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Natyachhatakar Diwakar

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Shankar Kashinath Garge
Born
Shankar Govindrao Diwakar

(1889-01-18)18 January 1889
Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died1 October 1931(1931-10-01) (aged 42)
Pune, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesDiwakar, Shankar Kashinath Garge
EducationSchool Final, 1908
Occupation(s)Clerk, teacher at Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya 1915-1931, writer. researcher
Known forNatyachhata, a kind of dramatic monologues

Shankar Kashinath Garge (शंकर काशीनाथ गर्गे) more popularly known as Natyachhatakar Diwakar (नाट्यछटाकार दिवाकर) (18 January 1889 – 1 October 1931) was a Marathi writer whose mastery of the Natyachhata, a kind of dramatic monologue made him the only major Marathi writer to have used this literary form very successfully. He was born in Pune, Bombay Presidency.

He also wrote plays, short stories. He was particularly influenced by the writings of Robert Browning, William Wordsworth, William Shakespeare.[1]

He did pioneering work in researching poems of a leading modern Marathi poet Keshavasuta.[citation needed]

He was a favourite writer of a few leading Marathi writers like Durga Bhagwat, Vijay Tendulkar, Sadanand Rege.[citation needed]

Ms. Bhagwat praises him in a book based on her long interviews.[2][page needed] Mr. Tendulkar edited a book of Diwakar's Natyachhata's.[3]

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  1. ^ Marathi Vishwakosh https://marathivishwakosh.maharashtra.gov.in/khandas/khand7/index.php/component/content/article?id=13250
  2. ^ 'Aispais Gappa: Durgabainshi', 1998 by Pratibha Ranade, published by Rajhans Prakashan
  3. ^ 'Samagra Diwakar', 1996 Edited by Sarojini Vaidya, published by Popular Prakashan
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