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List Of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners For Marathi
Sahitya Akademi Award to Marathi writers by Sahitya Akademi. No Award was conferred in 1957. Recipients Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi Awards for their works written in Marathi. , the award consists of an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and prize money of . References External linksSahitya Akademi India - Official Website {{Sahitya Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Mahara ...
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Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its office is located in Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi. The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature''; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of INR. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the largest multi-lingual libraries in India, with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. It publishes two bimonthly literary journals: '' Indian Literature'' in English and ''Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya'' in Hindi. Languages The Sahitya Aka ...
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Durga Bhagwat
Durga Narayan Bhagwat (10 February 1910 – 7 May 2002), popularly known as Durga Bhagwat, was an Indian scholar, socialist and writer. She studied Sanskrit and Buddhist literature and spent time in the jungles of Madhya Pradesh to study tribal life. She later returned to Mumbai as a researcher and wrote books in Marathi. She is arguably the foremost female writer in Marathi. Shes one amongst the prominent writers who opposed The Emergency (India). She also abstained from accepting such institutional and civilian honours as the Padma Shree and the Jnanapeeth. Early years Durga Bhagwat was born in 1910 in a Karhade Brahmin family settled in the then princely state of Baroda. The veteran Sanskrit scholar and social activist Rajaram Shastri Bhagwat was the brother of her grandmother. Her sister Kamala Sohonie went on to become the first woman scientist of India. Her father was a scientist who discovered the procedure of making ghee from oil. Durgabai was attracted to Gandhism a ...
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Laxman Gaikwad
Laxman Maruti Gaikwad (born July 23, 1952, Dhanegaon, Latur District, Maharashtra) is a famous Marathi novelist known for his best work ''The Branded'', a translation of his autobiographical novel ''Uchalaya'' (also known as ''Ucalaya''). This novel not only gave him international recognition but he was also awarded the Maharashtra Gourav Puraskar, and the Sahitya Akademi award for this novel. Considered a masterpiece in Marathi literature, his novel for the first time brings to the world of literature the trials and tribulations of his tribe, Uchalya, literally the pilferers, a term coined by the British who classified the tribe as a criminal tribe. This book also brings in the problems faced by the Dalits in India. At present he is residing in Mumbai. Other notable novels written by him include ''Dubang'', ''Chini Mathachi Divas'', ''Samaj Sahitya Ani Swathantra'', ''Wadar Vedna'', ''Vakila Pardhi'', ''Utav'' and ''A Swathantra Konasat''. Social services Gaikwad has been associa ...
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Ramchandra Chintamani Dhere
Ramchandra or Ramachandra may refer to: *Rama, the Ancient Indian king regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu *Ramachandra of Devagiri (r. c. 1271–1311), Indian king from the Seuna (Yadava) dynasty *C. Ramchandra (1918–1982), Bollywood music director *Master Ramchundra (1821–1880), nineteenth-century Indian mathematician *Ramachandra Guha (born 1958), an Indian historian and economist *Ramachandra Naidu Galla Galla Ramachandra Naidu (born 10 June 1938) is an Indian industrialist, the founder and former chaiman of the Amara Raja Group of companies. He is married to Galla Aruna Kumari, an ex.minister in the Andhra Pradesh state government. Personal ..., an Indian industrialist See also * {{disambiguation, surname Masculine given names ...
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Vishram Bedekar
Vishwanath Chintamani Bedekar (1906–1998), who professionally used the name Vishram Bedekar, was an Indian Marathi-language writer and film director. Bedekar was born on August 13, 1906 in Amravati. After receiving his college degree in Amravati, he went to Nagpur for his post-graduate studies. During his college days, he was drawn to English literature and theater. He moved to Pune in the 1930s. In 1938, he married Malati Bedekar, (whose maiden name was Balutai Khare). Literary work Bedekar wrote his only novel ''Ranangan'' in 1939. It portrayed romantic love between an Indian youth and a German Jewish girl against the backdrop of World War II, and created a storm in literary circles in his times, and was translated into English in 2021. The novel was based on Bedekar’s own experience on an ocean voyage in 1938 from Europe to India in which he encountered a number of Jews fleeing German persecution. Bedekar received in 1985 a Sahitya Akademi Award for his autobiographical ...
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Indira Sant
Indira Sant ( mr, इंदिरा संत; 4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Life Indira studied at Rajaram CollegeRajaram College: Department of Marathi
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. In 1940, four years after their marriage, the two published a joint collection of their poems titled ''Sahawas'' (सहवास). Semi-autobiographical articles by Sant were published in 1986 in a book titled ''Mru ...
