{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=839","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=837","results":[{"id":14477,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shripad Narayan Pendse","bio":"\nShripad Narayan Pendse (5 January 1913 – 23 March 2007) was a Marathi writer.\nShripad Narayan Pendse hailed from Maharashtra, India. He was born to a village Murdi, from Taluka Dapoli in Ratnagiri District.","raw_bio":"Shripad Narayan Pendse (5 January 1913 – 23 March 2007) was a Marathi writer. Shripad Narayan Pendse hailed from Maharashtra, India. He was born to a village Murdi, from Taluka Dapoli in Ratnagiri District.","slug":"shripad-narayan-pendse","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/shripad-narayan-pendse","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.869001","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14478,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Narayan Sitaram Phadke","bio":"\nNarayan Sitaram Phadke (1894–1978) was a  writer from Maharashtra, India. wrote in his native Marathi as well as English.\nNarayan Phadke was born to Sitaram Phadke and his wife in the town of Karjat, Ahmadnagar district in 1894. He had a Master of Arts degree from Bombay University. In later years as a writer, Phadke was commonly known by his first and middle initials in Marathi, 'Na si'. Phadke married twice. With his first wife, he had four children. Later he married one of his students, Kamala, who became a prolific writer. The couple had three children. After separation from his first wife, he continued to support her and their children. A daughter from the first marriage later wrote about the silent but terrible suffering of her mother who being relatively uneducated could not articulate herself and having been brought up in conservative value system chose to suffer in silence.","raw_bio":"Narayan Sitaram Phadke (1894–1978) was a  writer from Maharashtra, India. wrote in his native Marathi as well as English. Narayan Phadke was born to Sitaram Phadke and his wife in the town of Karjat, Ahmadnagar district in 1894. He had a Master of Arts degree from Bombay University. In later years as a writer, Phadke was commonly known by his first and middle initials in Marathi, 'Na si'. Phadke married twice. With his first wife, he had four children. Later he married one of his students, Kamala, who became a prolific writer. The couple had three children. After separation from his first wife, he continued to support her and their children. A daughter from the first marriage later wrote about the silent but terrible suffering of her mother who being relatively uneducated could not articulate herself and having been brought up in conservative value system chose to suffer in silence.","slug":"narayan-sitaram-phadke","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/narayan-sitaram-phadke","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.880407","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14479,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Yashawant Dinkar Phadke","bio":"\nYashawant Dinkar Phadke (Y. D. Phadke Devanagari: यशवंत दिनकर फडके / य. दि. फडके) (3 January 1931 – 11 January 2008) was a historian and a political activist from Maharashtra, India.\nPhadke received a Bachelor's degree from Pune University and a Master's degree and doctorate in economics and political science from Mumbai University. His doctoral thesis was titled Sanyukta Maharashtra Chalwal Ani Congress Paksha (Struggle for United Maharashtra and the Congress Party).","raw_bio":"Yashawant Dinkar Phadke (Y. D. Phadke Devanagari: यशवंत दिनकर फडके / य. दि. फडके) (3 January 1931 – 11 January 2008) was a historian and a political activist from Maharashtra, India. Phadke received a Bachelor's degree from Pune University and a Master's degree and doctorate in economics and political science from Mumbai University. His doctoral thesis was titled Sanyukta Maharashtra Chalwal Ani Congress Paksha (Struggle for United Maharashtra and the Congress Party).","slug":"yashawant-dinkar-phadke","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/yashawant-dinkar-phadke","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.896600","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14480,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Narahar Raghunath Phatak","bio":"Narahar Raghunath Phatak (Devanagari: नरहर रघुनाथ फाटक) (15 April 1893 – 21 December 1979) was a biographer and literary critic from Maharashtra, India. He wrote mostly in Marathi.\nPhatak presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Hyderabad in 1947.\nPhatak's ancestry is traced to a family which lived in the town of Kamod (कमोद) in the Konkan (कोकण) region of Maharashtra. His ancestors from a later generation shifted to Bhor, and his grandfather served as an administrator of that princely state. His father worked for the then government under British Raj in the northern part of India.","raw_bio":"Narahar Raghunath Phatak (Devanagari: नरहर रघुनाथ फाटक) (15 April 1893 – 21 December 1979) was a biographer and literary critic from Maharashtra, India. He wrote mostly in Marathi. Phatak presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Hyderabad in 1947. Phatak's ancestry is traced to a family which lived in the town of Kamod (कमोद) in the Konkan (कोकण) region of Maharashtra. His ancestors from a later generation shifted to Bhor, and his grandfather served as an administrator of that princely state. His father worked for the then government under British Raj in the northern part of India.","slug":"narahar-raghunath-phatak","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/narahar-raghunath-phatak","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.917300","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14481,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Vasant Narhar Phene","bio":"Vasant Narhar Phene (वसंत नरहर फेणे) (28 April 1926 - 6 March 2018, India) was a Marathi language author.  He is well known in Maharashtra for his novels and articles. In 2004, he received the N.S. Phadke (ना सी फडके ) Award for his work. His books include Central Bus Station (सेन्ट्रल बस स्टेशन), Panchkathai (पंचकथाए), Mule Ani Pale (मुले अणि पाले), and Pita-Putra (पिता पुत्र).\nPhene lived in Mumbai.","raw_bio":"Vasant Narhar Phene (वसंत नरहर फेणे) (28 April 1926 - 6 March 2018, India) was a Marathi language author.  He is well known in Maharashtra for his novels and articles. In 2004, he received the N.S. Phadke (ना सी फडके ) Award for his work. His books include Central Bus Station (सेन्ट्रल बस स्टेशन), Panchkathai (पंचकथाए), Mule Ani Pale (मुले अणि पाले), and Pita-Putra (पिता पुत्र). Phene lived in Mumbai.","slug":"vasant-narhar-phene","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/vasant-narhar-phene","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.933456","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14482,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Jyotiba Phule","bio":"\n• Shetkaryancha Aasud (1883)\n• Gulamgiri (1873)\nJyotirao Govindrao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, businessman, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India. Phule started his first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhidewada. He, along with his followers, formed the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Truth Seekers) to attain equal rights for people from lower castes. People from all religions and castes could become a part of this association which worked for the upliftment of the oppressed classes. Phule is regarded as an important figure in the social reform movement in Maharashtra.The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: \"great-souled\", \"venerable\"), was first applied to him in 1888 at a special program honoring him in Mumbai..","raw_bio":"• Shetkaryancha Aasud (1883) • Gulamgiri (1873) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, businessman, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India. Phule started his first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhidewada. He, along with his followers, formed the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Truth Seekers) to attain equal rights for people from lower castes. People from all religions and castes could become a part of this association which worked for the upliftment of the oppressed classes. Phule is regarded as an important figure in the social reform movement in Maharashtra.The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: \"great-souled\", \"venerable\"), was first applied to him in 1888 at a special program honoring him in Mumbai..","slug":"jyotiba-phule","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India(Maharashtra,  India)","url":"/sootradhar/jyotiba-phule","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.942246","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14483,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ravindra Pinge","bio":"Ravindra Pinge (Devanagari: रवींद्र पिंगे; 13 March 1926 – 17 October 2008) was a Marathi writer.\nHis family hailed from Upale-Prindavan area near Kharepatan, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. Though he grew up in Mumbai, his writings depicted his love for Konkan. He retired as an official at All India Radio.\nBoth his parents were teachers, and he claimed that it created in him a soft corner for the profession of teachers. He had a son named Sambaprasad Pinge and a daughter named Chitra Pinge (Now Chitra Wagh). He was loosely associated with Socialist Party while growing up in Mumbai in 1940s.","raw_bio":"Ravindra Pinge (Devanagari: रवींद्र पिंगे; 13 March 1926 – 17 October 2008) was a Marathi writer. His family hailed from Upale-Prindavan area near Kharepatan, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. Though he grew up in Mumbai, his writings depicted his love for Konkan. He retired as an official at All India Radio. Both his parents were teachers, and he claimed that it created in him a soft corner for the profession of teachers. He had a son named Sambaprasad Pinge and a daughter named Chitra Pinge (Now Chitra Wagh). He was loosely associated with Socialist Party while growing up in Mumbai in 1940s.","slug":"ravindra-pinge","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/ravindra-pinge","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.960801","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14484,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Dwarkanath Madhav Pitale","bio":"Dwarkanath Madhav Pitale (Devanagari: द्वारकानाथ माधव पितळे) (1882–1928)  was a Marathi writer from Bombay Presidency, British India.