Vasant Abaji Dahake (born March 30, 1942) is a Marathi poet, playwright, short story writer, artist, and critic from Amaravati district in the Maharashtra state of

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. In 2009, ee was awarded the

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Award for his collection ''Chitralipi''. He was associated with the little magazine movement in Marathi during the mid-1950s and the 1960s. Dahake was the President of the

Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Marathi Literary Conference) is an annual conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra State. The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was h ...

held at

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in 2012. He is married and has two children.

Works

Poetry *''Yogabhrashta'' (1972). (Translated into English as “A Terrorist of the Spirit' by

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and Mangesh Kulkarni.) *''Shubha-Wartaman'' (1987) *''Shunah-Shepa'' (1996) *''Chitralipi'' Fiction *''Adholoka'' (1975) *''Pratibaddha Ani Martya” (1981) Essays & Literary Criticism *''Yatra Antaryatra'' (1999) *''Kavita Mhanje Kay?'' (1991) *''Samakaleen Sahitya'' (1992) *''Kavitevishayi'' (1999) maltekdivarun (2009) Other Works *''Nivadak Sadanand Rege'' (1996) (A selection of Sadanand Rege's poetry) *''Shaleya Marathi Shabdakosh'' (1997) (A Marathi dictionary for primary and secondary school students). *''Sankshipta Marathi Vangmayakosh'' (1998) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of Marathi literature) *''Kavita Visavya Shatakachi'' (2000) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of 20th century Marathi poetry) *''Vangmayin Samdnya-Sankalpana Kosh'' (Co-editor)

References

1942 births Indian male poets Marathi-language poets Living people Marathi-language writers 20th-century Indian poets Poets from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi {{india-poet-stub