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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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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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.
2. ‘संगीत चंद्रप्रिया’ : वयाच्या 17व्या वर्षी ‘संगीत चंद्रप्रिया’ या संगीत नाटकाचे लेखन, दिग्दर्शन आणि निर्मिती केली. हे नाटक गुप्त साम्राज्याचे सम्राट चंद्रगुप्त विक्रमादित्य यांच्या जीवनावर आधारित आहे. या नाटकाचे प्रयोग पुणे, रत्नागिरी, मु -
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३० नोव्हेंबर १९३५ रोजी त्यांचा कोल्हापूर जिल्ह्यातील कागल येथे जन्म झाला होता. आनंद यादव यांनी कोल्हापूर व पुणे येथून आपले शिक्षण पूर्ण केले. आकाशवाणीत त्यांनी काही का -
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He was the proponent of liberty as the ultimate ideal. Savarkar was a poet, writer and playwright. He launched a movement for religious reform advocating dismantling the system of caste in Hindu culture, and reconversion of the converted Hindus back to Hindu religion. Savarkar created the term Hindutva, and emphasized its distinctiveness from Hinduism which he associated with social and political disunity. Savarkar’s Hindutva sought to create an inclusive collective identity. The five elements of Savarkar's philosophy were Utilitarianism, Rationalism and Positivism, Humanism and Universalism, Pragmatism and Realism.
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Laxman Mane
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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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Ratnakar Matkari
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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. -
Anna Bhau Sathe
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Daya Pawar
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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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V.V. Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)
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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 -
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
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'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 -
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 -
Amritlal Nagar
He started off as an author and journalist, but moved on to be an active writer in the Indian film industry for 7 years. He worked as a drama producer in All India Radio between December 1953 and May 1956. At this point he realised that a regular job would always be a hindrance to his literary life, so he devoted himself to freelance writing.
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Often cited as the true literary heir of Premchand, Amritlal Nagar created his own independent and unique identity as a littérateur and is counted as one of the most important and multi-faceted creative writers of Indian literature. -
सच्चिदानंद हीरानंद वात्स्यायन 'अज्ञेय'
जन्म : ७ मार्च १९११ को उत्तर प्रदेश के देवरिया जिले के कुशीनगर नामक ऐतिहासिक स्थान में।
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शिक्षा : प्रारंभिक शिक्षा–दीक्षा पिता की देख–रेख में घर पर ही संस्कृत‚ फारसी‚ अंग्रेजी और बँगला भाषा व साहित्य के अध्ययन के साथ। १९२५ में पंजाब से एंट्रेंस की परीक्षा पास की और उसके बाद मद्रास क्रिश्चियन कॉलेज में दाखिल हुए।वहाँ से विज्ञान में इंटर की पढ़ाई पूरी कर १९२७ में वे बी .एस .सी .करने के लिए लाहौर के फॉरमन कॉलेज के छात्र बने।१९२९ में बी .एस .सी . करने के बाद एम .ए .में उन्होंने अंग्रेजी विषय रखा‚ पर क्रांतिकारी गतिविधियों में हिस्सा लेने के कारण पढ़ाई पूरी न हो सकी।
कार्यक्षेत्र : १९३० से १९३६ तक विभिन्न जेलों में कटे। १९३६–१९३७ में ‘सैनिक’ और ‘विशाल भारत’ नामक पत्रिकाओं का संपादन किया। १९४३ से १९४६ तक ब्रिटिश सेना में रहे‚ इसके बाद इलाहाबाद से ‘प