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The early Marathi literature emerged during the Seuna (Yadava) rule, because of which some scholars have theorized that it was produced with support from the Yadava rulers. [4] The Yadavas did regard Marathi as a significant language for connecting with the general public, [ 5 ] and Marathi replaced Kannada and Sanskrit as the dominant language ...
Bakhar is a form of historical narrative written in Marathi prose. Bakhars are one of the earliest genres of medieval Marathi literature. [1] More than 200 bakhars were written in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, the most important of them chronicling the deeds of the Maratha ruler Shivaji.
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution situated in the Indian state of Maharashtra for the purpose of the "furtherance of Marathi language and literature". It was established in Pune in 1906. [citation needed] The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature considers it as Marathi's first
Political movements aimed at unifying Marathi-speaking regions led to the formation of a representative organization for Marathi literature.In 1951, a meeting of literary representatives was held in Miraj under the leadership of poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande, who played a significant role in drafting the constitution of the new organization, named the Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal.
Narayan Gangaram Surve (15 October 1926 – 16 August 2010 [1]) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.. Through his poetry, he celebrated labor and challenged the conventional norms of Marathi literature, which was primarily focused on entertainment at the time.
His Marathi poems of the 1950s and 1960s are written "in the Bombay argot of the migrant working classes and the underworld, part Hindi, part Marathi, which the Hindi film industry would make proper use of only decades later". [5] For instance, consider the following, which intersperses Hindi dialect into the Marathi:
1942 was a turning point in the career of Kusumagraj, as the father-figure of Marathi literature, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, published Kusumgraj's compilation of poetry, Vishakha (विशाखा) at his own expense, and in his preface describing Kusumagraj as a poet of humanity, wrote, "His words manifest the social discontent but retain ...
Pralhad Keshav Atre (pronunciation ⓘ) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator.