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"name": "Gangadhar Balkrushna Sardar",
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"bio": "Shivaji Sawant (31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was an Indian novelist in the Marathi language. He is known as Mrutyunjaykaar (meaning Author of Mrutyunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel - Mrutyunjay. He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with the Moortidevi Award in 1994.\nHe wrote a book Mrutyunjay (English: Victory Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated into Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. His novel Chhava, published in 1980, is based on the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji.\nHe held the post of the vice-president of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad since 1995. He was president of Baroda Sahitya Sammelan of 1983. He was not only a historical writer but also a political writer.",
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"bio": "\nTryambak Shankar Shejwalkar (T S Shejwalkar; Devanagari: त्र्यंबक शंकर शेजवलकर, त्र्यं. शं. शेजवलकर) (25 May 1895 – 28 November 1963) was an Indian historian and essayist.\nShejwalkar was born in Kasheli, a village in Rajapur Taluka of Ratnagiri district. He passed matriculation examination in 1911 from a school run by the Aryan education society. Later he completed a Bachelor of Arts at Wilson College, Mumbai.",
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"name": "Shanta Janardan Shelke",
"bio": "\nShanta Janardan Shelke (Marathi: शांता शेळके) (12 October 1922 – 6 June 2002) was a Marathi poet and writer in the Marathi language. She was also a noted journalist and academic. Her work included song compositions, stories, translations, and children's literature. She presided over many literary gatherings. Some of her compositions were noted either as stand-alone poetic works or as songs sung\nShanta Shelke was born in Indapur, Pune. She completed her primary education in Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya, Rajgurunagar and high school education from Huzurpaga (HHCP High School), Pune. She did her graduation in Pune's S. P. College. She completed her M.A. in Marathi and Sanskrit and stood first in Bombay University. During this time, she also won the Na. Chi. Kelkar and Chiplunkar awards.",
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"name": "Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar",
"bio": "Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar (2 March 1931 – 3 May 2009) was a Marathi orator, writer, and literary critic from Maharashtra, India.\nHe was born on 2 March 1931 in Achalpur in Amravati district of Maharashtra.\nShewalkar obtained post graduate college degrees in Marathi and Sanskrit literature. He taught Sanskrit in a college for some years, and served for more than 25 years as the principal of a college at Wani in Yavatmal district.",
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"name": "F. M. Shinde",
"bio": "\nF. M. Shinde (Rupurkar) (Devanagari: फ. मुं. शिंदे) (b. 1948) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nHe has published thus far 24 collections of his poetry, three compilations of his literary critiques, a collection of his one-act plays, a translation of a book, and a collection of his humorous essays. He was born in a small village called Rupur in Kalamnuri Taluka of the Hingoli district of Maharashtra.",
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"name": "Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Pen name: Kusumagraj)",
"bio": "\nVishnū Vāman Shirwādkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was an Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived,\nIn a career spanning five decades starting in India's pre-independence era, he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays. His works like the Vishakha (1942), a collection of lyrics, inspired a generation into the Indian freedom movement, and is today considered one of the masterpieces of Indian literature.",
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"name": "Narayan Gangaram Surve",
"bio": "\nNarayan Gangaram Surve (15 October 1926 – 16 August 2010 ) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.\nHe was born on 15 October 1926. Orphaned or abandoned soon after birth, he grew up in the streets of Mumbai, sleeping on the pavement and earning a meager livelihood by doing odd jobs. He taught himself to read and write, and in 1962, published his first collection of poems Aisa Ga Mi Brahma (ऐसा गा मी ब्रह्म ; Aisa Ga Mi Brahma). Majhe Vidyapeeth (माझे विद्यापीठ ; My University), the book he would be most known for appeared in 1966 while he stayed in Chinchpokli, Mahahrashtra. He received 11 prizes for his book Majhe Vidyapeeth\nThough he studied only till second standard and never climbed the steps of a college, he is known as one of the best poets of Marathi language.",
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"name": "Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe",
"bio": "Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe (Devanagari: भास्कर रामचंद्र तांबे) (1873–1941) was a Marathi poet from Bombay Presidency, British India.\nTambe was born on October 27, 1873 in the town of Mugawali near Gwalior.\nIn 1893, he passed his high school matriculation examination conducted by Allahabad University. He then started his college education in Agra; however, he terminated it without graduating in order to support his brother's education by accepting a position as a teacher in the princely state of Dewas. Subsequently, he acquired the position of the tutor for the young prince of Dewas. This appointment fortuitously provided him easy access to the ruler's personal library.",
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"name": "Priya Tendulkar",
"bio": "\nPriya Tendulkar (19 October 1954 – 19 September 2002) was an Indian actress, social activist and a writer, who is most known for her eponymous role in the television series Rajani (1985).\nPriya displayed an inclination towards art and culture from her childhood, as her father was the eminent popular writer and Padma bhushan awardee Vijay Tendulkar.",
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"bio": "\nVijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (6 January 1928 – 19 May 2008) was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi. His Marathi plays established him as a writer of plays with contemporary, unconventional themes. He is best known for his plays Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghāshirām Kotwāl (1972), and Sakhārām Binder (1972). Many of Tendulkar's plays derived inspiration from real-life incidents or social upheavals, which provide clear light on harsh realities. He has provided guidance to students studying \"play writing\" in US universities. Tendulkar was a dramatist and theatre personality in Mahārāshtra for over five decades.\nVijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born in a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family on 6 January 1928 in Girgaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, where his father held a clerical job and ran a small publishing business. The literary environment at home prompted young Vijay to take up writing. He wrote his first story at age six.",
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