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  1. Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
    Writer
  2. Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar was an eminent Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi litterateur to win prestigious Jnanpith Award. Wikipedia
  3. BornJanuary 11, 1898, Sangli
  4. DiedSeptember 2, 1976



Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

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Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Born11 January 1898
Died2 September 1976
OccupationWriter
Notable worksYayati, Kraunchwadh, Ulka
Notable awardsJnanpeeth Award (Yayati)
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (Devanagari: विष्णु सखाराम खांडेकर) (11 January 1898 – 2 September 1976) (V. S. Sakharam Khandekar) was an eminent Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathilitterateur to win prestigious Jnanpith Award.[1][2][3]

Early life[edit]

Khandekar was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. His father was a munsif in Sangli principality. In his early life, he was interested in acting in dramas and staged various dramas in his school days.

Professional and literary life[edit]

In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town, Shirode, in the present-day Sindhudurg district of the Konkan region in Maharashtra. He worked in that school until 1938. While working as a teacher, Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.[4] He worked and founded Khandekari alankar in Marathi grammar.[citation needed]

Honors and awards[edit]

In 1941, Khandekar was elected as the president of the annual Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (Marathi Literary Conference) in Solapur. In 1968, the Government of India honoured him with a Padma Bhushan award in recognition of his literary accomplishments.[5] Two years later, he was also honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship of the Indian Sahitya Akademi. in 1974, he was awarded Jnanpith Award, country's highest literary recognition, for his novel Yayati.[2][3] Shivaji University at Kolhapur, Maharashtra conferred on him an honorary degree of D.Litt. In 1998, the Government of India issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honour.

Major works[edit]

Khandekar's novel Yayāti (ययाति) received three prestigious awards: A Maharashtra State Award (1960), a Sahitya Akademi Award (1960), and a Jnanpith Award (1974).[2][4]
Khandekar's other novels are as follows:
  • Hrudayāchi Hāk (हृदयाची हाक) (1930)
  • Kānchan Mruga (कांचनमृग) (1931)
  • Ulkā (उल्का) (1934)
  • Don Mane (दोन मने) (1938)
  • Hirwā Chāphā (हिरवा चाफ़ा) (1938)
  • Don Dhruwa (दोन धृव) (1934)
  • Rikāmā Dewhārā (रिकामा देव्हारा) (1939)
  • Pahile Prem (पहिले प्रेम) (1940)
  • Kraunchawadh (क्रौंचवध) (1942)
  • Jalalelā Mohar (जळलेला मोहर) (1947)
  • Pāndhare Dhag (पांढरे ढग) (1949)
  • Amrutawel (अमृतवेल)
  • Sukhāchā Shodh (सुखाचा शोध)
  • Ashru (अश्रू))
  • Soneri Swapne Bhangaleli (सोनेरी स्वप्ने भंगलेली)
  • Yayati (ययाति)
  • Eka Panachi Kahani (एका पानाची कहाणी) (Autobioghraphy)

Other works[edit]

The following is a partial list of Khandekar's other works:
  • अभिषेक(Abhishek)
  • अविनाश (Avinash)
  • गोकर्णीची फुले (Gokarnahi Fule)
  • ढगाआडचे चांदणे (Dhagaadache Chandne)
  • दवबिंदू (Davbindu)
  • नवी स्त्री (Navi Stri)
  • प्रसाद (Prasad)
  • मुखवटे (Mukhawate)
  • रानफुले (Ranfule)
  • विकसन (Vikasan)
  • क्षितिजस्पर्श (Shitijsparsh)

Movies and television serials[edit]

Several movies and television serials have been made based on the works of Khandekar. The movies include:
  • Chhāyā...........[Marathi] (1936)
  • Jwālā..............[Marathi and Hindi] (1938)
  • Devatā............[Marathi] (1939)
  • Amrut..............[Marathi and Hindi] (1941)
  • Dharma Patni...[Telugu and Tamil] (1941)[1]
  • Pardeshi.........[Marathi]) (1953)
Khandekar wrote the dialogue and screenplay for the Marathi movie Lagna Pahāwe Karoon (1940).[6]

Other works[edit]

  • Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam; A. K. Bhagwat; Acyuta Kesava Bhagavata (1977). Maharashtra, a Profile. V. S. Khandekar Amrit Mahotsava Satkar Samiti.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Yayati (Marathi). 1959. OCLC 489363076.

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