\nHe wrote under the pen name Nath Madhav (नाथमाधव) historical and social novels, the latter dealing with encouragement of women’s education and remarriages of widows, condemnation of the abhorrent practice of arranged marriages of children with adults, and similar social issues of his times. He lived in Pune.\nSome of his novels, including the following:","raw_bio":"Dwarkanath Madhav Pitale (Devanagari: द्वारकानाथ माधव पितळे) (1882–1928)  was a Marathi writer from Bombay Presidency, British India. He wrote under the pen name Nath Madhav (नाथमाधव) historical and social novels, the latter dealing with encouragement of women’s education and remarriages of widows, condemnation of the abhorrent practice of arranged marriages of children with adults, and similar social issues of his times. He lived in Pune. Some of his novels, including the following:","slug":"dwarkanath-madhav-pitale","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/dwarkanath-madhav-pitale","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.969931","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14485,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Datto Vaman Potdar","bio":"\nDattatray Vaman Potdar (5 August 1890 – 6 October 1979), better known as Datto Vaman Potdar, was an Indian historian, writer, and orator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune during 1961 - 1964.\nThe British colonial Government of India had honored Potdar with the title Mahamahopadhyaya in 1946. He was honored by government of india with Padmabhushan in 1967. Because of his vast knowledge, he was sometimes called as Dr. Johnson of Maharashtra or a living encyclopedia.","raw_bio":"Dattatray Vaman Potdar (5 August 1890 – 6 October 1979), better known as Datto Vaman Potdar, was an Indian historian, writer, and orator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune during 1961 - 1964. The British colonial Government of India had honored Potdar with the title Mahamahopadhyaya in 1946. He was honored by government of india with Padmabhushan in 1967. Because of his vast knowledge, he was sometimes called as Dr. Johnson of Maharashtra or a living encyclopedia.","slug":"datto-vaman-potdar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/datto-vaman-potdar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.980559","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14486,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Babasaheb Purandare","bio":"\nBalwant Moreshwar Purandare (29 July 1922 – 15 November 2021), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, was an Indian writer of books and plays from Maharashtra, India. His works are mostly based on the life of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire; as a result he is called Shiv-Shahir (\"Shivaji's bard\"). He is mostly known for his popular play on Shivaji, Jaanta Raja.  Purandare also studied the history of the Peshwas of Pune. In 2015, he was awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra's highest civilian award. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest second-civilian award on 25 January 2019.\nPurandare had started writing stories related to the period of Shivaji's reign at a very young age, which were later compiled and published in a book titled Thinagya (\"Sparks\"). His other works include books titled Raja Shiva-Chatrapati and Kesari, and a book on life of Narayanrao Peshwa. His most well-known work is the drama, Jaanata Raja, a widely popular play on Shivaji published and first staged in 1985. Since then the drama has been staged over 1000 times in 16 districts of Maharashtra, Agra, Delhi, Bhopal, and the United States. Originally written in Marathi, this work was later translated into Hindi. This drama is performed by over 200 artists, and includes elephants, camels and horses. Generally the performance of this drama begins around Diwali each year.","raw_bio":"Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (29 July 1922 – 15 November 2021), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, was an Indian writer of books and plays from Maharashtra, India. His works are mostly based on the life of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire; as a result he is called Shiv-Shahir (\"Shivaji's bard\"). He is mostly known for his popular play on Shivaji, Jaanta Raja.  Purandare also studied the history of the Peshwas of Pune. In 2015, he was awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra's highest civilian award. