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Dattatraya Ganesh Godse (3 July 1914 – 5 January 1992) was an Indian historian, playwright, art critic, art director, theatre and costume designer, and illustrator. He received a
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...
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,
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and
Wilson College, Mumbai The Wilson College, established in 1832 in Mumbai, is one of India's oldest colleges; its foundation precedes that of the University of Mumbai, (to which it is affiliated), by 25 years. Wilson College was granted autonomy by Mumbai University i ...
. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in
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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
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,
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, and Ramdas; literature; plays; architecture; sculpture; and art, including
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. He wrote an essay on
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'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
Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
. 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


Further reading

* ''D.G. Godse Yanchi Kalamimansa,'' Edited by Sarojini Vaidya, Vasant Patankar (Marathi), 1997 ("द. ग. गोडसे यांची कलामीमांसा" संपादक: सरोजिनी वैद्य, वसंत पाटणकर)Publisher: Department of Marathi, Mumbai University and Popular Prakashan


External links


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. 20th-century 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