{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=845","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=843","results":[{"id":14563,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor","bio":"\nNamdeo Dhondo Mahanor (born 16 September 1942) is a Marathi poet, lyricist, farmer and former MLC.\nHe was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of India, by the President of India in 1991. In addition to writing books, he has also written lyrics for Marathi movies like 'Jait re Jait', 'Doghi; 'Ek Hota Vidushak'.","raw_bio":"Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor (born 16 September 1942) is a Marathi poet, lyricist, farmer and former MLC. He was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of India, by the President of India in 1991. In addition to writing books, he has also written lyrics for Marathi movies like 'Jait re Jait', 'Doghi; 'Ek Hota Vidushak'.","slug":"namdeo-dhondo-mahanor","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/namdeo-dhondo-mahanor","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:02.772428","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14564,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"P. S. Rege","bio":"\nPurushottam Shivaram Rege (Devanagari: पुरुषोत्तम शिवराम रेगे) (02 - August - 1910 to 17 - February - 1978 ) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.\nHe, commonly known by his initials Pu Shi Rege, was born in Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, British India in 1910. After receiving his degrees in economics from Mumbai and London universities, he taught that subject at various colleges in Maharashtra and Goa. He retired in the 1970s as the principal of Elphinstone College in Mumbai.","raw_bio":"Purushottam Shivaram Rege (Devanagari: पुरुषोत्तम शिवराम रेगे) (02 - August - 1910 to 17 - February - 1978 ) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He, commonly known by his initials Pu Shi Rege, was born in Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, British India in 1910. After receiving his degrees in economics from Mumbai and London universities, he taught that subject at various colleges in Maharashtra and Goa. He retired in the 1970s as the principal of Elphinstone College in Mumbai.","slug":"p-s-rege","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/p-s-rege","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:02.810602","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14565,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Patthe Bapurao","bio":"Patthe Bapurao (11 November 1868 – 22 December 1941) was a Marathi singer-poet in the Tamasha musical theatre genre. He also composed severals Vags, dramatic and humorous skits, which were also popular.\nBorn on 11 November 1868, (at Rethareharnax, Sangli, Maharashtra)  as Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni in a typical Maharashtrian Brahmin family, he married the Beautiful Laavani Dancer Pawala and became one of the most popular performers of early 20th century. His wife, Pawala Bai was from Hivargao Pavsa in Sanganmener.\nशासनाने प्रस्तावाला मंजुरी देण्याची मागणी.) In his memory, Patthe Bapurao Street is a name given to a street in Redlight area of South Mumbai (Falkland Road, Foras road near Alfred cinema). A movie has been made after him, and several streets are named for him in Mumbai and other Indian cities.\nThe name is also written Bapurav.","raw_bio":"Patthe Bapurao (11 November 1868 – 22 December 1941) was a Marathi singer-poet in the Tamasha musical theatre genre. He also composed severals Vags, dramatic and humorous skits, which were also popular. Born on 11 November 1868, (at Rethareharnax, Sangli, Maharashtra)  as Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni in a typical Maharashtrian Brahmin family, he married the Beautiful Laavani Dancer Pawala and became one of the most popular performers of early 20th century. His wife, Pawala Bai was from Hivargao Pavsa in Sanganmener. शासनाने प्रस्तावाला मंजुरी देण्याची मागणी.) In his memory, Patthe Bapurao Street is a name given to a street in Redlight area of South Mumbai (Falkland Road, Foras road near Alfred cinema). A movie has been made after him, and several streets are named for him in Mumbai and other Indian cities. The name is also written Bapurav.","slug":"patthe-bapurao","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/patthe-bapurao","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:02.834421","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14566,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Pralhad Keshav Atre (Pen name: Keshavkumar)","bio":"\nPrahlad Keshav Atre (pronunciation (help·info)) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator.\nAtre was born on 13 August 1898 in a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in Pune district. His father was a clerk and also a secretary of Saswad Municipality for a brief period and his uncle was teacher at MES Waghire High School Saswad. He completed his primary and High School education from MES Waghire High School, Saswad. He matriculated from Fergusson college in 1919. He completed Bachelor of Arts from University of Pune. After graduation Atre took up a career as a school teacher. Atre did his T. D. (teacher's diploma) from the University of London in 1928. Before returning to India he studied Experimental Psychology under Cyril Burt and taught at Harrow.","raw_bio":"Prahlad Keshav Atre (pronunciation (help·info)) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator. Atre was born on 13 August 1898 in a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in Pune district. His father was a clerk and also a secretary of Saswad Municipality for a brief period and his uncle was teacher at MES Waghire High School Saswad. He completed his primary and High School education from MES Waghire High School, Saswad. He matriculated from Fergusson college in 1919. He completed Bachelor of Arts from University of Pune. After graduation Atre took up a career as a school teacher. Atre did his T. D. (teacher's diploma) from the University of London in 1928. Before returning to India he studied Experimental Psychology under Cyril Burt and taught at Harrow.","slug":"pralhad-keshav-atre-pen-name-keshavkumar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Mumbai, Maharashtra, India","url":"/sootradhar/pralhad-keshav-atre-pen-name-keshavkumar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:02.853826","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14569,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ram Joshi","bio":"Ram Jagannath Joshi (also known as Ram Joshi) (1762-1812) was a Marathi poet, known for his works in Lavani, Powada, and Tamasha genre.\n\nThis article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Ram Jagannath Joshi (also known as Ram Joshi) (1762-1812) was a Marathi poet, known for his works in Lavani, Powada, and Tamasha genre.  This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.","slug":"ram-joshi","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/ram-joshi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.029822","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14570,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sandeep Khare","bio":"\nSandeep Khare is a Marathi poet, performing artist, actor, singer-songwriter, copywriter from Pune. So far he has published 3 of his books which are poetry collections, namely, 'Kadhi He..Kadhi Te..', 'Maunachi Bhashantare' (The translations of the Silences).\nHis songs have been sung by many notable Indian singers such as Salil Kulkarni, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bela Shende, Shailesh Ranade etc.","raw_bio":"Sandeep Khare is a Marathi poet, performing artist, actor, singer-songwriter, copywriter from Pune. So far he has published 3 of his books which are poetry collections, namely, 'Kadhi He..Kadhi Te..', 'Maunachi Bhashantare' (The translations of the Silences). His songs have been sung by many notable Indian singers such as Salil Kulkarni, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bela Shende, Shailesh Ranade etc.","slug":"sandeep-khare","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sandeep-khare","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.053034","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14571,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sanjeev Khandekar","bio":"\nSanjeev Khandekar is a reputed Marathi writer and visual artist based in Mumbai.\nHe was born in 1958. Kavita (Granthali, 1990) a collection of his early poetry and Search Engine (Granthali, 2004). These collections have been followed by three volumes of poetry - All that I Wanna Do (Abhida Nantar, 2005), Mutatis Mutandis (2006) and Two Poems (2006). His two books, '1,2,3... Happy Galaxy' and collection of present poetry 'Smiles' (2007) was published by Abhida Nantar in 2007.","raw_bio":"Sanjeev Khandekar is a reputed Marathi writer and visual artist based in Mumbai. He was born in 1958. Kavita (Granthali, 1990) a collection of his early poetry and Search Engine (Granthali, 2004). These collections have been followed by three volumes of poetry - All that I Wanna Do (Abhida Nantar, 2005), Mutatis Mutandis (2006) and Two Poems (2006). His two books, '1,2,3... Happy Galaxy' and collection of present poetry 'Smiles' (2007) was published by Abhida Nantar in 2007.","slug":"sanjeev-khandekar","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sanjeev-khandekar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.093694","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14573,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Suresh Bhat","bio":"\nSuresh Bhat (Marathi: सुरेश भट; 15 April 1932 – 14 March 2003) was a Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India.\nBhat was born in a Karhade Brahmin family in Amravati, Maharashtra to Shridhar Bhat, a physician. His mother was fond of poetry and made young Bhat learn famous Marathi poems by heart. He later acknowledged this practice to be a key influence in the development of his poetic abilities.Bhat completed his education in Amravati, and earned a B.A. degree in 1955. According to him, his poems were the only source of comfort for him during such times of bitterness and depression.","raw_bio":"Suresh Bhat (Marathi: सुरेश भट; 15 April 1932 – 14 March 2003) was a Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. Bhat was born in a Karhade Brahmin family in Amravati, Maharashtra to Shridhar Bhat, a physician. His mother was fond of poetry and made young Bhat learn famous Marathi poems by heart. He later acknowledged this practice to be a key influence in the development of his poetic abilities.Bhat completed his education in Amravati, and earned a B.A. degree in 1955. According to him, his poems were the only source of comfort for him during such times of bitterness and depression.","slug":"suresh-bhat","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Nagpur, Maharashtra","url":"/sootradhar/suresh-bhat","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.125967","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14574,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Samarth Ramdas","bio":"\nSamarth Ramdas (c. 1608 – c. 1681), also known as Sant Ramdas or Ramdas Swami, was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. He was a devotee of the Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman.