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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 ...
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 .
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.
The major paradigm shift in sensibility began in the 1940s with the avant-garde modernist poetry of BS Mardhekar. V.V. Shirwādkar, also known by his nom de plume Kusumagraj is considered to be one of the most important poets in the history of Marathi poetry. In the mid-1950s, the 'little magazine movement' gained momentum.
There was relatively little activity in Marathi in the early days of the Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527) and the Bijapur Sultanate (1527–1686). The Warkari saint-poet Eknath (1533–1599), the main successor of Dnyaneshwar, was a major Marathi literary figure during this period.
This is the partial list of several Marathi poets over the centuries. Pages in category "Marathi-language poets" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi Award for contributions to Marathi literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1955 Last awarded 2022 Highlights Total awarded 68 First winner Lakshman Shastri Joshi Most Recent winner Praveen Dashrath Bandekar Website Official website Part of a series on Sahitya ...
Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), poet, journalist, professor, composer, story writer, translator, writer of children's literature; Hemant Divate (born 1967), poet, editor of Abhidhanantar magazine, translator; Hridaynath Mangeshkar (born 1937), eminent poet and composer of songs mainly in Marathi and Hindi; Manya Joshi (born 1972), Marathi poet