Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
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Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan is a conference for literary discussions by Marathi
writers. Though the conference has sometimes been held in a town outside the India
n state of Maharashtra
, it is typically held annually in one of the towns in Maharashtra where Marathi is the mother tongue of a large majority of its residents.
The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held in Pune
in 1878 under the chairmanship of Mahadev Govind Ranade
.
Regional counterparts of the conference such as Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Vidarbha Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, and Goa Marathi Sahitya Sammelan have also been recently held.
Eighteenth All India Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan was held at Aurangabad on February 7 and 8, 2009.
Eighth Akhil Bharatiya Muslim Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held at Aurangabad during July 10 -12, 2009. (The seventh Sammelan had been held at Kolhapur in 2001.)
The first Vishwa Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was organized by the Bay Area Maharashtra Mandal in Milpitas, California
during February 14-16, 2009.
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
writers. Though the conference has sometimes been held in a town outside the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, it is typically held annually in one of the towns in Maharashtra where Marathi is the mother tongue of a large majority of its residents.
The first Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
in 1878 under the chairmanship of Mahadev Govind Ranade
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre, and the judge of Bombay...
.
Regional counterparts of the conference such as Konkan Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Vidarbha Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, and Goa Marathi Sahitya Sammelan have also been recently held.
Eighteenth All India Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan was held at Aurangabad on February 7 and 8, 2009.
Eighth Akhil Bharatiya Muslim Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was held at Aurangabad during July 10 -12, 2009. (The seventh Sammelan had been held at Kolhapur in 2001.)
The first Vishwa Marathi Sahitya Sammelan was organized by the Bay Area Maharashtra Mandal in Milpitas, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
during February 14-16, 2009.
Past Sammelan Presidents
- 1878 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Mahadev Govind RanadeMahadev Govind RanadeJustice Mahadev Govind Ranade was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre, and the judge of Bombay... - 1879 - 1884 (No sammelan)
- 1885 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) KrushnaShastri Rajwade - 1886 - 1904 (No sammelan)
- 1905 (SataraSataraSatara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
) Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar - 1906 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Vasudeo Govind Kanitkar - 1907 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Vishnu Moreshwar MahajaniVishnu Moreshwar MahajaniRao Bahadur Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani was a Marathi poet and playwright from Maharashtra, India.-Biography:... - 1908 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Chintaman Vinayak VaidyaChintaman Vinayak VaidyaChintaman Vinayak Vaidya was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He chaired in 1908 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in Pune.The following is a list of the titles of his major works:... - 1909 (BadodaBadodaBadoda is a city and a municipality in Sheopur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Badoda had a population of 15,672. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Badoda has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of...
) Kanhoba Ranchhodadas Kirtikar - 1910 (No sammelan)
- 1911 (No sammelan)
- 1912 (Akola) Hari Narayan ApteHari Narayan ApteHari Narayan Apte was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Through his writings, he provided an eminent example to future Marathi fiction writers in respect of writing effective novels and short stories which faithfully reflect different aspects of contemporary society...
- 1913 (Akola) mahesh more
- 1914 (No sammelan)
- 1915 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Gangadhar Patwardhan - 1916 (No sammelan)
- 1917 (IndurIndurIndur was a Palestinian village, located southeast of Nazareth. Its name preserves that of ancient Endor, a Canaanite city state thought to have been located to the northeast. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and its inhabitants became refugees, some of whom were...
) Ganesh Janardan Agashe - 1918 - 1920 (No sammelan)
- 1921(BadodaBadodaBadoda is a city and a municipality in Sheopur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Badoda had a population of 15,672. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Badoda has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of...
) Narasimha Chintaman KelkarNarasimha Chintaman KelkarNarasimha Chintaman Kelkar was a literary and political figure from Maharashtra, India.He was born on August 24, 1872 in the town of Modnimb near Miraj... - 1922 - 1925 (No sammelan)
- 1926 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Madhav Vinayak KibeMadhav Vinayak KibeMadhav Vinayak Kibe was a scholar from Maharashtra, India. He was from Kibe family founded by Vithalrao Mahadeo Kibe, known as Tantya Jog, the Prime Minister to Maharaja Malhar Rao Holkar.... - 1927 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Shripad Krushna KolhatkarShripad Krushna KolhatkarShripad Krushna Kolhatkar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born on June 29, 1871 in Nagpur. While in high school, he wrote a play named Sukha Malika... - 1928 (Gwalior) Madhav Shrihari Aney
- 1929 (BelgaumBelgaumBelgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
) Shivram Mahadev ParanjapeShivram Mahadev ParanjapeShivram Mahadev Paranjape was an eminent Marathi writer, scholar, orator, journalist and freedom fighter from Maharashtra... - 1930 (Madgaon) Vaman Malhar JoshiVaman Malhar JoshiVaman Malhar Joshi was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Joshi was born on January 21, 1882 in the town of Tale in the Konkan region of Maharashtra...
