Raghunath Vishnu Pandit (1916 or 1917-1990) was an Indian poet. He is best known and most celebrated for his vast poetic production in

Konkani __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...

. Pandit also produced a significant body of work in Portuguese after the

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in 1961, and also wrote in

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. Much of his output was written in a neo-realist style demonstrating a marked concern for the downtrodden sections of Goan society. Among his most noted achievements are the publication of five books of poetry on one day (26 January 1963) and a prize from the

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for his 1975 ''Dariā Gāzotā''. A

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on Pandit has been written by Dr. S. M. Tadkodkar, a Konkani-Marathi poet and Head of Department of Marathi

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. It was published by Goa Government's Goa Konkani Akademy, in 2006.S. M. Tadkodkar, '' R V Pandit: Jiveet Aane Waawar'' (Panaji: Goa Konkani Akademi, 2006).

External links

Article about R.V. Pandit by Alfredo Bragança (in Portuguese)
Examples of his poetry in Portuguese may be found here:

References

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