\nRamdas or previously Narayan was born at Jamb, a village in present-day Jalna district, Maharashtra on the occasion of Rama Navami, probably in 1608 CE. He was born into a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family to Suryajipanta and Ranubai Thosar. His father was thought to have been a devotee of the Vedic deity, Surya. Ramdas had an elder brother named Gangadhar. His father died when Narayan was only seven years of age. He turned into an introvert after the demise of his father and would often be noticed to be engrossed in thoughts about the divine.","raw_bio":"Samarth Ramdas (c. 1608 – c. 1681), also known as Sant Ramdas or Ramdas Swami, was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, writer and spiritual master. He was a devotee of the Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman. Ramdas or previously Narayan was born at Jamb, a village in present-day Jalna district, Maharashtra on the occasion of Rama Navami, probably in 1608 CE. He was born into a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family to Suryajipanta and Ranubai Thosar. His father was thought to have been a devotee of the Vedic deity, Surya. Ramdas had an elder brother named Gangadhar. His father died when Narayan was only seven years of age. He turned into an introvert after the demise of his father and would often be noticed to be engrossed in thoughts about the divine.","slug":"samarth-ramdas","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Sajjangad, Satara district, Maharashtra, India","url":"/sootradhar/samarth-ramdas","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.164123","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14575,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Saleel Wagh","bio":"\nSaleel Wagh is a Marathi poet, philosopher based in Pune.\nSaleel Wagh a leading Marathi poet, was born in 1967 in Rajkot, Gujarat. He has 7 collections of poetry on his credit. His collections include Nivadak Kavita (1996), Sadhyachya Kavita (2005), Aadhichya Kavita (2007) a Marathi translation of a major Hindi poet Shamsher Bahadur Singh (1911–1993), Blog Pahila, (a collection of critical articles on contemporary Marathi poetry), Racecourse aani Itar Kavita (2009), Junya Kavita (2010), UlatSulat (2011), Saheli Tijjan (2012), Talaleya Kavit (2018). His books Nivdak Kavita and Racecourse aani Iter Kavita left deep impact on the contemporary Marathi literature, poetry in particular. He says, \"poetry is cryptology and the poet is a cryptologist  of culture\". He was associated with Radical Humanist Association in the 1990s. He has been awarded ` Shabdavedh' Sanman for Marathi poetry for the year 2006. He has been also awarded prestigious 'Sahir Ludhiyanvi Sanman' in 2017 by Balraj Sahani Foundation.","raw_bio":"Saleel Wagh is a Marathi poet, philosopher based in Pune. Saleel Wagh a leading Marathi poet, was born in 1967 in Rajkot, Gujarat. He has 7 collections of poetry on his credit. His collections include Nivadak Kavita (1996), Sadhyachya Kavita (2005), Aadhichya Kavita (2007) a Marathi translation of a major Hindi poet Shamsher Bahadur Singh (1911–1993), Blog Pahila, (a collection of critical articles on contemporary Marathi poetry), Racecourse aani Itar Kavita (2009), Junya Kavita (2010), UlatSulat (2011), Saheli Tijjan (2012), Talaleya Kavit (2018). His books Nivdak Kavita and Racecourse aani Iter Kavita left deep impact on the contemporary Marathi literature, poetry in particular. He says, \"poetry is cryptology and the poet is a cryptologist  of culture\". He was associated with Radical Humanist Association in the 1990s. He has been awarded ` Shabdavedh' Sanman for Marathi poetry for the year 2006. He has been also awarded prestigious 'Sahir Ludhiyanvi Sanman' in 2017 by Balraj Sahani Foundation.","slug":"saleel-wagh","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/saleel-wagh","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.182783","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14576,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shankar Vaidya","bio":"Shankar Vaidya (Devanagari: शंकर वैद्य) was a Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra, India. He was married to writer Sarojini Vaidya. He died on 23 September 2014 in Mumbai.\nVaidya was a Marathi poet known for his easy flowing poems. He was also known for his deep study of poetry covering Marathi poets going back to the 19th century and even earlier to 13th century poets like Sant (Saint) Dnyaneshwar. His first collection of poems (Kavya Sangrah) ‘Kalaswar’ (rough translation: Melody of Time) was published in 1971. However, his first book ‘Aala Kshan Gela Kshan’ (rough translation: Impending instants in time, instants passed by in time) was a collection of short stories published in the early 1960s. Despite being a prolific writer, his second collection of poems 'Darshan' (rough translation: vision) was published only after a long interval in 1998. Many of his poems were published in various periodicals, especially the specials published during the festival of Diwali but were never collected in anthologies.\nHe was honoured with many awards.","raw_bio":"Shankar Vaidya (Devanagari: शंकर वैद्य) was a Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra, India. He was married to writer Sarojini Vaidya. He died on 23 September 2014 in Mumbai. Vaidya was a Marathi poet known for his easy flowing poems. He was also known for his deep study of poetry covering Marathi poets going back to the 19th century and even earlier to 13th century poets like Sant (Saint) Dnyaneshwar. His first collection of poems (Kavya Sangrah) ‘Kalaswar’ (rough translation: Melody of Time) was published in 1971. However, his first book ‘Aala Kshan Gela Kshan’ (rough translation: Impending instants in time, instants passed by in time) was a collection of short stories published in the early 1960s. Despite being a prolific writer, his second collection of poems 'Darshan' (rough translation: vision) was published only after a long interval in 1998. Many of his poems were published in various periodicals, especially the specials published during the festival of Diwali but were never collected in anthologies. He was honoured with many awards.","slug":"shankar-vaidya","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Mumbai, Maharashtra","url":"/sootradhar/shankar-vaidya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.206594","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":17},{"id":14577,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shanta 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.","raw_bio":"Shanta 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 Shanta 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.","slug":"shanta-shelke","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/shanta-shelke","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:03.260049","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"}