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writer, painter and filmmaker (1938-2009)

Dilip Chitre

1938–2009, born Vadodara, writes in Marathi, English, writer, poet, translator

Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian poets and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a notable bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a teacher, a painter, a filmmaker and a magazine columnist.

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Books on record

On Open Library

Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.

Awards

1994Sahitya Akademi Award for Ekun Kavita-I

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Marathi

Kusumagraj

1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)