Dattatraya Ganesh Godse (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ...

: दत्तात्रय गणेश गोडसे, द. ग. गोडसे) was an Indian historian, playwright, art critic, art director, theatre and costume designer, and illustrator. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1988. He wrote almost exclusively in Marathi.

Early life and education

He was born in Vadhode village in

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district of Bombay Presidency, British India. He did his schooling in

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. He attended Morris College,

and

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. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

and English. He was also trained in fine arts at

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. *Wife: Sheela Godse, *Daughter: Medha Keeriyott, *Son: Anand Godse

Career

Godse wrote on a wide range of subjects: historical figures including

Shivaji Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adil ...

Mastani Mastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740 CE) was the daughter of Chhatrasal and Ruhani Bai Begum. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin family has been subject o ...

, and Ramdas; literature; plays; architecture; sculpture; and art, including

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. He wrote an essay on

Thomas Daniell Thomas Daniell (174919 March 1840) was an English landscape painter who also painted Orientalist themes. He spent seven years in India, accompanied by his nephew William, also an artist, and published several series of aquatints of the coun ...

's 1790 painting of the

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court at

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. In the manner of the historians and critics

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, Madhukar Vasudev Dhond, Godse wrote almost exclusively in

. Ashok R. Kelkar, a scholar in linguistics, literature, and semiotics, commented that Godse's work is "a body of important, if controversial, work in art history from the

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point of view." He added that Godse's decision to write in Marathi was "fortunate in so far as it was instrumental in bringing art history home to the Marathi reader." Godse illustrated many books and magazines. He was theatre designer for over one hundred and seven plays. He also was art director for three Marathi and two Hindi films.

Books

* ''Vada-Savada Ani Nishada Sama'' (2003) (Coauthored with M.V. Rajadhyaksha) * ''Daphtanī'' दफ्तनी (1992) * ''Nangi Asalele Phulapākharū'' नांगी असलेले फुलपाखरू (1989) * ''Mastānī'' मस्तानी (1989) * ''Ūrjāyana'' उर्जायन (1985) * ''Mātāvala'' मातावळ (1981) * ''Samande Talāśa'' समंदे तलाश (1981) * ''Gatimānī'' गतिमानी (1976) * ''Kālagangechyā Kāthī'' काळगंगेच्या काठी (1974) * ''Shakti Saushthava'' शक्ती सौष्ठव (1972) * ''Pota'' पोत (1963) * ''Lokghati'' लोकघाटी * ''Pratima'' प्रतिमा (translation) * ''Shakuntala'' शाकुन्तल (Translation of ''

Abhijñānaśākuntalam ''Abhijnanashakuntalam'' (Devanagari: अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम्, IAST: ''Abhijñānaśākuntalam''), also known as ''Shakuntala'', ''The Recognition of Shakuntala'', ''The Sign of Shakuntala'', and many other variant ...

'') * ''Song'' सोंग * ''Sambhajiche Bhoot'' संभाजीचे भूत * ''Kahi Kavadse'' काही कवडसे * Essay on Dinanath Dalal: 'The Genius from an Enchanted land’

References

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Article on D G Godse
by M.V. Rajadhyaksha in a Marathi newspaper
Article on D G Godse by artist Bal Thakur in a Marathi newspaper
{{DEFAULTSORT:Godse, D. G. Indian illustrators Indian male dramatists and playwrights Marathi-language writers Indian art historians Indian art critics 1914 births 1992 deaths University of Mumbai alumni 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian historians Dramatists and playwrights from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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