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's highest second-civilian award on 25 January 2019. Purandare had started writing stories related to the period of Shivaji's reign at a very young age, which were later compiled and published in a book titled Thinagya (\"Sparks\"). His other works include books titled Raja Shiva-Chatrapati and Kesari, and a book on life of Narayanrao Peshwa. His most well-known work is the drama, Jaanata Raja, a widely popular play on Shivaji published and first staged in 1985. Since then the drama has been staged over 1000 times in 16 districts of Maharashtra, Agra, Delhi, Bhopal, and the United States. Originally written in Marathi, this work was later translated into Hindi. This drama is performed by over 200 artists, and includes elephants, camels and horses. Generally the performance of this drama begins around Diwali each year.","slug":"babasaheb-purandare","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Pune, Maharashtra, India","url":"/sootradhar/babasaheb-purandare","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:00.988584","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14487,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Keshav Jagannath Purohit","bio":"\nKeshav Jagannath Purohit (केशव जगन्नाथ पुरोहित) (b. 1923- 17 October 2018) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram (शांताराम).\nPurohit was born in 1923 in the town of Chamorshi, which used to be in Chandrapur District and is now in Gadchiroli District. After attending Jubilee High School in the town of Chandrapur, he received college degrees, including a doctorate, in English literature from Nagpur University.","raw_bio":"Keshav Jagannath Purohit (केशव जगन्नाथ पुरोहित) (b. 1923- 17 October 2018) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram (शांताराम). Purohit was born in 1923 in the town of Chamorshi, which used to be in Chandrapur District and is now in Gadchiroli District. After attending Jubilee High School in the town of Chandrapur, he received college degrees, including a doctorate, in English literature from Nagpur University.","slug":"keshav-jagannath-purohit","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/keshav-jagannath-purohit","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:01.005039","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14488,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Raghunath Pandit","bio":"Raghunath Pandit was a 17th-century Marathi poet. He was born in a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family of scholars.\nMarathi poetry went through a phase where text drew heavily on religious mythology and was dominated by language influenced by Sanskrit, a language which few in contemporary times understand. This literature is called Pant-Sahitya. Raghunath Pandit was one of its major practitioners, writing the Nal-Damayanti Swayamwar Akhyan.\nOther exponents of Pant-Sahitya were Vaman Pandit (1608–1695), Shridhar Pandit (1658-1729) and Moropant (Paradkar) (1729–1794). Several scholars were experts in this field around the year 1900 but slowly their numbers dwindled. Laxman Ramchand (La Raa) Pangarkar was an authority on Sant-Sahitya and Pant-Sahitya. Tukaram and Ramdas were the last major poets of Sant-Sahitya and Bhakti Parampara. The next phase of Bhakti was marked by Pant-Sahitya. Around this time, other forms of poetry such as Powada, Phatka, Lavani also existed. Starting with Keshavasut in the late 19th century, Marathi poetry made a departure from Pant parampara. It became more modern in outlook, easier to understand, expanded its horizons, and the new brigade of poets was also influenced by English poetry.","raw_bio":"Raghunath Pandit was a 17th-century Marathi poet. He was born in a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family of scholars. Marathi poetry went through a phase where text drew heavily on religious mythology and was dominated by language influenced by Sanskrit, a language which few in contemporary times understand. This literature is called Pant-Sahitya. Raghunath Pandit was one of its major practitioners, writing the Nal-Damayanti Swayamwar Akhyan. Other exponents of Pant-Sahitya were Vaman Pandit (1608–1695), Shridhar Pandit (1658-1729) and Moropant (Paradkar) (1729–1794). Several scholars were experts in this field around the year 1900 but slowly their numbers dwindled. Laxman Ramchand (La Raa) Pangarkar was an authority on Sant-Sahitya and Pant-Sahitya. Tukaram and Ramdas were the last major poets of Sant-Sahitya and Bhakti Parampara. The next phase of Bhakti was marked by Pant-Sahitya. Around this time, other forms of poetry such as Powada, Phatka, Lavani also existed. Starting with Keshavasut in the late 19th century, Marathi poetry made a departure from Pant parampara. It became more modern in outlook, easier to understand, expanded its horizons, and the new brigade of poets was also influenced by English poetry.","slug":"raghunath-pandit","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/raghunath-pandit","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:01.013146","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"}