{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=838","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=836","results":[{"id":14465,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"V. S. Pargaonkar","bio":"\nV. S. Pargaonkar (Devanagari: वि. शं. पारगावकर) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nHe wrote twenty-five books, including novels and collections of his short stories, critiques, and essays.","raw_bio":"V. S. Pargaonkar (Devanagari: वि. शं. पारगावकर) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote twenty-five books, including novels and collections of his short stories, critiques, and essays.","slug":"v-s-pargaonkar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/v-s-pargaonkar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.667350","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14466,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"R. B. Patankar","bio":"Rajaram Bhalchandra Patankar (1 January 1927 – 24 May 2004), generally known as R. B. Patankar, was a Marathi critic and scholar of modern aesthetics, who wrote both in Marathi and English. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 for his scholarly work Saundarya Mimansa (1974).\nPatankar was born on 9 January 1927 in Maharashtra. He completed his Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Pune. He earned Ph.D. for his thesis Communication in Literature. He taught at different colleges in Maharashtra and Gujarat during 1951–1964. In 1964, he joined the University of Bombay as a reader in English department and became Head of the department in 1978. He taught aesthetics and criticism there till 1986. He died on 24 May 2004.\nPatankar wrote both in Marathi and English. His major works was published in Marathi related to Marathi literature and criticism. Aesthetics and Literary criticism, his first book was published in 1969, followed by three books in Marathi, entitled Saundarya Mimansa (1974), Croceche Saundarya Shastra: Ek Abhyas (1974) and Kantche Saundaryamimansa (1977). Saundarya Mimansa, considered as the monumental works in Marathi literature, deals with the western aesthetics from Plato and Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Sartre, and with Indian tradition from the Sanskrit text to modern Marathi critics.","raw_bio":"Rajaram Bhalchandra Patankar (1 January 1927 – 24 May 2004), generally known as R. B. Patankar, was a Marathi critic and scholar of modern aesthetics, who wrote both in Marathi and English. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 for his scholarly work Saundarya Mimansa (1974). Patankar was born on 9 January 1927 in Maharashtra. He completed his Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Pune. He earned Ph.D. for his thesis Communication in Literature. He taught at different colleges in Maharashtra and Gujarat during 1951–1964. In 1964, he joined the University of Bombay as a reader in English department and became Head of the department in 1978. He taught aesthetics and criticism there till 1986. He died on 24 May 2004. Patankar wrote both in Marathi and English. His major works was published in Marathi related to Marathi literature and criticism. Aesthetics and Literary criticism, his first book was published in 1969, followed by three books in Marathi, entitled Saundarya Mimansa (1974), Croceche Saundarya Shastra: Ek Abhyas (1974) and Kantche Saundaryamimansa (1977). Saundarya Mimansa, considered as the monumental works in Marathi literature, deals with the western aesthetics from Plato and Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Sartre, and with Indian tradition from the Sanskrit text to modern Marathi critics.","slug":"r-b-patankar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/r-b-patankar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.679488","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14467,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan","bio":"Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan is an authority on Maratha saints. He was born on 1 March 1930. He has been head of department, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India\nIn 2007, he received a Padma Shri award from the Government of India for excellence in literature and education. O'Hanlon cites his as the editor of Bhausahebanchi bakhar, Deshpande cites him as the editor of the Sabhasad Bakhar. In 2004 he received the Indian Independence day Certificate of honour for Persian language.","raw_bio":"Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan is an authority on Maratha saints. He was born on 1 March 1930. He has been head of department, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India In 2007, he received a Padma Shri award from the Government of India for excellence in literature and education. O'Hanlon cites his as the editor of Bhausahebanchi bakhar, Deshpande cites him as the editor of the Sabhasad Bakhar. In 2004 he received the Indian Independence day Certificate of honour for Persian language.","slug":"yusufkhan-mohamadkhan-pathan","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/yusufkhan-mohamadkhan-pathan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.699970","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14468,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shankar Babaji Patil","bio":"Shankar Babaji Patil (1926 - July 30, 1994) was an Indian Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nPatil was born in 1926 in Pattan-Kodoli, Hatkangle Tahsil, in Kolhapur District. He attended high school in Gadhinglaj and college in Kolhapur to earn his B.A. and B.T. degrees.