Shripad Narayan Pendse

Shripad Narayan Pendse

Shripad Narayan Pendse (1913 – March 24, 2007) was a major Indian novelist of the post-Independence period. Writing in Marathi, he has numerous novels to his credit out of which "Haddapar" (The Outcast), "Garambacha Bapu" (Bapu of Garambi) and "Tumbadche Khot" (The Khots of Tumbad) are famous. His "Rathachakra" (The Chariot-Wheel) won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963. [ [http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10313.htm#marathi Sahitya Akademi site] ] An English translation of "Garambacha Bapu" was published as "Wild Bapu of Garambi" in 1969 as part of a UNESCO collection of representative works, organised with the Sahitya Akademi. [ [http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/pub2.htm Sahitya Akademi publications] ] He died in Mumbai.

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