Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar

Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar
मंगेश पाडगावकर
Born	March 10, 1929 (1929-03-10) (age 82) Vengurla, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra
Nationality	Indian
Field	Marathi Poetry
Awards	Maharashtra Bhushan - 2008, Sahitya Academy Award - 1980, M.P. Literary Award - 1956, Maharashtra State Award - '53/'55

Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar (Devanagari: मंगेश केशव पाडगांवकर) is a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He was born on March 10, 1929 in Vengurla, Sindhudurg District in Maharashtra. He is married to Yashoda Padgaonkar and has three children, Dr. Ajit Padgaonkar, Abhay Padgaonkar and Anjali Kulkarni.

Education and Career

He received a Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Sanskrit from the University of Bombay, He taught Marathi at Ruia College for some years, and then during the 1970–1990 period served as an editor at the U.S. Information Service, both in Mumbai.

Padgaonkar has 40 publications to his credit. The U.S. Library of Congress has acquired 31 of his publications.^[1]

Padgaonkar has received several awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1980 for his collection of poems Salam (सलाम), the M.P. Literary Conference Award in 1956, and the Maharashtra State Award in 1953 and 1955. In 2008 Padgaonkar was awarded with Maharashtra Bhushan Award along with Late Nana Dharmadhikari, noted Spiritual leader. ^[2]

Literary career

The following is a partial list of collections of Padgaonkar's poems.

• Dharanrtya (1950)
• Sharmishtha (1960)
• Kavyadarshan (1962)
• Utsav (1962)
• Salam (1980)
• Gajhala (1981)
• Bhatake Pakshi (1984)
• Tujhe Gita Ganyasathi (1989)
• Bolagani (1990)
• Nava Diwas (1993)
• Sutti Eke Sutti (1993)
• Jipsi (1994)
• Mira (1995)
• Triveni (1995)
• Udasabodh (1996)
• Kabira (1997)
• Vatratika(1999)
• Vidushak (1999)
• Moru (1999)
• Suradas (1999)
• Kavita Manasanchya, Manasasathi (1999)
• Radha (2000)

References

1. ^ "The South Asian Literary Recording Project". Library of Congress, New Delhi. http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/mangeshpadgaonkar.html. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
2. ^ "Dharmadhikari & Padgaonkar bags Maharashtra Bhushan award". Times of India. http://www.mumbaipluses.com/newbombayplus/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=1&contentid=20081126200811261150445277d302924&sectxslt=&comments=true. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 

External links

• Mangesh Padgaonkar to perform at Kala Academy Auditorium, April 24th, 2010
• Dubai to host world Marathi Sammelan - IndiaNews, Jan 11th, 2010
• Mangesh Padgaonkar selected as president of 2nd Global Marathi Meet, India Tribune, Jan 9th, 2010
• Veteran Poet Mangesh Padgaonkar Gets Lifetime Achievement Award, May 11th, 2009
• Marathi poet gifts books to Shakespeare Memorial, Midday News, March 9th, 2009
• Padgaonkar to get Maharashtra Bhushan Award, April 30th, 2008
• The Word Of A Poet, Anagha Sawant, Indian Express, June 5th, 1997
• Sahitya Academy Awardees - Marathi, 1980

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Name	Padgaonkar, Mangesh
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Date of birth	March 10, 1929
Place of birth	Vengurla, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra
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