Shrikrishna Janardan Joshi (1915–1989) was a
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 ...
novelist from
Maharashtra
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,
India
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.
Career
He wrote several novels, short stories, and essays, including award-winning novel ''Anandi Gopal'', which is a fictional account of the life of
Anandi Gopal Joshi
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi, (Marathi: ; 31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine along with Kadambini Ganguly. She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of British India to stu ...
. The novel was later adapted into an award-winning play Anandi Gopal.
In his writings, he harshly depicted
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...
, where he lived, as a hub of
Brahmin
Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...
orthodoxy,.
He also authored a biography of
R. D. Karve titled ' Raghunathachi Bakhar '.
References
Joshi, Shri
1915 births
1989 deaths
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