Ramesh Karthik Nayak is a bilingual poet and short-story writer from Telangana. He has four books to his credit, three in Telugu (Balder Bandi, Dhaavlo and Kesula) and one in English (Chakmak). He is one of the pioneering writers in Telugu to depict the lifestyle of the Banjaras. His poems have appeared in international journals and are translated into Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and other Indian languages. He was thrice shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in Telugu and won Kalahamsa Kavitha Puraskaram, Tribal Young Achivers Award from Telangana sate government, Banjara Youth Icon Award, Ravi Sastri Katha Puraskaram and several others. His poems were prescribed for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in many universities of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.