Marathi Bhasha Diwas: Books to read on Kusumagraj's birth anniversary

Marathi Bhasha Diwas: Books to read on Kusumagraj's birth anniversary

Swarna SrikanthUpdated: Sunday, February 27, 2022, 12:43 PM IST
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Marathi Bhasha Diwas or Marathi Day is celebrated on February 27 every year on the birth anniversary of eminent Marathi poet Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar.


V. V. Shirwadkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), was an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, apart from being a humanist, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived, In a career spanning five decades starting in per-independence era, he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays.

Here are some the must read books authored by 'Kusumagraj'

Natsamrat

Jivanlahari

Vishakha

Kimayagar

Pravasi Pakshi

Kinara

Durche Divey

Vaishnav

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