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"name": "Shirish Kanekar",
"bio": "Shirish Kanekar (Devanagari: शिरीष कणेकर) is a Marathi writer, stage performer, from Maharashtra, India. He was a journalist in English news paper. Shirish Kanekar served for 'Indian Express' (1968 to 1980), 'Daily' (1980 to 1982), 'Free Press Journal' (1982 to 1985), and 'Syndicated Press News Agency' (1985 to 1989). He still writes articles in Marathi news papers and performs stage shows.\nShirish Kanekar is known for his books on cricket, Bollywood movies and humor.\nThe following is a partial list of his books:",
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"bio": "\nVasant Shankar Kanetkar (20 March 1922 – 31 January 2000) was an Indian Marathi-language playwright and novelist from Maharashtra.\nHe was born in the town of Rahimatpur in Satara District, Maharashtra. His father, Shankar Keshav Kanetkar, was a poet who wrote poetry under the pen name Kavi Girish and was a founding member of a circle of poets named Ravikiran Mandal. Vasant Kanetkar was educated in Pune and Sangli. After passing M.A. exam in 1948 from Sangli, he joined as a lecturer in Nashik in 1950. He received wide admiration from the audience after his play 'Raigadala Jevha Jag Yete' (रायगडाला जेव्हा जाग येते). He kept the Marathi commercial theatre vibrant and live for more than two decades. Five of his plays received best play award of the year given by Maharashtra State Government. In 1966, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the Hindi movie Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, which was an adaptation of Ashroonchi Zhali Phule. Kanetkar received a Padma Shri award in 1992 for his literary accomplishments.",
"raw_bio": "Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (20 March 1922 – 31 January 2000) was an Indian Marathi-language playwright and novelist from Maharashtra. He was born in the town of Rahimatpur in Satara District, Maharashtra. His father, Shankar Keshav Kanetkar, was a poet who wrote poetry under the pen name Kavi Girish and was a founding member of a circle of poets named Ravikiran Mandal. Vasant Kanetkar was educated in Pune and Sangli. After passing M.A. exam in 1948 from Sangli, he joined as a lecturer in Nashik in 1950. He received wide admiration from the audience after his play 'Raigadala Jevha Jag Yete' (रायगडाला जेव्हा जाग येते). He kept the Marathi commercial theatre vibrant and live for more than two decades. Five of his plays received best play award of the year given by Maharashtra State Government. In 1966, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the Hindi movie Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, which was an adaptation of Ashroonchi Zhali Phule. Kanetkar received a Padma Shri award in 1992 for his literary accomplishments.",
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"bio": "Kashibai Kanitkar (1861–1948) was the first major woman writer in Marathi from Maharashtra, India since the 15th century \"sant\" poet Kanhopatra .\nKashibai was born into a wealthy Brahmin family in the town of Ashte in Sangli District, and according to the social custom of her days, her marriage was arranged at the age of nine to Govind Vasudev Kanitkar (who was seven years older than her).\nKashibai had no formal education, but with her progressive husband's strong encouragement, she learned to read, and gradually mastered many Marathi, Sanskrit, and English works.",
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"name": "Govind Vinayak Karandikar",
"bio": "\nGovind Vinayak Karandikar (23 August 1918 – 14 March 2010), better known as Vindā, was an Indian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator in the Marathi-language.\nKarandikar was born on 23 August 1918, in Dhalavali village in the Devgad taluka present-day Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.",
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"name": "Madhu Mangesh Karnik",
"bio": "Madhu Mangesh Karnik (born 28 April 1931) is a Marathi literary activist from Maharashtra, India. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (2002).\nHe was born on 28 April 1931, in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.\nHe was the president of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Ratnagiri in 1990.",
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"name": "Irawati Karve",
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"name": "Dattatray Raghunath Kavthekar",
"bio": "\nDattatreya Raghunath Kavthekar (Devanagari: दत्तात्रेय रघुनाथ कवठेकर) (1901 – 1979) was a Marathi novelist from Maharashtra, India.\nHe was born in 1901 in Wai, Bombay Presidency. He lost both of his parents at an early age. After his high school education, he joined the Indian Army then under the British Raj. He was a World War I veteran.",
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"name": "Madhukar Keche",
"bio": "\nMadhukar Keche (1932 - 1993) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was resident of Amravati but traveled all over Maharashtra. He was also a well known poet.\nHis writings include:",
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"name": "Anant Viththal Keer (Pen name: Dhananjay Keer)",
"bio": "\nAnant Viththal Keer (Devanagari: अनंत विठ्ठल कीर), known by his alias Dhananjay Keer (धनंजय कीर)(1913–1984) was an Indian biographer who profiled many high profile politicians and social activists. He had written biographies of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, B.R Ambedkar, V.D Savarkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Jyotiba Phule,: 194 Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj and Mahatma Gandhi.\nKeer was born in Ratnagiri on 23 April 1913. His father's name was Vithal and his mother's was Devaki; he was married to Sudha and had six children.: 136 K. N. Jadhav writes that the revolutionary atmosphere in Ratnagiri in the early 1920s had a great influence on him. He migrated to Mumbai in 1938 to work with the Education Committee of the city's Municipal Corporation. He began writing in \"Free Hindustan\". His first biography, that of Savarkar, was first published in 1950.: 159 Later he wrote biographies of Ambedkar and Tilak. Resigning from his job, he wrote biographies of Phule, Shahu and Gandhi. He was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan in 1971: 159 and was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the Shivaji University in 1980.",
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"name": "Girija Keer",
"bio": "Girija Keer (5 February 1933—31 October 2019) was an Indian Marathi language writer from Maharashtra state. She started her career as a school teacher in a village. Keer had written around 115 books in Marathi Language in the fields of novels, short stories, travelogues, and literature for children.\nFollowing a six-year research involving interviews with prisoners undergoing life imprisonment at Yerawada prison near Pune, she recently published a book titled Janmathep.\nKeer has received awards for her works. Some of them include the Pune Marathi Library's Kamalabai Tilak Award, the Abhiruchi Award and the Shri Akshar dhan Mahila Sahitya Award from Mumbai.",
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"bio": "Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar (1929–2014) was a linguist and critical Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2002 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi in 2010.\nKelkar was born on 22 April 1929 in Pune. He did his schooling from New English School and then from Ferguson College. As he was fond of grammar and had interest in linguistic puzzles, he graduated from Ferguson in English and Philosophy. He received a master's degree in English and French literature from Pune University. He also studied linguistics (1956–58) from Rockfeller and Comparative Literature and Review from Lily Institute in 1958 and received scholarships there.\nIn the period of 1958–62, he served the Agra University teaching linguistics. During 1962–67, he served as a reader at Pune University, and during the next 22 years, he served as professor of Linguistics and later as director of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Linguistics at Deccan College in Pune. He also had a PhD in Linguistics and Anthropology from Cornell University in the USA. He used to guide the students of linguistics completing their M.Phil. and PhD He took retirement from academics in 1989.\nKelkar founded the Marathi Abhyas Parishad and served as its director. There he started the trimonthly Bhasha Ani Jeewan (भाषा आणि जीवन) in 1982 and served as its editor until 1989.",
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