Na Si Phadke
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Narayan Sitaram Phadke (1894-1978), was a Marathi
writer from Maharashtra
, India
.
He was an MA from Bombay ( Mumbai) 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. For some years in that period, he also edited Ratnakar, Zhankar, and Anjali. On his retirement he settled in the city of Pune in Maharashtra but continued to write.
Allaha Ho Akbar was Phadke's first novel. He wrote about 150 books, including 74 novels, 27 collections of his short stories, 22 Reviews, 7 Plays, and autobiographical Maje Jeevan: Ek Kadambari.This autobiographical work came in for severe criticism by those who had known Phadke intimately as they felt that at many places he had twisted or altered the facts to suit his own image.
For many years he also publicly feuded with another well known Marathi author Acharya Atre.
Phadke served as the chairman of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
held in Ratnagiri
in 1940.
The Indian government awarded him a Padmabhushan title in 1962 for his literary accomplishments.
Na si, as he was popularly known, was married to Kamala Phadke, a prolific writer in her own right. They had three children Rohini, Anjali and Vijay.
Kamala Phadke- who earlier was his student - as a matter of fact was his second wife.The separation from first wife & second marriage of his scandalized the conservative Marathi opinion in those days and caused a lot of adverse comment. This however left him unfazed.
After separation from his first wife by whom he had had four children he continued to support her and his first family. A daughter of Phadke from the first marriage later wrote about the silent but terrible suffering of his first wife who being relatively uneducated could not articulate herself and having been brought up in conservative value system chose silent suffering.
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...
writer from 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...
, 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...
.
He was an MA from Bombay ( Mumbai) 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. For some years in that period, he also edited Ratnakar, Zhankar, and Anjali. On his retirement he settled in the city of Pune in Maharashtra but continued to write.
Allaha Ho Akbar was Phadke's first novel. He wrote about 150 books, including 74 novels, 27 collections of his short stories, 22 Reviews, 7 Plays, and autobiographical Maje Jeevan: Ek Kadambari.This autobiographical work came in for severe criticism by those who had known Phadke intimately as they felt that at many places he had twisted or altered the facts to suit his own image.
For many years he also publicly feuded with another well known Marathi author Acharya Atre.
Phadke served as the chairman of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan
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 Indian state of Maharashtra, it is typically held annually in one of the towns in Maharashtra where Marathi is the mother tongue...
held in Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri
Ratnāgiri 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...
in 1940.
The Indian government awarded him a Padmabhushan title in 1962 for his literary accomplishments.
Na si, as he was popularly known, was married to Kamala Phadke, a prolific writer in her own right. They had three children Rohini, Anjali and Vijay.
Kamala Phadke- who earlier was his student - as a matter of fact was his second wife.The separation from first wife & second marriage of his scandalized the conservative Marathi opinion in those days and caused a lot of adverse comment. This however left him unfazed.
After separation from his first wife by whom he had had four children he continued to support her and his first family. A daughter of Phadke from the first marriage later wrote about the silent but terrible suffering of his first wife who being relatively uneducated could not articulate herself and having been brought up in conservative value system chose silent suffering.
A partial list of books
Novels:- Allaha Ho Akbar
- Daulat
- Jadugar
- Uddhar
- Akherache Band
- Pravasi
- Shonan
- Asman
- Toofan
External links
- http://www.naasiphadke.com/defaultc.htm