Atmaram Raoji Deshpande (11 September 1901 – 8 May 1982) was a

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. He wrote poems under the pen name ''Anil''. He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India. He was married to Kusum Jayawant in 1929; she took the name Kusumavati Deshpande and was also a Marathi writer. Deshpande introduced free style --''Muktachhand'' -- poetry to Marathi literature. He also introduced in Marathi ''Dashapadi'', a new genre of sonnets comprising ten lines. His collection of poems with the same name ''Dashapadi'' received a ''

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'' in 1977. He was elected for Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979. He presided over '' Marathi Sahitya Sammelan'' at Malvan in 1958. Deshpande won several international honors. He was a member of the committee of literacy experts of UNESCO. He was leader of Indian delegation of literary experts to

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. He was awarded

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fellowship for studying social education schemes in various countries. A collection of letters between Deshpande and his wife was published under the title Kusumanil in 1976.

Works

The following are the titles of collections of Deshpande's poems: * ''Phulwat'' (फुलवात) (1932) * ''Bhagnamoorti'' (भग्नमूर्ति) (1940) * ''Nirwasit Chini Mulas'' (निर्वासित चिनी मुलास) (1943) * ''Perte Vha'' (पेर्ते व्हा) (1947) * ''Sangati'' (सांगाती) (1961) * ''Dashapadi'' (दशपदी) (1976)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deshpande, Atmaram Raoji Marathi-language poets 1901 births 1982 deaths Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship People from Akola district 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan