Vasant Abaji Dahake (born March 30, 1942) is a Marathi poet, playwright, short story writer, artist, and critic from Amaravati district in the

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. In 2009, ee was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection ''Chitralipi''. He was associated with the little magazine movement in Marathi during the mid-1950s and the 1960s. Dahake was the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Chandrapur in 2012. He is married and has two children.

Works

Poetry *''Yogabhrashta'' (1972). (Translated into English as ''A Terrorist of the Spirit'' by Ranjit Hoskote and Mangesh Kulkarni.) *''Shubha-Wartaman'' (1987) *''Shunah-Shepa'' (1996) *''Chitralipi'' Fiction *''Adholoka'' (1975) *''Pratibaddha Ani Martya'' (1981) Essays & Literary Criticism *''Yatra Antaryatra'' (1999) *''Kavita Mhanje Kay?'' (1991) *''Samakaleen Sahitya'' (1992) *''Kavitevishayi'' (1999) maltekdivarun (2009) Other Works *''Nivadak Sadanand Rege'' (1996) (A selection of Sadanand Rege's poetry) *''Shaleya Marathi Shabdakosh'' (1997) (A Marathi dictionary for primary and secondary school students). *''Sankshipta Marathi Vangmayakosh'' (1998) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of Marathi literature) *''Kavita Visavya Shatakachi'' (2000) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of 20th century Marathi poetry) *''Vangmayin Samdnya-Sankalpana Kosh'' (Co-editor)

References

1942 births Indian male poets Marathi-language poets Living people 20th-century Indian poets Poets from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi {{india-poet-stub