Abhidhanantar
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Abhidhanantar was a significant literary magazines in the Marathi
langugage primarily devoted to poetry. It was edited by Hemant Divate
, a noted Marathi poet and publisher. It started as a small magazine called Abhidha in 1992 and in 1998 it was named Abhidhanantar because of registration issues.. It was discontinued in 2009. Abhidhanantar, along with periodicals like Shabdavedh, Saushthav, Khel and Navakshar Darshan was in the tradition of famous `little magazine movement’ in Marathi poetry pioneered by renowned poets like Dilip Chitre
and Arun Kolatkar
in the 1950s. The focus of this periodical was on the relationship between literature and globalization and it highlighted the poetry which emerged out of the social, cultural and linguistic crises brought about by globalization
.Abhidhanantar was also honoured with the Maharashtra Foundation Award for its contribution to Marathi literature.
Its significance lies in the fact that it provided a platform for poets from various social, cultural and geographical locations eager to do something different and original in poetry for more than seventeen years. It also brought out important special issues like Dilip Chitre
special issue, Arun Kolatkar
special issue and a special issue on Globalization and Marathi poetry. Many new poets and critics like Saleel Wagh
, Sachin Ketkar, Manya Joshi
, Sanjeev Khandekar
, Mangesh Narayanrao Kale
, apart from Hemant himself, have published their significant work in this magazine.
Abhidhanantar is also a small publishing house which has published collections of some of the very important new voices in Marathi today. Its English imprint Poetrywala published Live Update: An Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry, edited and translated by Sachin Ketkar, thus making fresh Marathi poetry available to non-Marathi readers. It has made the recent Marathi poetry, globally accessible. It has also very recently published As Is, Where Is, collected English poetry of the distinguished poet Dilip Chitre
. Selected Marathi poems of Chitre, translated by the poet himself as `Shesha’ is also published by Poetrywala recently. It has also brought out poetry collection of Vilas Sarang
and Dipalle Parmar.
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
langugage primarily devoted to poetry. It was edited by Hemant Divate
Hemant Divate
Hemant Divate is a reputed Marathi poet, translator and publisher based in Mumbai.- Biography :Hemant Divate is an avant-garde poet, a reputed editor, publisher and translator....
, a noted Marathi poet and publisher. It started as a small magazine called Abhidha in 1992 and in 1998 it was named Abhidhanantar because of registration issues.. It was discontinued in 2009. Abhidhanantar, along with periodicals like Shabdavedh, Saushthav, Khel and Navakshar Darshan was in the tradition of famous `little magazine movement’ in Marathi poetry pioneered by renowned poets like Dilip Chitre
Dilip Chitre
Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a painter and filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Baroda on 17 September 1938...
and Arun Kolatkar
Arun Kolatkar
Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar was a poet from Maharashtra, India. Writing in both Marathi and English, his poems found humor in many everyday matters. His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets...
in the 1950s. The focus of this periodical was on the relationship between literature and globalization and it highlighted the poetry which emerged out of the social, cultural and linguistic crises brought about by globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
.Abhidhanantar was also honoured with the Maharashtra Foundation Award for its contribution to Marathi literature.
Its significance lies in the fact that it provided a platform for poets from various social, cultural and geographical locations eager to do something different and original in poetry for more than seventeen years. It also brought out important special issues like Dilip Chitre
Dilip Chitre
Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a painter and filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Baroda on 17 September 1938...
special issue, Arun Kolatkar
Arun Kolatkar
Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar was a poet from Maharashtra, India. Writing in both Marathi and English, his poems found humor in many everyday matters. His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets...
special issue and a special issue on Globalization and Marathi poetry. Many new poets and critics like Saleel Wagh
Saleel Wagh
Saleel Wagh is a Marathi poet, translator and critic based in Pune.-Biography:Saleel Wagh was born in 1967 in Rajkot, Gujarat. His collections include Nivadak Kavita, Sadhyachya Kavita, Aadhichya Kavita a Marathi translation of a major Hindi poet Shamsher Bahadur Singh and Blog Pahila, a...
, Sachin Ketkar, Manya Joshi
Manya Joshi
-Biography:Manya Joshi was born in 1972. He has Master's in Marathi Literature from Mumbai University and a Master's in Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma, USA. He works as a freelance library research advisor and copywriter...
, Sanjeev Khandekar
Sanjeev Khandekar
Sanjeev Khandekar is a reputed Marathi writer and visual artist based in Mumbai.-Biography:He was born in 1958. Kavita a collection of his early poetry and Search Engine . These collections have been followed by three volumes of poetry - All that I Wanna Do , Mutatis Mutandis and Two Poems...
, Mangesh Narayanrao Kale
Mangesh Narayanrao Kale
- Biography :Mangesh Narayanrao Kale was born in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, in 1966. He is a post graduate in journalism and Hindi. As a journalist, he started his career with the Marathi daily ‘Marathwada’. Later he started own daily, ‘Khandesh’. He now works in publishing and printing...
, apart from Hemant himself, have published their significant work in this magazine.
Abhidhanantar is also a small publishing house which has published collections of some of the very important new voices in Marathi today. Its English imprint Poetrywala published Live Update: An Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry, edited and translated by Sachin Ketkar, thus making fresh Marathi poetry available to non-Marathi readers. It has made the recent Marathi poetry, globally accessible. It has also very recently published As Is, Where Is, collected English poetry of the distinguished poet Dilip Chitre
Dilip Chitre
Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a painter and filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Baroda on 17 September 1938...
. Selected Marathi poems of Chitre, translated by the poet himself as `Shesha’ is also published by Poetrywala recently. It has also brought out poetry collection of Vilas Sarang
Vilas Sarang
Vilas Sarang is one of the most significant modernist Indian writer, critic and translator to emerge in the post-independence period....
and Dipalle Parmar.
Online References
- Menka Shivdasani's interview with Hemant Divate regarding poetry and publishing
- Muse India article on Abhidhanantar
- From Encylopedic Dictionary of Marathi Literature by Sunita Deshpande, 2007
Reference
- Sunita Deshpande, ed. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marathi Literature, New Delhi: Global Vision Publishing house,2007 ISBN 81-8220-222-1