- 1931 (Hyderabad) Shridhar Venkatesh KetkarShridhar Venkatesh KetkarShridhar Venkatesh Ketkar was a sociologist, historian and novelist from Maharashtra, India...
- 1932 (Kolhapur) Sayajirao GayakwadMaharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III165454565Sayajirao Gaekwad III was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, and is notably remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule....
- 1933 (NagpurNagpurNāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
) Krushnaji Prabhakar KhadilkarKrushnaji Prabhakar KhadilkarKrushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar ((Devanagari: कृष्णाजी प्रभाकर खाडिलकर) (1872 - 1948) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Khadilkar was born on November 25, 1872 in Sangli. At age 15, he wrote a novel, and the next year he wrote a... - 1934 (BadodaBadodaBadoda is a city and a municipality in Sheopur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Badoda had a population of 15,672. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Badoda has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of...
) Narayan Govind ChapekarNarayan Govind ChapekarNarayan Govind Chapekar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was the editor of Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika .... - 1935 (IndurIndurIndur was a Palestinian village, located southeast of Nazareth. Its name preserves that of ancient Endor, a Canaanite city state thought to have been located to the northeast. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and its inhabitants became refugees, some of whom were...
) Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant PratinidhiBhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant PratinidhiBhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi , popularly known as either Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi or Bhawanrao Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi was the enlightened ruler during November 4, 1909 - August 15, 1947 of the tiny princely state of Aundh in... - 1936 (Jalgaon) Madhav Trimbak PatwardhanMadhav JulianMadhav Julian was the pen name which Madhav Trimbak Patwardhan used in writing Marathi poetry.He hailed from Maharashtra, India.-Biography:...
- 1937 (No sammelan)
- 1938 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Vinayak Damodar SavarkarVinayak Damodar SavarkarVināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar was an Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician. He was the proponent of liberty as the ultimate ideal. Savarkar was a poet, writer and playwright... - 1939 (Ahmednagar) Datto Vaman PotdarDatto Vaman PotdarDattatray Vaman Potdar , better known as Datto Vaman Potdar, was an eminent Indian historian, writer, and orator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune during 1961 - 1964....
- 1940 (RatnagiriRatnagiriRatnāgiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan.The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east...
) Narayan Sitaram PhadkeNa Si PhadkeNarayan Sitaram Phadke , was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was an MA from Bombay University.He worked in 1919 -1920 as an assistant editor of Maratha newspaper. He was a professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Rajaram College in Kolhapur during 1926 -1951... - 1941 (SolapurSolapurSolapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...
) Vishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam Khandekar was an eminent Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Early life:... - 1942 (Nashik) Prahlad Keshav AtrePrahlad Keshav AtrePrahlād Keshav Atre , popularly known as Āchārya Atre , was a multi-faceted Indian figure. He was a prominent Marathi writer, a poet, an educationist, a newspaper founder–editor of Maratha , a political leader, a movie producer–director–script writer...
- 1943 (SangliSangliSangli is a city in the state of Maharashtra of India. Sangli is known as the Turmeric city for its vast production of Turmeric. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and is the largest market place for Turmeric in Asia and houses many sugar factories, which it is also noted for...
) Shripad Mahadev MateShripad Mahadev MateShripad Mahadev Mate was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Mate served for some years as a teacher at Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya and then as a professor at S. P... - 1944 (DhuleDhuleDhule is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India. It is one of the very few well-planned cities of India before Indian Independence.-Geography:Dhule is located at...
) Bhargavaram Viththal VarerkarBhargavaram Viththal VarerkarBhargavaram Viththal Varerkar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Varterkar was born in 1883 in Chiplun in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. He attended high schools in Malvan, Dapoli, and Ratnagiri... - 1945 (No sammelan)
- 1946 (BelgaumBelgaumBelgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
) Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar - 1947 (Hyderabad) Narahar Raghunath Phatak
- 1948 (No sammelan)
- 1949 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Shankar Dattatraya JavdekarShankar Dattatraya JavdekarShankar Dattatraya Javdekar , popularly known as Acharya Javdekar, was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.... - 1950 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Yashwant Dinkar PendharkarYashwant Dinkar PendharkarYashwant Dinkar Pendharkar was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. He wrote poetry under the pen name Yashwant .... - 1951 (KarwarKarwarKarwar is the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India. It is a seaside town situated on the banks of the Kali river which is on the west coast of the Indian peninsula. The town lies about 15 kilometres south of the Karnataka–Goa border and 519 km north-west...
