in Hindi he went on to complete his Ph.Ds in Hindi and Telugu from Andhra University. He worked for a brief period as Hindi lecturer in K.V.R. College, Nandigama, and head of the Hindi Department, Andhra Loyola College, before joining as Hindi lecturer in Andhra University, where he continues to serve till date in addition to being the honorary Chairman of Jan Shikshan Samasthan.

A recipient of ' Padmasri' and 'Central Sahitya Akademi award', Dr. Lakshmi Prasad says that the appreciation he got from people like Amitabh Bachchan and P.V. Narasimha Rao is much more than the awards. He was a close associate to late Chief Minister N.T.Rama Rao and was elected to Rajaya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.