- M. V. Dhond
Madhukar Vasudev Dhond ( _mr. मधुकर वासुदेव धोंड, म वा धोंड) (
October 3 ,1914 –December 5 ,2007 ) was anIndia n literary and art critic.Recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi (India) Awards [http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10313.htm#marathi 1997] for his book "Jnaneshwaritil Laukik Srishti (Criticism)"
Dhond wrote in Marathi on wide range of subjects, including
Dnyaneshwari ,Tukaram ,Vitthal ,Raghunath Karve , playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari,B. S. Mardhekar ,Namdev ,Samarth Ramdas ,D. G. Godse ,Vijay Tendulkar 's play "Sakharam Binder",Anandi Gopal Joshi , Ranjit Desai's Marathi best-selling novel "Swami" among many others.Dhond said he was an
atheist but not faithless.Books by M.V. Dhond
* [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/9921775&referer=brief_results The evolution of khyāl]
* [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/search?q=au%3AMadhukara+Va%CC%84sudeva+Dhon%CC%A3d%CC%A3a&qt=hot_author Most books of M. V. Dhond]
* Jnaneshwaritil Laukik Srishti (Criticism) (Mauj Prakashan 1991)
* Chandra Chavathicha (Mauj Prakashan 1987)
* Dnyaneshwari: Swarup, Tatvadnyan ani Kavya (Majestic Book Stall, 1980)
* Aisa vitevara deva kothe! [http://144.16.72.182/sndt/sndt/libvig/yp/pubbksl/pub_rhp.htm (Rajhans Prakashan 2001)]
* Jalyatil Chandra (Rajhans Prakashan 1994)
* Tarīhi yeto vasa phulānnā (Rajhans Prakashan 1999)
* Marhati Lavani (Mauj Prakashan 1956)External links
* [http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10313.htm#marathi Sahitya Akademi (India) Awards 1955-2005]
* [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/search?q=au%3AMadhukara+Va%CC%84sudeva+Dhon%CC%A3d%CC%A3a&qt=hot_author Books by M. V. Dhond]
* [http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=dhond+site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fsearchingforlaugh.blogspot.com%2F&btnG=Search&meta= Introduction to some of Dhond's work]
* [http://loksatta.com/daily/20071206/mp02.htm M. V. Dhond dies]
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