Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar
1872–1947Writer Novelist, historian, philosophical and political person
novelist
Laxman Gaikwad
b. 1956, writes in Marathi, writer, novelist
Laxman Maruti Gaikwad is a famous Marathi novelist known for his best work The Branded, a translation of his autobiographical novel Uchalaya. This novel not only gave him international recognition but he was also awarded the Maharashtra Gourav Puraskar, and the Sahitya Akademi award for this novel. Considered a masterpiece in Marathi literature, his novel for the first time brings to the world of literature the trials and tribulations of his tribe, Uchalya, literally the pilferers, a term coined by the British who classified the tribe as a criminal tribe. This book also brings in the problems faced by the Dalits in India. At present he is residing in Mumbai.
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Books on record
On Open Library
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Awards
| 1988 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Uchalya |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Marathi
Anant Sadashiv Altekar
1898–1959historian, archaeologist, and numismatist from Maharashtra, India
Bhalchandra Nemade
b. 1938writer
Girish Karnad
1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Kusumagraj
1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)
Raghunath Dhondo Karve
1882–1953activist (1882-1953), Publisher