Cingireddi Narayana Reddy was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, and ghazals. He was also a professor, lyricist, actor, and Rajya Sabha politician.
Cingireddi Narayana Reddy, was nominated to the Upper House of Indian Parliament in August 1997. He is deeply interested in medieval Urdu poetic traditions and more particularly in the Ghazal form. As a master in two languages, Telugu and Urdu, he has imbibed influences of Urdu poetry in his Telugu poetry.

Although a prolific writer, Dr. Reddy’s poetry remains fresh. His diction is musical both in textual form and in recitation form. He doesn’t use rhyme in a simple way but with associated internal rhyme in meaning and poetic metaphor. He is not particularly influenced by any of the poets who preceded him; his poetry is neither bound by the times in which it is written nor is it limited to any persuasion or style. Dr. Reddy’s poetry is characterized by universal values of humanism, hope and well being of the people. He also has written thousands of songs for Telugu films. His poetic work Visvambara, which was translated into three other languages, earned him a Jnanpith award (1988).
The Government of India honored him with the titles Padmashree (1977) and Padmavibhushan (1992) and Andhra University, Waltair honored him with Kala Prapurna (Honoris causa) in 1978.