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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 ...
Arun Kolatkar – poet of 20th century Marathi poetry, His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets. His first book of English poetry, Jejuri, is a collection 31 poems pertaining to a visit of his to a religious place with the same name Jejuri in Maharashtra; the book won Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1977. [1]
Mettā is a Pali word, from maitrī which was itself derived from mitra which, states Monier-Williams, means "friend". [12] The term is found in this sense in the Vedic literature, [ 13 ] such as the Shatapatha Brahmana and various early Upanishads, and Vedanga literature such as Pāṇini 's Aṣṭādhyāyī 5.4.36. [ 12 ]
A 2-line 1118 CE Marathi inscription at Shravanabelagola records a grant by the Hoysalas. These inscriptions suggest that Marathi was a standard written language by the 12th century. However, there is no record of any actual literature produced in Marathi until the late 13th century. [2]
This is a list of Marathi language poets This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The avant-garde modernist poetry burst upon the Marathi literary world with the poetry of B. S. Mardhekar in the mid-forties. The period 1955–1975 in Marathi literature is dominated by the little magazine movement. It ushered in modernism and the Dalit Literature movement.
Marathi poetry is a poetry written in the Marathi language, including its various dialects. The poet-saints Namdev (Devanagari: नामदेव) and Dnyaneshwar (Devanagari: ज्ञानेश्वर), from Maharashtra, India, wrote the earliest significant religious poetry in Marathi. They were born in 1270 and 1275, respectively.
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.