Writing in Marathi

Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar

1872–1947Writer Novelist, historian, philosophical and political person

Bhalchandra Nemade

b. 1938writer

Girish Karnad

1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)

Kusumagraj

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

Chitra Mudgal

b. 1944Indian, Hindi language writer

D. R. Bendre

1896–1981Kannada poet (1896–1981)

Mahabaleshwar Sail

b. 1943author (born 1943)

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

1889–1976writer (1889–1976)

Vijay Tendulkar

1928–2008writer

Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar

1930–1976writer

Shyam Manohar

b. 1941writer

Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande

1901–1982writer (1901-1982)

B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma

1909–2005Sanskrit writer

B. S. Mardhekar

1909–1956writer

Bakibab Borkar

1910–1984Marathi and Konkani poet, writer and freedom fighter (1910–1984)

Durga Bhagwat

1910–2002writer (1910-2002)

G. N. Devy

b. 1950social activist, political writer, literary critic and academic (born 1950)

Godavari Parulekar

1907–1996independence activist, writer, and social activist

Irawati Karve

1905–1970sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970)

Jayant Narlikar

1938–2025astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025)

Kiran Nagarkar

1942–2019writer (1942–2019)

Mangesh Padgaonkar

1929–2015poet

Manik Godghate

1937–2012writer and poet

Nagorao Ghanashyam Deshpande

1909–2000Marathi poet (1909-2000)

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande

1919–2000Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)

Shankar Ramani

1922–2003poet (1923–2003)

Smita Nair Jain

b. 1969business executive

Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar

1895–1963historian (1895–1963)

Arun Kolatkar

1932–2004writer (1932-2004)

Aruna Jadeja

b. 1950translator from Gujarat

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

1883–1966politician (1883–1966)

Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar

1891–1959actor (1891-1959)

Kaka Kalelkar

1885–1981social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981)

Nanda Khare

1946–2022Marathi novelist

Ratnakar Matkari

1938–2020actor (1938-2020)

Dilip Chitre

1938–2009writer, painter and filmmaker (1938-2009)

Govind Sakharam Sardesai

1865–1959historian from Maharashtra, India

Sai Paranjpye

b. 1938film director

Bhargavaram Vitthal Varerkar

1883–1964writer (1883–1964)

Mahatma Gandhi

1869–1948independence activist (1869–1948)

Pandurang Sadashiv Sane

1899–1950Marathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India

A. H. Salunkhe

b. 1943Sanskrit scholar, theologian, Marathi author, and social activist from Maharashtra, India

Anant Priolkar

1895–1973writer (1895–1973)

Anna Bhau Sathe

1920–1969social activist and writer from Maharashtra

Arun Krushnaji Kamble

1953–2009politician (1953–2009)

Aruna Ramchandra Dhere

b. 1957writer

Babasaheb Purandare

1922–2021historian and writer

Balakrishna Dattatreya Satoskar

1909–2000historian and journalist (1909–2000)

Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar

1927–2021writer

Dattatraya Ganesh Godse

1914–1992historian, writer and artist

Datto Vaman Potdar

1890–1979historian and writer (1890–1979)

Dhondo Keshav Karve

1858–1962social reformer (1858–1962)

Dinkar G. Kelkar

1896–1990writer, curator and historian

Francis Pereira

1931–2014Jesuit priest, Scripture scholar, Marathi writer

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar

1919–1977Marathi poet, Indian poet (1919-1977)

Guru Thakur

writer

Keshav Sitaram Thackeray

1885–1973writer (1885–1973)

Laxman Rao

b. 1952writer and tea-seller

Madhu Limaye

1922–1995Socialist essayist and activist (1922-1995)

Maruti Chitampalli

1932–2025naturalist, wildlife conservationist and Marathi writer (1932–2025)

Narayan Govind Chapekar

1869–1968Marathi writer, judge and literary critic from India (1869–1968)

Nathuram Premi

1881–1960author of Jainism and Hindi literature

P. V. Narasimha Rao

1921–2004Prime Minister of India (1991-1996)

Pandurang Pissurlekar

1894–1969historian (1894–1969)

Prafull Shiledar

b. 1962screenwriter

Pralhad Keshav Atre

1898–1969writer (1898-1969)

Raja Dhale

1940–2019writer, poet, Ambedkarite thinker, social activist, and political activist.

Rani Bang

b. 1951Marathi medical researcher, social activist and writer (1951-)

Raosaheb Rangnath Borade

1940–2025author who writes in Marathi

Saheb Ramrao Khandare

b. 1962writer

Salil Chowdhury

1925–1995composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)

Satish Alekar

b. 1949Marathi playwright, actor and theatre director

Shanta Gokhale

b. 1939writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic

Shreedhar Swami

1908–1973prominent Marathi-Kannada saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition

Shyam Manav

b. 1951social reformer, rationalist, writer and orator

Swami Sachchidanand

b. 1932Gujarati writer and saint

Urmila Pawar

b. 1945writer

Uttam Kamble

b. 1956newspaper editor

Vasant Sathe

1925–2011politician (1925–2011)

Vasant Shankar Kanetkar

1920–2000writer (1920–2000)

Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi

1893–1985writer and scholar (1893–1985)

Vidya Bal

1937–2020writer (1937–2020)

Vishnu Wagh

1964–2019politician, poet and playwright (1964-2019)

Wasudev Waman Patankar

1908–1997Marathi shayar, and one of the first to pen Marathi shayari

Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar

1899–1985writer

Shivaji Sawant

1940–2002Marathi novelist, playwright and writer (1940–2002)

Yashawant Dinkar Phadke

1931–2008Historian and political activist from Maharashtra, India

Aroon Tikekar

1944–2016scholar and journalist (1944–2016)

Baburao Bagul

1930–2008Marathi-language author

Bhalchandra Pandharinath Bahirat

1904–1998philosopher, educationist and scholar of Jnaneshwar literature (1904–1998)

Chintaman Vinayak Joshi

1892–1963writer (1892-1963)

Gauri Deshpande

1942–2003Marathi-language writer (1942-2003)

Girija Keer

1933–2019writer

Hamid Dalwai

1932–1977social reformer, thinker and writer (1932-1977)

Malati Bedekar

1905–2001writer

Malti Joshi

1943–2024writer

Narayan Hari Apte

1889–1971Marathi popular novelist & writer of advice books and editor from Maharashtra, India