Sharchchandra Muktibodh (Devanagari: शरच्चंद्र मुक्तिबोध; 1921 – 21 November 1984) was a Marathi poet, novelist and literary critic from Maharashtra, India.

Biography

Muktibodh was born in 1921. He completed his Master of Arts in 1947 from Nagpur University. He started his career as a deputy director in the language department of government. In 1957, he joined Nagpur Mahavidyalaya as a lecturer, from where he retired in 1979.[1]

Muktibodh died on 21 November 1984. His elder brother Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was also a poet and writer of Hindi literature.[2]

Literary works

Novels

  • Sarahadda (सरहद्द)
  • Jan He Wolatu Jethe (जन हे वोळतु जेथे)
  • Kshipra (क्षिप्रा)

Collections of poems

  • Nawi Malawat (नवी मळवाट)
  • Satyachi Jat (सत्याची जात)
  • Yatrik (यात्रिक)
  • Muktibodhanchi Niwadak Kavita (मुक्तिबोधांची निवडक कविता)

Awards

Muktibodh received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979 for his critical work Srushti, Saundarya Ani Sahityamoolya (सृष्टि, सौंदर्य आणि साहित्यमूल्य).

References

  1. ↑ Deshpane, Sunita, ed. (2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Marathi Literature. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing House. p. 431. ISBN 978-81-8220-222-1.
  2. ↑ Patankar, R. B. (February 1985). "Sharacchandra Muktibodh". Social Scientist. 13 (2): 61–66. JSTOR 3520192.(subscription required)


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