Dattatreya Raghunath Kavthekar ((Devanagari

Devanagari

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: दत्तात्रेय रघुनाथ कवठेकर) (1901 – 1979) was a Marathi

Marathi people

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 novelist from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, India

India

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.

He was born in 1901 in Wai

Wai, Maharashtra

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, Maharashtra. He lost both of his parents at an early age. After his high school education, he joined the Indian Army

Indian Army

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 then under the British Raj

British Raj

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. He was a World War I

World War I

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 veteran.

For some time, Nagpur University had included study of Kavthekar's fictions in its Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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curriculum.

Works

• Ūmaḍalelyā Bhāvanā (1937)
• Ujeḍāntīla Andhār (1937)
• Nādanīnāda (1939)
• Gulābācyā Pākaḷayā (1940)
• Cāndaṇyāntīla Sāvalyā (1940)
• Apurā Ḍāva (1941)
• Reśamācyā Gāṭhī (1942)
• Śālan (1943)
• Mandā (1943)
• Āpulakīcī Jhaḷ (1962)
• Vāṭa Pāhatã Locana (1965)
• Ābhāḷācī Sā̃valī (1967)
• Ruperī Kaḍā (1968)
• Malā Sobat Havīya -Phakta Sobat! (1973)
• Svapna Vegī Sare (1974)
• Mandā Mhaṇajeca Andha Andhārī Baisale (1978)
• Vikhuralele Prem

Movies based on Kavthekar's novels

• Shubhamangal (1954)
• Kunkwacha Karanda (1971)
• Apura Dav
• Reshmachya Gathi