Raghunath Vaman Dighe (

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: रघुनाथ वामन दिघे) (23 March 1896 - 4 July 1980) was a

writer from

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, India (some of his later works where created when the area was known as

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or after the state was divided and the area became Maharashtra). He wrote notable novels pertaining to rural life in Maharashtra. Dighe started his professional career as a lawyer in

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, but later moved to the nearby small town of

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and switched to full-time writing.

Works

Novels

* ''Pankala'' (पाणकळा) (1939) * ''Sarai'' (सराई) (1943) * ''Poortata'' (पूर्तता) (1944) * ''Nisargakanya Ranjai'' (निसर्गकन्या रानजाई) (1946) * ''Ganlubdha Mruganayana'' (गानलुब्धा मृगनयना) (1947) * ''Pad Re Panya'' (पड रे पाण्या) (1948) * ''Aai Ahe Shetat'' (आई आहे शेतात) * ''Kartiki'' (कार्तिकी) * ''Sonaki'' (सोनकी) * ''Ramya Ratri'' (रम्य रात्री) A 1974 movie ''Kartiki'' (कार्तिकी) was made as based on the novel with the same name. Dighe was a script writer of the movie ''Madhosh''.

Play

* ''Majha Sabud'' (माझा सबुद)

Collection of poems

* ''Gatat Nachtat Dharatichi Lekare'' (गातात नाचतात धरतीची लेकरे)

References

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