\nHe served for some time as a member of Maharashtra state government's committee on high school textbooks and curricula research.","raw_bio":"Shankar Babaji Patil (1926 - July 30, 1994) was an Indian Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. Patil was born in 1926 in Pattan-Kodoli, Hatkangle Tahsil, in Kolhapur District. He attended high school in Gadhinglaj and college in Kolhapur to earn his B.A. and B.T. degrees. He served for some time as a member of Maharashtra state government's committee on high school textbooks and curricula research.","slug":"shankar-babaji-patil","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Nanded","url":"/sootradhar/shankar-babaji-patil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.723727","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14469,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Vishwas Mahipati Patil","bio":"\nVishwas Patil (born 28 November 1959) is an Indian author and an officer in Indian Administrative Service. He completed his masters M.A. in English Literature and a degree in Law.","raw_bio":"Vishwas Patil (born 28 November 1959) is an Indian author and an officer in Indian Administrative Service. He completed his masters M.A. in English Literature and a degree in Law.","slug":"vishwas-mahipati-patil","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/vishwas-mahipati-patil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.743921","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14470,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Vasudha Patil","bio":"\nVasudha Patil (Devanagari: वसुधा पाटील) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nShe started writing in the 1970s Marathi short stories and one-act plays, some of which pertain to the contemporary change in the role of women in Marathi-speaking (and Indian) society, economic and intellectual freedom of women, and assertion of women's rights.","raw_bio":"Vasudha Patil (Devanagari: वसुधा पाटील) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. She started writing in the 1970s Marathi short stories and one-act plays, some of which pertain to the contemporary change in the role of women in Marathi-speaking (and Indian) society, economic and intellectual freedom of women, and assertion of women's rights.","slug":"vasudha-patil","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/vasudha-patil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.755908","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14471,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Madhav Trimbak Patwardhan (Pen name: Madhav Julian)","bio":"Madhav Julian (Marathi: माधव जुलियन) (21 January 1894 – 29 November 1939) was the pen name which Madhav Tryambak Patwardhan (Marathi: माधव त्र्यंबक पटवर्धन) used in writing Marathi poetry.\nHe hailed from Maharashtra, India.\nPatwardhan was born in 1894 in Baroda. He studied in The M.C High School in Baroda. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1916 and 1918, respectively, by specializing in the studies of Pharsi (Persian) and English literature. During 1918–1924, he taught Pharsi at Fergusson College in Pune, and after serving as a high school teacher for the next four years, he joined Rajaram College in Kolhapur to teach Pharsi there for the next eleven years (until his untimely death at age 45 in 1939).","raw_bio":"Madhav Julian (Marathi: माधव जुलियन) (21 January 1894 – 29 November 1939) was the pen name which Madhav Tryambak Patwardhan (Marathi: माधव त्र्यंबक पटवर्धन) used in writing Marathi poetry. He hailed from Maharashtra, India. Patwardhan was born in 1894 in Baroda. He studied in The M.C High School in Baroda. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1916 and 1918, respectively, by specializing in the studies of Pharsi (Persian) and English literature. During 1918–1924, he taught Pharsi at Fergusson College in Pune, and after serving as a high school teacher for the next four years, he joined Rajaram College in Kolhapur to teach Pharsi there for the next eleven years (until his untimely death at age 45 in 1939).","slug":"madhav-trimbak-patwardhan-pen-name-madhav-julian","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/madhav-trimbak-patwardhan-pen-name-madhav-julian","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.767989","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14472,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Daya Pawar","bio":"\nDaya Pawar or Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1935–20 September 1996) was an Indian Marathi language author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the atrocities experienced by the dalits or untouchables under the Hindu caste system. He was a Buddhist by religion.\nHe gained fame for his autobiographical 1978 novel Baluta (बलुत), written as a story told by Dagdu Pawar to the more literate Daya Pawar, both being personas of the author. The novel recounts the \"experiences of an untouchable struggling for a peaceful existence, mentally tormented but incapable of retaliation in word and deed.