Mydavolu Venkata Sesha Sathyanarayana who writes with the penname 'mahathi'
is a postgraduate in law and once a practising lawyer in Nellore and later an
officer in Central Industries ministry. He retired from Government service in
2014
'Mahathi' is considered as one of the finest Indian English
poets of modern times, whose poetry is replete with high imagery, clear
diction, humour, pun and satire. He is adept with both formal and free verse
though most of his later works were composed in formal verse.
So far his poetry was published as 6 collections
and 4 epic long poems. His poems were published in a number of print
journals and magazines like Poets International, Metverse Muse, Rock
Pebbles, Kavya Bharathi (India), Westward Quarterly Magazine (Illinois)
Society of Classical posts (New York), Bhakti Nivedana (US), Scarlet Leaf
(Canada), Sparks of Calliope (US) and won many prizes. His Sundara
Kanda was serialized in Saptagiri English Magazine (TTD
Publications) and many other articles and poems were published in the said
magazine. Presently his Bhakti - Love ambrosia is being serialized.