Purushottam Shivaram Rege (Devanagari

Devanagari

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: पुरुषोत्तम शिवराम रेगे) (1910–1978) was a Marathi

Marathi language

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 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

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He was born in Ratnagiri District

Ratnagiri District

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 of Maharashtra in 1910. After receiving his degrees in economics from Mumbai and London

University of London

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 universities, he taught that subject at various colleges in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 and Goa

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. He retired in the 1970s as the principal of Elphinstone College

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 in Mumbai

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Rege held a devout Shakta (शाक्त) belief centered around goddess Shantadurga (शांतादुर्गा).

He presided over 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...

 at Wardha

Wardha

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in 1969.

Collections of poems

• Sadhana Ani Itar Kavita (साधना आणि इतर कविता) (1931)
• Himasek (हिमसेक) (1943)
• Shriyal (श्रियाळ) (1972)
• Dola (दोला) (1962)
• Dusara Pakshi (हसरा पक्षी) (1966)
• Suhrud Gatha (सुह्रदगाथा ) (1975)
• Aniha (अनीह) (published posthumously in 1984)
• Fulora (फुलोरा’)
• Gandharekha (गंधरेखा)
• Pushkala (पुष्कळा)
• Pu. Shi. Rege Yanchi Niwadak Kawita (पु. शि. रेगे यांची निवडक कविता ) (Edited by Prakash Deshpande)
• Pu. Shi. Rege : Vyakti aanni Waangmaya, 2007 (पु० शि० रेगे : व्यक्ती आणि वाङ्मय), by Professor (Dr.) S. M. Tadkodkar, Goa University, Goa - 403 206