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  P. L. Deshpande was one of the legends in marathi literature. Probably the most read, most quoted and most loved author of maharashtra
  
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  Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories Gavat, Ranmanus, Kone Eke Kali, Bhavaki, Hubehub, and Sparsha belong to the latter class.
  
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  Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s. He wrote the column Soneri Savalya n Apale Mahanagar for four years.
  
  Matkari's 98 works thus far include 33 plays, 8 collections of his one-act plays, 18 books of his short stories, 3 novels, a book of poems for children, and 14 plays and three collections of plays for children.His works include Gudha Katha --mysteries—for adults which maintain realism.Matkari wrote a few plays in Indian languages other than Marathi.Many of Matkari's novellas have been adapted for the stage.

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  Anna Bhau Sathe

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  G.N. Dandekar

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  V.V. Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)

  कुसुमाग्रज
  
  वि.वा. शिरवाडकर यांचे खरे नांव गजानन रंगनाथ शिरवाडकर दत्तक गेल्यामुळे त्यांचे नांव विष्णु वामन शिरवाडकर झाले. २७ फेब्रुवारी १९१२ साली त्यांचा जन्म झाला. प्राथमिक शिक्षण पिपंळगाव येथे झाले. तर माध्यमिक शिक्षण नाशिक येथील न्यु इंग्लीश स्कुलमध्ये म्हणजे आजचे जे जु. स. रुंगठा विद्यालय आहे तेथे झाले. मॅट्रिक परिक्षा ते मुंबई विद्यापीठातुन पास झाले.
  
  १९३० साली हं. प्रा. ठाकरसी विद्यालयात ते होते तेव्हा 'रत्नाकर' मासिकातुन त्यांच्या कविता प्रसिध्द होत. अस्पृश्य समजल्या जाणार्‍या लोकांना काळाराम मंदिरात प्रवेश मिळावा म्हणून १९३२ साली जो सत्याग्रह झाला त्यात त्यांनी सहभाग घेतला होता, त्यामूळे बाल्यावस्थेतील त्यांच्या लिखाणाला प्रौढत्वाची लकाकी चढून हळूहळू त्यांच्या साहित्याने आकाशाला गवसणीच घातली. ज्यात त्यांनी फक्त कविताच नाही तर कथा, कादंब

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  Maruti Chitampalli

  Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli was an Indian naturalist, wildlife conservationist, and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
  
  

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  Ravindra Bhat

  An effective author of his generation, most of his books are biographies of main personalities who impacted life of common society in Maharashtra
  
  रवीन्द्र सदाशिव भट... १७ सप्टेंबर १९३९ रोजी कृष्णाकाठी जन्मलेला एक मनस्वी कलावंत...!
  
  उत्कृष्ट कादंबरीकार, अध्यात्माची ओढ असलेला एक साधक, संतसंस्कृतीचा अभ्यासक, हळुवार मनाचा कवी, समाजप्रबोधनासाठी तळमळणारा फर्डा वक्ता, बहुविध विषय हाताळणारा नाटककार, राष्ट्रपती पुरस्काराने सन्मानित चित्रपट निर्माता, संगीताची उत्तम जाण असणारा गीतकार असं अष्टपैलु व्यक्तिमत्व म्हणजे रवीन्द्र भट!
  
  'इंद्रायणीकाठी', 'सागरा प्राण तळमळला', 'भेदिले सूर्यमंडळा', 'भगीरथ' यासारखी कादंबरीमय चरित्रे लिहीत असताना रवीन्द्र भटांनी 'अरे संसार संसार', 'केल्याने होत आहे रे', 'अस्सा नवरा नको गं बाई' यांसारखी नाटकेही लिहिली.
  
  मोगरा फुलला, कान्ह

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