Waman Lakshman Kulkarni
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Waman Lakshman Kulkarni (6 April 1911 – 25 December 1991) was an Indian
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literary critic from
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. Kulkarni served from 1959 to 1979 as the head of the department of Marathi in
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, which was later renamed as
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. The following are the titles of some of Kulkarni's critical works: * वामन मल्हार: वाङ्मयदर्शन * मराठी ज्ञानप्रसारक इतिहास वाङमयविचार * तुकारामाची कविता * हरिभाऊंची सामाजिक कादंबरी Kulkarni presided over
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in
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in 1965. Kulkarni died on 25 December 1991, at the age of 80.


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1911 births 1991 deaths Indian literary critics Marathi-language writers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan {{India-academic-bio-stub