) Anant Kakba PriyolkarAnant Priolkar-Works:* The Printing Press in India: Its Beginnings and Early Development * The Goa Inquisition *'Granthik Marathi Bhashya Ani Kokani Boli .-References:... - 1952 (AmalnerAmalnerAmalner, IndiaAmalner, India is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India, situated on the bank of the Bori River....
) Krushnaji Pandurang KulkarniKrushnaji Pandurang KulkarniKrushnaji Pandurang Kulkani was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.In 1952, he presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, which was held in Amalner.The following is a partial list of Kulkarni's works:... - 1953 (AhmedabadAhmedabadAhmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
) Viththal Dattatreya GhateViththal Dattatreya GhateViththal Dattatreya Ghate was an educationist and a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was born in Ghospuri in Ahmednagar district. After spending childhood in Ahmednagar he went to Gujarat. Later he lived in Malwa, Indore, Gwalher and came back to Maharashtra... - 1954 (DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
) Laxmanshastri Balaji JoshiLaxmanshastri Balaji JoshiLaxmanshastri Balaji Joshi was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Biography:He was born in the town of Pimpalner in Dhule District on January 27, 1901.... - 1955 (PandharpurPandharpurPandharpur is an important pilgrimage city on the Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about half a million Hindu pilgrims during the major yātrā in the month of Ashadh ....
) Shankar Damodar PendseShankar Damodar PendseShankar Damodar Pendse was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He chaired Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Pandharpur in 1955.-Literary work:The following are Pendse's major works:... - 1956 (No sammelan)
- 1957 (Aurangabad) Anant Atmaram KanekarAnant KanekarAnant Atmaram Kanekar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born in Mumbai on December 2, 1905.-Education and career:...
- 1958 (MalvanMalvanMalvan is a town in Sindhudurg District, the southernmost district of Maharashtra. This culturally and historically important town is a Taluka place in Sindhudurg District...
) Atmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Raoji Deshpande was a Marathi poet from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. He wrote poems under the pen name Anil . He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India... - 1959 (MirajMirajMiraj , is an historic town in southern Maharashtra, India. The history of the town dates back to the early 10th century, and the town is known for its rich tradition of Hindustani classical music and for religious harmony. It served as a stronghold and a strategic bastion because of its location...
) Shrikrushna Keshav KshirsagarShrikrushna Keshav KshirsagarShrikrushna Keshav Kshirsagar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born on November 6, 1901 in the town of Pali in Satara District. After finishing his high school education in Tembhurni, he obtained his college education at Fergusson College in Pune... - 1960 (ThaneThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
) Ramchandra Shripad JogRamchandra Shripad JogRamchandra Shripad Jog was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Thane in 1960.The following is a partial list of Jog's literary works:... - 1961 (Gwalior) Kusumavati DeshpandeKusumavati DeshpandeKusumavati Deshpande was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.She was born on November 10, 1904 in Amravati, Maharashtra, her maiden having been Kusum Jaywant...
- 1962 (SataraSataraSatara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
) Narahar Vishnu GadgilNarahar Vishnu GadgilNarhar Vishnu Gadgil was an Indian freedom fighter and politician from Maharashtra, India. He was also a writer... - 1963 (No sammelan)
- 1964 (Madgaon) Vishnu Vaman ShirwadkarKusumagrajVishnu Vāman Shirwādkar , popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj , 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...
- 1965 (hydrabad) Waman Lakshman KulkarniWaman Lakshman KulkarniWaman Lakshman Kulkarni is a Marathi literary critic from Maharashtra, India.He served during 1959-79 as the head of the department of Marathi in Marathwada University, which was later renamed as Dr...
- 1966 (No sammelan)
- 1967 (Bhopal) Vishnu Bhikaji KolteVishnu Bhikaji KolteVishnu Bhikaji Kolte was a Marathi writer and researcher of old Marathi literature. He hailed from Maharashtra, India.-Life:...
- 1968 (No sammelan)
- 1969 (WardhaWardhaWardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the North, West and South boundaries of district. Founded in 1866, the town is now an...
