V.P. Kale
Vasant Purushottam Kale, popularly known as Va Pu, was Marathi writer who wrote short stories, novels, and biographical sketches.He authored more than 60 books. His well-known books include Partner, Vapurza, Hi Waat Ekatichi, and Thikri.
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Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town.He worked in that school until 1938.While working as a teacher,Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.
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Sane Guruji
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane was a Marathi author, teacher, social activist and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India. His literature, aimed at educating children, continues to inspire the young and old. After Gandhi's assassination, he became very upset. He then died due to overdose of his sleeping pills
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Guruji wrote around 135 books and about 73 books have been published and almost all these books can be considered literature for children. His most well-known work in Marathi literature include Śhyamchi Aai which has been translated in almost all the Indian languages as well as in Japanese and English. The others include 'Bhāratiya Saṃskṛti' (Marathi: भारतीय संस्कृति; Indian Culture) and Patri- the collection of various songs and poems.
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Veena Gavankar
Former librarian and an avid reader, Veena Gavankar wrote Ek Hota Carver, her debut novel and biography of American agriculturist George Washington Carver in the year 1979.
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Bhalchandra Nemade
Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (born 1938) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He is famous for his books Hindu and Kosala. Also he is known for his novel Hindu jagnyachi samrudhha adgal. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (2011) and the Jnanpith Award (2014).
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Suhas Shirvalkar
Suhas Shirvalkar (Devnagari: सुहास शिरवळकर ) (15 November 1948 – 11 July 2003) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. Shirvalkar wrote Social Novels, Detective Stories, Short Stories, One Act Play, Newspaper Columns, Poems etc.
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He authored more than 300 books including his well-known book "Duniyadari". Known for his detective-thrillers, he had also authored "Roopmati", a novel with a historical background, besides short stories, one-act plays. "Devaki", a Marathi movie based on one of his short-stories, won a State award for best story.
Duniyadari, a novel tracing the world of college-goers, was regarded a milestone in his writings.
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1. ‘महाकाव्य शिवप्रताप’ : वयाच्या सोळाव्या वर्षी मराठी भाषेतील पहिल्या महाकाव्याचे लेखन. या महाकाव्यात तब्बल 3,500 श्लोक आहेत. त्याशिवाय हे सर्व भाषांमधील संपूर्णत: 19 वृत्तांमध्ये बांधलेले पहिले महाकाव्य आहे. या महाकाव्यात 10 खंड व 119 सर्ग समाविष्ट आहेत. या महाकाव्याचे लेखन केवळ 50 दिवसांत झाले आहे. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांच्या चरित्रावर हे महाकाव्य आधारित आहे. पद्मविभूषण बाबासाहेब पुरंदरे यांनी या महाकाव्याला प्रस्तावना दिली असून ‘पुरंदरे प्रकाशनाने’ हे महाकाव्य प्रकाशित केले आहे.
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Mahatria Ra
Spiritualist | Thought leader | Diviner of infinitheism
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For over 2 decades, Mahatria has been empowering millions across the globe to live a life of Holistic Abundance. Experiencing Mahatria and His wisdom is Life-changing and helps people to overcome their belief systems and conditioning to find breakthroughs in Health, Wealth, Love, Bliss, Spiritual Connect.
He has been empowering numerous individuals, from industrialists and entrepreneurs on the Forbes lists, opinion makers, award-winning musicians, sports persons, educationalists, and students.
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श्री ना पेंडसेंचा जन्म ५ जानेवारी १९१3 मध्ये रत्नागिरी जिल्ह्य़ातील मुर्डी या गावी झाला. १९२४ मध्ये पेंडसे मुंबईला स्थायिक झाले ते कायमचे. वयाच्या ११ व्या वर्षांपर्यंत त्यांनी जो कोकण पाहिला होता, आपल्या मनात साठवला होता, त्यावर ते आयुष्यभर लिहीत राहिले. मग तो साकव असेल, व्याघ्रेश्वराचे देऊळ असेल, किंवा नारळी-पोफळीच्या बागा असतील. त्या त्यांच्या भावविश्वाचा अतूट भाग झालेल्या होत्या. श्री. ना. पेंडसेंना खाजगीत शिरूभाऊ म्हणत. खाजगीतील (कौटुंबिक) हे नाव त्यांच्या मित्रमंडळीत आणि पुढे लेखनाच्या क्षेत्रातही रूढ झाले. त्यांच्या नावाचा उल्लेख साहित्य प्रांतातही ‘पेंडसे’ असा होण्याऐवजी ‘शिरूभाऊ’ असाच होत होता, याची प्रचीती ‘श्री. ना. पेंडसे : लेखक आणि माणूस’ या त्यांच्या आत्मचरित्रातूनही येते.