\" There was \"strong anti-Dalit reaction\" when it was published in Maharashtra.","raw_bio":"Daya Pawar or Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1935–20 September 1996) was an Indian Marathi language author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the atrocities experienced by the dalits or untouchables under the Hindu caste system. He was a Buddhist by religion. He gained fame for his autobiographical 1978 novel Baluta (बलुत), written as a story told by Dagdu Pawar to the more literate Daya Pawar, both being personas of the author. The novel recounts the \"experiences of an untouchable struggling for a peaceful existence, mentally tormented but incapable of retaliation in word and deed.\" There was \"strong anti-Dalit reaction\" when it was published in Maharashtra.","slug":"daya-pawar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/daya-pawar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.790604","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14473,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Pradnya Daya Pawar","bio":"\nPradnya Daya Pawar, also known as Pradnya Lokhande, (born February 11, 1966), is an Indian poet and fiction writer of Marathi descent.\nPawar has been a member of the Maharashtra State Literary and Cultural Board. Recently she returned her state government awards in protest against what she believes is a rising atmosphere of intolerance and hate in India. A Buddhist, Pawar is the daughter of Daya Pawar.  ","raw_bio":"Pradnya Daya Pawar, also known as Pradnya Lokhande, (born February 11, 1966), is an Indian poet and fiction writer of Marathi descent. Pawar has been a member of the Maharashtra State Literary and Cultural Board. Recently she returned her state government awards in protest against what she believes is a rising atmosphere of intolerance and hate in India. A Buddhist, Pawar is the daughter of Daya Pawar.  ","slug":"pradnya-daya-pawar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/pradnya-daya-pawar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.810355","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14474,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Urmila Pawar","bio":"\nUrmila Pawar is an Indian writer and activist in the dalit and feminist movements in India and her works, all of which are written in Marathi language, have often been hailed as a critique of social discrimination and the savarna exploitation by commentators and media outlets.\nPawar's short stories including \"Kavach\" and \"A Childhood Tale\" are widely read and form the part of the curriculum at various Indian universities. Her documentation with Meenakshi Moon on the participation of dalit women was a major contribution to the construction of dalit history from a feminist perspective in India.","raw_bio":"Urmila Pawar is an Indian writer and activist in the dalit and feminist movements in India and her works, all of which are written in Marathi language, have often been hailed as a critique of social discrimination and the savarna exploitation by commentators and media outlets. Pawar's short stories including \"Kavach\" and \"A Childhood Tale\" are widely read and form the part of the curriculum at various Indian universities. Her documentation with Meenakshi Moon on the participation of dalit women was a major contribution to the construction of dalit history from a feminist perspective in India.","slug":"urmila-pawar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/urmila-pawar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.830592","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14475,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar","bio":"\nYashwant Dinkar Pendharkar (9 March 1899 – 26 November 1985) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He wrote poetry under the pen name Yashwant.\nPendharkar was born on 9 March 1899, in the town of Tarale in Satara District. Before finishing his school education at the City High School of Sangli, he discontinued it out of unfavorable financial circumstances. He moved to Pune to take up clerical jobs to support himself. While working, Pendharkar read Marathi literature widely, and developed a love for reading, especially poetry and also composing his own poetry.","raw_bio":"Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar (9 March 1899 – 26 November 1985) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He wrote poetry under the pen name Yashwant. Pendharkar was born on 9 March 1899, in the town of Tarale in Satara District. Before finishing his school education at the City High School of Sangli, he discontinued it out of unfavorable financial circumstances. He moved to Pune to take up clerical jobs to support himself. While working, Pendharkar read Marathi literature widely, and developed a love for reading, especially poetry and also composing his own poetry.","slug":"yashwant-dinkar-pendharkar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/yashwant-dinkar-pendharkar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.844411","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14476,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shankar Damodar Pendse","bio":"\nShankar Damodar Pendse (Devanagari: शंकर दामोदर पेंडसे) (1897 - 1974) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nHe chaired Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Pandharpur in 1955.","raw_bio":"Shankar Damodar Pendse (Devanagari: शंकर दामोदर पेंडसे) (1897 - 1974) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He chaired Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Pandharpur in 1955.","slug":"shankar-damodar-pendse","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/shankar-damodar-pendse","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.856297","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}