) Purushottam Shivram RegeP. S. RegePurushottam Shivaram Rege was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra in 1910. After receiving his degrees in economics from Mumbai and London universities, he taught that subject at various colleges in Maharashtra and Goa... - 1970 (No sammelan)
- 1971 (No sammelan)
- 1972 (No sammelan)
- 1973 (YavatmalYavatmalYavatmal is a city and municipal council of the Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The name derives from the Marathi Yavat and mal .-Demographics:yavatmal ,district in Amravati administrative division....
) Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar - 1974 (IchalkaranjiIchalkaranjiIchalkaranji is located at . It has an average elevation of 538 metres .Ichalkaranji , lies in the Pancaganga valley about eighteen miles east of Kolhapur and half a mile north of the river. It is six miles southeast of Hatkanangale railway station...
) Purushottam Laxman Deshpande - 1975 (KaradKaradKarad is a town and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River. The two rivers originate at Mahabaleshwar which is around 100 km from Karad. They diverge at their origin and then meet again in...
) Durga BhagwatDurga BhagwatDurga Narayan Bhagwat , popularly known as Durga Bhagwat, was an Indian scholar, socialist and writer. She studied Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, roamed jungles of Madhya Pradesh to study tribal life, later returned to Mumbai as a researcher and wrote books in Marathi... - 1976 (No sammelan)
- 1977 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Purushottam Bhaskar BhavePu Bha BhavePurushottam Bhaskar Bhave was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Bhave's mother died when he was seven. His physician father Bhaskar Hari Bhave had remarried... - 1978 (No sammelan)
- 1979 (ChandrapurChandrapurChandrapur is city and a municipal council in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is also the headquarters of Chandrapur district....
) Vaman Krushna ChorghadeVaman Krushna ChorghadeVaman Krushna Chorghade was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born on July 16, 1914 in Narkhed, Nagpur District. He received a master's degree in Marathi and Economics, and a B.T... - 1980 (BarshiBarshiBarshi is a town and a Municipal Council in Solapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is a headquarter and the largest city in Barshi Taluka. It is famous in the region for its quality toor dal production and other agriculture products. The town is traditionally considered as a...
) Gangadhar Balkrushna SardarGangadhar Balkrushna SardarGangadhar Balkrushna Sardar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He served as the head of Marathi department of SNDT Women's University.... - 1981(February) (Akola) Gopal Nilkanth Dandekar
- 1981(December) (Raipur) Gangadhar Gopal Gadgil
- 1982 (No sammelan)
- 1983 (AmbejogaiAmbejogaiAmbajogai is a city and a municipal council in Beed district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Demographics: India census, Ambajogai had a population of 69,277. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ambajogai has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average...
) Vyankatesh Digambar Madgulkar - 1984 (Jalgaon) Shankar Ramchandra Kharat
- 1985 (NandedNandedNanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...
) Shankar Babaji PatilShankar Babaji PatilShankar Babaji Patil was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Patil was born in 1926 in Pattan-Kodoli in Kolhapur District. He attended high school in Gadhinglaj and college in Kolhapur to earn his B.A. and B.T... - 1986 (No sammelan)
- 1987 (No sammelan)
- 1988 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Vishram BedekarVishram BedekarVishwanath Chintamani Bedekar , who professionally used the name Vishram Bedekar , was a Marathi writer and movie director from Maharashtra, India.... - 1988 (ThaneThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
) Vasant KanetkarVasant KanetkarVasant Shankar Kanetkar was a Marathi playwright and novelist from Maharashtra, India.He was born in the town of Rahimatpur in Satara District, Maharashtra... - 1989 (AmravatiAmravatiAmravati is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India and the seventh most populous metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district...
) Keshav Jagannath PurohitKeshav Jagannath PurohitKeshav Jagannath Purohit is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram .... - 1990 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan PathanYusufkhan Mohamadkhan PathanYusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He has a doctorate in Marathi literature, which he obtained in 1958 from Pune for his thesis on "Marathi bakharitil Pharasiche-swarup , for which he won the Paranjape award for the best dissertation in Marathi... - 1991 (RatnagiriRatnagiriRatnāgiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan.The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east...
) Madhu Mangesh KarnikMadhu Mangesh KarnikMadhu Mangesh Karnik is a Marathi literary activist from Maharashtra, India.He was born on April 28, 1931, in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.He was the president of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Ratnagiri in 1990.... - 1992 (Kolhapur) Ramesh MantriRamesh MantriRamesh Mantri was a Marathi writer primarily of humor from Maharashtra, India.He attended Rajaram College in Kolhapur from where he graduated...
- 1993 (SataraSataraSatara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...
