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Malti Joshi (4 June 1934 – 15 May 2024) was an Indian novelist, essayist and writer, who wrote primarily in the Hindi and Marathi languages. She was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honours, in 2018. [1][2]
Maharashtri Prakrit was the southern Prakrit that was spoken in the banks of Narmada and Godavari.Maharashtri was an offshoot of Vedic Sanskrit.The earliest example of Maharashtri as a separate language dates to approximately 3rd century BCE: a stone inscription found in a cave at Naneghat, Junnar in Pune district had been written in Maharashtri using Brahmi script.
List of Marathi-language authors. This article contains a list of Marathi writers arranged in the English alphabetical order of the writers' last names. Anna Bhau Sathe. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar. Satish Alekar. Anant Sadashiv Altekar. Malika Amar Sheikh. Hari Narayan Apte. Narayan Hari Apte.
Marathi. Nationality. Maharashtra, India. Notable awards. Sahitya Akademi Award, 2019. Anuradha Patil (born 5 April 1953) is an Indian poet, writing in the Marathi language. In 2019, she won the Sahitya Akademi Award, India's highest literary honor, for her collection of poetry Kadachit Ajoonahi.
Shivaji Sawant. 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.
Yayati, Kraunchwadh, Ulka. Notable awards. Padma Bhushan (1968) Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (1970) Jnanpith Award (1974) Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (11 January 1898 – 2 September 1976) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award. [1][2][3]
Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community, who have faced caste-based oppression and discrimination for centuries. [1][2][3] This literature encompasses various Indian languages such as Marathi, Bangla, Hindi, [4] Kannada, Punjabi, [5] Sindhi, Odia and Tamil and ...
Kusumagraj. Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), popularly known by his pen name, KusumÄgraj, was a Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived. [1]