Aravind Gokhale (1919 - 1992) was a

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writer of short stories. He hailed from

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Early life

Aravind Gokhale received his M.Sc. in Botany from Bombay University. He received his M.S. in Agricultural Journalism from Wisconsin University. He taught and conducted research in Economic Botany for 20 years at the College of Agriculture in Poona. He later worked as a Fertilizer Executive with a firm in Bombay, The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co. Ltd. He lived in both

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(where he worked) and

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(where his family lived). He was one of the pioneers of the modern Marathi short story. He had written over 300 short stories in Marathi, collected in 20 books, by 1965. His stories have been translated in most of the Indian and European languages. He was the Editor of "Pick of the Year" a Marathi annual of short stories. He received State Awards for three successive years for best short story collections. He was awarded a prize (shared) for the best short story in an Afro-Asian Short Story competition organized by the London-based ''Encounter'' magazine.} He has written numerous film scripts, radio skits and a travelogue on the U.S.

Authorship

Gokhale wrote 25 collections of his short stories. The following are some of them: * Najarana (1944) * Maher (1949) * Mithila (1959) * Anamika (1961) * Nakoshi (1977) * Mukta * Manjula * Rikta

External links

https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o
1919 births 1992 deaths Writers from Maharashtra Marathi-language writers 20th-century Indian short story writers {{India-writer-stub