Vasant Abaji Dahake (born March 30, 1942) is a Marathi poet, playwright, short story writer, artist, and critic from Amaravati district in the Maharashtra state of India. He is awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection Chitralipi for 2009.[1]
His writings show an influence of existentialist writers like Kafka. His poetry is often dark and provocative.
He is associated with the little magazine movement in Marathi during the mid-1950s and the 1960s. Dahake was the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Chandrapur in 2012.[2] His daughter is Rahee Vasant Dahake, an English writer and translator
Works
Poetry
- Yogabhrashta (1972). (Translated into English as “A Terrorist of the Spirit' by Ranjit Hoskote and Mangesh Kulkarni.)
- Shubha-Wartaman (1987)
- Shunah-Shepa (1996)
- Chitralipi
Fiction
- Adholoka (1975)
- Pratibaddha Ani Martya” (1981)
Essays & Literary Criticism
- Yatra Antaryatra (1999)
- Kavita Mhanje Kay? (1991)
- Samakaleen Sahitya (1992)
- Kavitevishayi (1999)
maltekdivarun (2009) Other Works
- Nivadak Sadanand Rege (1996) (A selection of Sadanand Rege's poetry)
- Shaleya Marathi Shabdakosh (1997) (A Marathi dictionary for primary and secondary school students).
- Sankshipta Marathi Vangmayakosh (1998) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of Marathi literature)
- Kavita Visavya Shatakachi (2000) (Co-editor of an encyclopaedia of 20th century Marathi poetry)
- Vangmayin Samdnya-Sankalpana Kosh (Co-editor)
External links
- His poems on Poetry International Web
- Amitabh Bachchan at Little Mag
- Bio at India - Poetry International Web
maltekadivarun (2009)
References
- ^ "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180224124312/https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-VID-NAG-85-marathi-sahitya-sammelan-in-chandrapur-2830566.html