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Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 - 27 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after Independence. He was often called Tatya (“old man”, or “grand old man” in Marathi) by his admirers, friends and family. Life Madgulkar was born in the village of Madgul in Sangli District of Maharashtra. His father was in the employment of the government of the Aundh princely state. His brother was the poet G. D. Madgulkar. When Madgulkar was in his teens, he left home and joined a group of nationalists fighting for India’s freedom from the British Raj. For these activities, the British government banned him as a criminal for two years. After independence, Madgulkar returned home. Though he had never finished his high school education, but he passed vernacular final Marathi 7th ...
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Upara
Upara ( mr, उपरा meaning ''outsider'') is an autobiography written by Laxman Mane, a writer who lives in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is written in the Marathi language. It was first published in 1980. It has been translated into English by A. K. Kamat and titled "''Upara - An Outsider''". Arjuna Dangale sees it as a remarkable example of a "''Dalit''" autobiography. It finds mention in Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature under the genre ''Autobiography (Marathi)''. It has won the Sahitya Academy Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ... for the year 1981. According to Braj B. Kachru et al. it is a path breaking work in the domain of Marathi literature. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture (2012) considers it to be a "landmark publication". ...
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Laxman Mane
Laxman Bapu Mane (born 1 June 1949) is a Marathi writer and a social activist from Maharashtra, India. Mane came to sudden fame after publishing his autobiography '' Upara'', (An Outsider), in 1980. ''Upara'' was considered as a milestone in Marathi Dalit literature and received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 and Padma Shri in 2009. He is a former member of Maharashtra's legislative council. Early life Mane was born on 1 June 1949 in a small village Somanthali, Phaltan (Maharashtra) in a nomadic tribe in India. He wrote his autobiography (Upara) in 1980, for which he received the Sahitya Akadami award in 1981. After Upara His autobiography '' Upara'' (उपरा) brought to the attention of the public in Maharashtra the problems of nomadic tribes arising out of their social and economic conditions. Under a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation for field work among nomadic tribes in Maharashtra, Mane wrote in 1984 his second book ''Band Darwaja'' (Closed door, 1984). Co ...
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Mangesh Padgaonkar
Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar (10 March 1929 – 30 December 2015) was a legendary Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Education Padgaonkar was born on 10 March 1929 in Vengurla, Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. He received a Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Sanskrit from the University of Bombay. Padgaonkar taught Marathi at Matushree Mithibai College in Mumbai for several years, and then during the 1970–1990 period served as an editor at the US Information Service (USIS), both in Mumbai. He also worked as an assistant editor at the Sadhana (weekly) for some time. Career Padgaonkar started writing poems at the age of 14 and has 40 publications to his credit, most published by the publishing house Mouj Prakashan. While his first few books were collections of romantic poetry, he later published books in other genres including poetry for children, poetry reflecting socio-political issues, collection of essays and translations from English and other languages. The ...
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Sharchchandra Muktibodh
Sharchchandra Muktibodh (Devanagari: शरच्चंद्र मुक्तिबोध) (1921 – 21 November 1984) was a Marathi poet, novelist and literary critic from Maharashtra, India. Biography Muktibodh was born in 1921. He completed his Master of Arts in 1947 from Nagpur University. He started his career as a deputy director in the language department of government. In 1957, he joined Nagpur Mahavidyalaya as a lecturer, from where he retired in 1979. Muktibodh died on 21 November 1984. His elder brother Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was also a poet and writer of Hindi literature. Literary works Novels * ''Sarahadda'' (सरहद्द) * ''Jan He Wolatu Jethe'' (जन हे वोळतु जेथे) * ''Kshipra'' (क्षिप्रा) Collections of poems * ''Nawi Malawat'' (नवी मळवाट) * ''Satyachi Jat'' (सत्याची जात) * ''Yatrik'' (यात्रिक) * ''Muktibodhanchi Niwadak Kavita'' (मुक्तिबोध� ...
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Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar
Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar (C. T. Khanolkar) ( mr, चिंतामणी त्र्यंबक खानोलकर) (8 March 1930 – 26 April 1976) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote poetry under the name "Arati Prabhu" and prose under his own name. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1976 for his playwriting and a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for his collection of poems . Early life Khanolkar was born on 8 March 1930 in the village of Baglanchi Rai near Vengurla in Maharashtra into a family with meagre means. He started writing poetry in 1950 and received acclaim for his poem , which featured in the February edition of Marathi literary journal in 1954. Khanolkar completed his education up to matriculation and began running the family business of "Khanaval" (a small hotel). However, the business did not do well and Khanolkar decided to leave his village for Mumbai in search of livelihood in 1959. Initial years in Mumbai Khanolkar wa ...
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