) Vidyadhar GokhaleVidyadhar GokhaleVidyadhar S. Gokhale was a political activist, a Marathi playwright, and an editor of a Marathi newspaper, Loksatta , from Maharashtra, India.... - 1994 (Panaji) Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar
- 1995 (ParbhaniParbhaniParbhani is a city in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Parbhani, formerly known as “Prabhavatinagar”, is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District.Parbhani is approximately situated at the centre of Maharashtra...
) Narayan Gangaram Surve - 1996 (AlandiAlandiAlandi is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Geography:Alandi is located on the banks of the Indrayani River, east of Pune, India. It has an average elevation of .-Demographics:...
) Shanta Janardan ShelkeShanta ShelkeShanta Janardan Shelke was a gifted Marathi poetess and writer. Apart from this she has been a journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, written child literature, presided over literature gatherings and more.Some of her compositions became immortal as either stand-alone poetic... - 1997 (Ahmednagar) Nagnath S. InamdarNagnath S. InamdarNagnath S. Inamdar was a Marathi novelist.He was born in a village in Satara district of Maharashtra, India.He wrote sixteen historical novels...
- 1998 (Parali-Vaijanath) Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar
- 1999 (MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
) Vasant Vaman BapatVasant BapatVasant Vaman Bapat was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.He was born on July 25, 1922 in Karad in Satara district of Maharashtra.-Education and teaching career:... - 2000 (BelgaumBelgaumBelgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....
) Yashawant Dinkar Phadke - 2001 (IndoreIndoreIndore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
) Vijaya RajadhyakshaVijaya RajadhyakshaVijaya Rajadhyaksha is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.She studied at Rajaram College in Kolhapur, and obtained her doctorate from Mumbai University.... - 2002 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Rajendra BanhattiRajendra BanhattiRajendra Banhatti is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Pune in 2002.-Authorship:Collection of short stories:* गंगार्पण* कृष्णजन्म* त्रैराशिक... - 2003 (KaradKaradKarad is a town and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River. The two rivers originate at Mahabaleshwar which is around 100 km from Karad. They diverge at their origin and then meet again in...
) Subhash BhendeSubhash BhendeSubhash Bhende is a Marathi writer from Goa, India. He died in December , 2010Humor characterizes many of Bhende's writings.He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Karad in 2003.... - 2004 (Aurangabad) R. G. JadhavR. G. JadhavR. G. Jadhav is a Marathi literary critic from Maharashtra, India.For some years, he served as a professor of Marathi literature, first in a college in Amravati, then in Elphinstone College in Mumbai, and lastly in Milind College in Aurangabad...
- 2005 (Nashik) Keshav Tanaji MeshramKeshav MeshramKeshav Tanaji Meshram was a Marathi dalit poet, critic, novelist, and short-story writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote about 40 books.-Early life:...
- 2006 (SolapurSolapurSolapur is a city in South Western Maharashtra, India governed by municipal corporation.Solapur is one of the four districts that form the region of Western Maharashtra . It is the fourth largest district in Maharashtra in terms of land area and seventh largest in terms of population...
) Maruti ChitampalliMaruti ChitampalliMaruti B. Chitampalli is a wildlife conservationist and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He grew up in Solapur and then went to enroll himself in State Forest Service College in Coimbatore. After completing his training, he joined the services with Maharashtra State government... - 2007 (NagpurNagpurNāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
) Arun SadhuArun SadhuArun Sadhu is a writer and a freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India. He has written in Marathi, Hindi, and English.... - 2008 (SangliSangliSangli is a city in the state of Maharashtra of India. Sangli is known as the Turmeric city for its vast production of Turmeric. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and is the largest market place for Turmeric in Asia and houses many sugar factories, which it is also noted for...
) Madhukar Dattatreya HatakananglekarMadhukar Dattatreya HatakananglekarMadhukar Dattatreya Hatakananglekar is a Marathi literary critic from Maharashtra, India.He was born on February 1, 1927 in the town of in Hatakananagle in Kolhapur district.... - 2009 (MahabaleshwarMahabaleshwarMahabaleshwar is a city and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a hill station located in the Western Ghats range. With one of the few evergreen forests of the world, it served as the summer capital of Bombay province during the British Raj.-Geography...
) Anand Ratan YadavAnand YadavAnand RatanYadav is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born on November 30, 1935 in the village Kagal near Kolhapur, Maharastra in a poor family. His illiterate farmer father was not in favor of educating him... - 2010 (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
) Da. Bhi. Kulkarni - 2011 (ThaneThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
) Uttam Kambale