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B.D. Kher
B.D.Kher, who authored about 117 books during his life time, wrote his first book in 1939. His recently published books, 'Sanjeevan' (based on the life of Sant Dnyaneshwar) and 'Gandharvagatha' (based on the life of Balgandharv), were well received by readers. Kher left Marathi daily 'Kesri' as an associate editor after 22 years of service. Later, he joined 'Sahyadri' as the editor and stayed in that position for 10 years.
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In 1976, a Japanese foundation had invited him to write a novel on the Hiroshima bombing incident. Kher received awards for his novels like 'Anandbhavan', 'Hasre Dukkha', 'Hiroshima', 'Samagra Lokmanya Tilak' etc. He authored V D Savarkar's biography 'Yadnya', which registered 11,000 pre-publishing bookings. -
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Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar (Marathi: व्यंकटेश दिगंबर माडगूळकर) (1927–2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after India's Independence.
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Madgulkar wrote 8 novellas, over 200 short stories, about 40 screenplays, and some folk plays (लोकनाट्य), travelogues, and essays on nature. He translated some English books into Marathi, especially books on wild life, as he was an avid hunter. -
Laxman Mane
Laxman Bapu Mane (Marathi: लक्ष्मण बापू माने) (born June 1, 1949) is a Marathi writer and a social activist from Maharashtra, India. Mane came to sudden fame after publishing his autobiography Upara, (An Outsider), in 1980. Upara was considered as a milestone is Marathi Dalit literature and received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 and Padma Shri in 2009.
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His autobiography Upara (उपरा) brought to the attention of the public in Maharashtra the problems of nomadic tribes arising out of their social and economic conditions. Under a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation for field work among nomadic tribes in Maharashtra, Mane wrote in 1984 his second book Band Darwaja (Closed door, 1984).
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include the Indian experience, contemporary America, women, immigration, history, myth, and the joys and challenges of living in a multicultural world. Her work is widely known, as she has been published in over 50 magazines, including the Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and her writing has been included in over 50 anthologies. Her works have been translated into 29 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Hindi and Japanese. Divakaruni also writes for children and young adults.Her novels One Amazing Thing, Oleander Girl, Sister of My Heart and Palace of Illusions are currently in the process of being made into movies. http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/books.... Her ne
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Sudha Murty
Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories, three collections of non-fiction pieces and two books for children.
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Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over three lakh copies around the country. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan's Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006. -
Bhalchandra Nemade
Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (born 1938) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He is famous for his books Hindu and Kosala. Also he is known for his novel Hindu jagnyachi samrudhha adgal. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (2011) and the Jnanpith Award (2014).
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Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar (Marathi: व्यंकटेश दिगंबर माडगूळकर) (1927–2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after India's Independence.
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Madgulkar wrote 8 novellas, over 200 short stories, about 40 screenplays, and some folk plays (लोकनाट्य), travelogues, and essays on nature. He translated some English books into Marathi, especially books on wild life, as he was an avid hunter. -
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்) usually referred to as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was one of India's most distinguished scientists. He was an Aerospace engineer, professor, and chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. During his term as President, he was popularly known as the People's President.
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Before his term as India's president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). He was responsible for the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle,the SLV-3 He is popularly known as the Missile Ma -
Shivaji Sawant
After extensive research he wrote a book Mrityunjay (English: Triumph Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated in Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book Chhava based on Sambhaji's life.
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Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town.He worked in that school until 1938.While working as a teacher,Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.
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Veena Gavankar
Former librarian and an avid reader, Veena Gavankar wrote Ek Hota Carver, her debut novel and biography of American agriculturist George Washington Carver in the year 1979.
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She soon followed up with numerous other books, including Dr.Khankohje, Rozelind Franklin and Lise Mitner. Other books include Bhagirathe Varas, Dr.Ida Skadder and Sarptadnya Dr. Remond Ditmars.
