Shivaji Sawant
Shivaji Sawant (August 31, 1940 – September 18, 2002) was an acclaimed Indian writer in Marathi. He was born in a small farmer family of Aajra village in Kolhapur district. He worked with Rajaram Prashala, Kolhapur as a teacher for 20 years and afterwords as editor with Maharashtra education department's monthly magazine Lokshikshan for six years in Pune (1974 – 1980).
After extensive research he wrote a book Mrityunjay (English: Triumph Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated in Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book Chhava based on Sambhaji's life.
He held the post of the vice-president of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad since 1995. He was president of Baroda Sahitya Sammelan in 1983.
Mr. Shivaji Sawant died of massive cardiac arrest in Goa while campaigning for the post of President of 76th 'All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan'. He was one of the three contestants contesting for the post of President, the other two were Subhash Bhende from Mumbai and Jawahar Mutha from Aurangabad.
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- Mrityunjay
- Chhava
- Yugandhar
- Kanchan Kan
- Ladhat
- Ashi Mane Ase NamuneKan
- Kavadase
- Krantis ihachi Gavran Boli (compilation)
- Purushottamnama
[edit] Dramas
- Mrityunjay
- Chhava
he was not only a historical writer but also a political writer
[edit] Mrityunjay
Mrityunjay is the novel very famous in the marathi compositions . It is based on the life of Karna , a great warrior in the epic of Mahabharata.The novel comprises of auspicious Marathi writting skills as well as the figures of speech used inn the writting is much interesting and hence this novel has got fame in the minds of people.The artistic language is very simple and dealing with the beauties of nature . So, it proves a milestone in the history of Marathi novels yet standing still in this century.
[edit] =Yugandhar
Yugandhar is an another Novel of Shivaji Sawant based on the liofe of Krishna , a great character in Mahabharata and other narrative epics as well as the God of the Hindus.Yugandhar is the best and most famous Novel of Marathi language and it is awarded with many of the prizes and awards given by the Sahitya Academy.
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