Vinda Karandikar
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| Govind Vināyak Karandikar | |
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| Born | 23 August 1918 Ghalval, Dist. Sindhudurg |
| Died | 14 March 2010 (aged 91) Mumbai |
| Occupation | Writer, Poet, Essayist and Critic |
| Spouse(s) | Sumati Karandikar |
Govind Vināyak Karandikar (Marathi: गोविंद विनायक करंदीकर) (August 23, 1918 – March 14, 2010), better known as Vindā Karandikar (Marathi: विंदा करंदीकर), was a well-known Marathi poet and writer. He was also an essayist, literary critic, and a translator.
He was conferred with 39th Jnanpith Award in 2003, which is the highest literary award in India.[1] He also received some other awards for his literary work including Keshavasut Prize, Soviet Land Nehru Literary Award, Kabir Samman, and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1996 [2]
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[edit] Life and works
Karandikar was born on August 23, 1918, at Dhalval village in the present-day Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.[3]
Karandikar's poetic works include Svedgangā (River of Sweat) (1949), Mrudgandha (1954), Dhrupad (1959), Jātak (1968), and Virupika (1980). Two anthologies of his selected poems, Sanhita (1975) and Adimaya (1990) were also published. His poetic works for children include Rānichā Bāg (1961), Sashyāche Kān (1963), and Pari Ga Pari (1965).
Experimentation has been a feature of Karandikar's Marathi poems. He also translated his own poems in English, which were published as "Vinda Poems" (1975). He also modernized old Marathi literature like Dnyaneshwari and Amrutānubhawa.
Besides having been a prominent Marathi poet, Karandikar has contributed to Marathi literature as an essayist, a critic, and a translator. He translated Poetics of Aristotle and King Lear of Shakespeare in Marathi.
Karandikar's collections of short essays include Sparshaachi Palvi (1958) and Akashacha Arth (1965). Parampara ani Navata (1967), is a collection of his analytical reviews.[3]
Karandikar was the only third Marathi writer to have won the dnanpith award in the year 2003 for his work called Ashtadarshan (poetry), after Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1974) and Vishnü Vāman Shirwādkar (Kusumagraj) (1987).
Vinda Karindikar died on 14 March 2010 at the age of 91 in Mumbai.
[edit] References
- ^ "Marathi litterateur Karandikar conferred Jnanpith". Indian Express. Aug 11 2006. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/marathi-litterateur-karandikar-conferred-jnanpith/10335/0.
- ^ Fellowships Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ^ a b "Marathi Poet Govind Vinayak Passes Away". Mumbai: Outlook. 14 March 2010. http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?676674. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
[edit] Further reading
- Heyman, Michael; Sumanyu Satpathy and Anushka Ravishankar (2007). The Tenth Rasa : An Anthology of Indian Nonsense. New Delhi: Penguin. ISBN 0143100866. This volume includes several translations to English of Karandikar's nonsense verse.
[edit] External links
- Clip showing Vinda's funeral
- Vinda Reading his poem ` Datakadun Data kade
- Vinda reading his poems
- Vinda presenting his poem
- Vinda reading his poem
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