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P.L. Deshpande
पुरुषोत्तम लक्ष्मण [पु. ल.] देशपांडे हे लोकप्रिय मराठी लेखक, नाटककार, नट, कथाकार व पटकथाकार, दिग्दर्शक आणि संगीत दिग्दर्शक होते. त्यांना महाराष्ट्राचे लाडके व्यक्तिमत्त्व असे म्हटले जायचे. त्यांच्या आद्याक्षरांवरून महाराष्ट्रात ते प्रेमाने पु. ल. म्हणून ओळखले जातात. लेखक आणि कवी वामन मंगेश दुभाषी ऊर्फ ऋग्वेदी हे पु.ल.देशपांड्यांचे आजोबा होते तर आणि सतीश दुभाषी हे मामेभाऊ आहेत.
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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
The writings though mostly known for its sublime comic nature,include a vast range of plays,caricatures,essays, travelogues and much more
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D.M. Mirasdar
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar (Devanagari: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (born 1927) is a Marathi writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(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.
For some years, Shankar Patil, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
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Sane Guruji
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane was a Marathi author, teacher, social activist and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India. His literature, aimed at educating children, continues to inspire the young and old. After Gandhi's assassination, he became very upset. He then died due to overdose of his sleeping pills
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Guruji wrote around 135 books and about 73 books have been published and almost all these books can be considered literature for children. His most well-known work in Marathi literature include Śhyamchi Aai which has been translated in almost all the Indian languages as well as in Japanese and English. The others include 'Bhāratiya Saṃskṛti' (Marathi: भारतीय संस्कृति; Indian Culture) and Patri- the collection of various songs and poems.
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D.M. Mirasdar
Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar (Devanagari: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (born 1927) is a Marathi writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(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.
For some years, Shankar Patil, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
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Ratnakar Matkari
Matkari's first work, the one-act play Wedi Manase,was presented in 1955 on All India Radio in Mumbai.His play Pahuni was presented the next year at another venue.
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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. -
Shankar Patil
Born on 8th August 1926, Shankar Patil was the most famous amongst the contemporary authors for his stories based mostly on the rural life. His language typically reflected the beauty of village life. Though he was a prominent story writer, he successfully tried his hands over the other forms of literature including the drama format. Initially, his themes appear to be simple but if studied at depth one is to see the many-fold dimensions involved in his writing process. Entertainment is not his solitary aim. His writing reflects his concern and commitment for the society. Instead of clinging to the rituals and traditions he aims at finding out new meanings for achieving better living standards. His writing has the base of a sensitive mind wh
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G.A. Kulkarni
G.A. Kulkarni or simply "GA” was a legendary Marathi writer of short stories.
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GA, who bought new strength and vitality to the Marathi short story, is admittedly the most distinguished exponent of that genre. He did not subscribe to the cause of modernism in literature. He charted his own separate course and cultivated new acuity and taste for a class of faithful readers.
GA created a world of his own in his short stories where his characters are in pursuit of the unknowable destiny. A dark mode reflects the inscrutable ways in which destiny shadows his characters. His use of symbolism, allegory and irony provides his stories a unique texture and ethos. His world encompasses a wide diversity of locales, situations, characters and experiences. -
Vijaya Rajadhyaksha
डॉ. विजया राजाध्यक्ष (५ ऑगस्ट इ.स. १९३३ - हयात) या मराठी भाषेतील स्त्रीवादी लेखिका व समीक्षक आहेत. त्यांनी एल्फिन्स्टन महाविद्यालयात व एस.एन.डी.टी. विद्यापीठात मराठीचे अध्यापन केले आहे.
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विजया राजाध्यक्ष महाविद्यालयात असताना त्यांची पहिली कथा स्त्री मासिकातून प्रसिद्ध झाली. अधांतर हा त्यांचा पहिला संग्रह होता. त्यानंतर ‘विदेही’, ‘अनोळखी’, ‘अकल्पित’, ‘हुंकार’, ‘अखेरचे पर्व’, ‘उत्तरार्ध’, ‘आधी...नंतर’ असे त्यांचे एकूण १९ कथासंग्रह प्रकाशित झाले आहेत. विजयाबाईंची कथा प्रामुख्याने मध्यमवर्गीय परिवेशातील स्त्रीजीवन चित्रित करण्यावर भर देते. विशिष्ट कालखंडातील प्रश्नांपेक्षा जन्म व मृत्यू या टोकांतील जीवनाचे प्रयोजन, स्त्री-पुरुषांची आणि आई-मूल, पती-पत्‍नी अशी कौटुंबिक नाती आणि त्यांनी जीवनाला दिलेला अर्थ, यांचा परोपरीने वेध घेणारी त्यांची कथा विश