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In fact, two modern Indian languages (Kannada and Marathi) use 'kadambari' as a generic term for a romance or a novel. Apart from the Kadambari, Banabhatta is also the author of Harshacharita, a biography of his patron king Harshavardhana. It is this circumstance which allows one to date the author with a reasonable degree of certainty.
He wrote about 150 books, including 74 novels, 27 collections of short stories, 22 reviews, 7 plays, [1] and the autobiographical Maje Jeevan: Ek Kadambari. His work included fiction as well non-fiction. Although most of his work was in Marathi, he also wrote in English.
This article contains a list of Marathi writers arranged in the English alphabetical order of the writers' last names. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Ranjit Ramchandra Desai (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian Marathi-language writer from Maharashtra, India. He is best known for his historical novels Swami and Shrimanta Yogi . He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Padma Shri in 1973.
Bhalchandra Nemade was born on 27 May 1938 in the village of Sangavi in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra.After doing his matriculation, he moved to Pune, and received his BA from Fergusson College in Pune and MA in Linguistics from Deccan College in Pune and English Literature from the Mumbai University in Mumbai.
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi Awards for their works written in Marathi. As of 2022, the award consists of an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and prize money of ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200). [2] Irawati Karve was the first woman winner of this award.
Shivaji Sawant (31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was an Indian novelist in the Marathi language. He is known as Mrutyunjaykaar (meaning Author of Mrutyunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel - Mrutyunjay. [1] He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with the Moortidevi Award in 1994. [2]
Narayan Dharap (27 August 1925 – 18 August 2008) was an Indian writer, primarily of horror fiction in the Marathi language. [1] [2] He wrote more than 100 books and was the first Marathi author to bring H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos to Marathi readers. [1] He was also a writer of science fiction and drama.