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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.
Mahadevshastri Joshi (January 12, 1906 - December 12, 1992) was a Marathi writer.. Joshi was born on January 12, 1906, in the town of Ambede in Goa.He received the epithets shastri and pandit following his education in a Sanskrit pathshala (पाठशाळा) in Sangli.
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 .
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 award 1955 Final award 2024 Highlights Total awarded 70 First winner Lakshman Shastri Joshi Most Recent winner Sudhir Rasal Website Official website Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
The Marathas, the Marathi-speaking natives, formed their own kingdom under the leadership of Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century. The development of the Marathi literature accelerated during this period. Tukaram and Samarth Ramdas, who were contemporaries of Shivaji, were the well-known poets of the early Maratha period. [12]
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 ...
Shripad Narayan Pendse hailed from Maharashtra, India.He was born to a village Murdi, from Taluka Dapoli in Ratnagiri District. [citation needed]His novel, Rathachakra (The Chariot-Wheel), received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963.
Yayati is a 1959 Marathi-language historical novel by Indian writer V. S. Khandekar. One of Khandekar's best-known works, it retells the story of the historical Hindu king, Yayati, from the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. The novel has multiple narrators, and poses several questions on the nature of morality. Scholars have analysed its hero, Yayati ...