Shrikrushna Keshav Kshirsagar (Devanagari

Devanagari

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: श्रीकृष्ण केशव क्षीरसागर) (1901–1980) was a Marathi

Marathi people

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 writer from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, India

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.

He was born on November 6, 1901 in the town of Pali in Satara District

Satara district

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. After finishing his high school education in Tembhurni, he obtained his college education at Fergusson College

Fergusson College

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 in Pune

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. He served as a teacher at Bhave School in Pune until 1945, and then joined the teaching staff of Fergusson College.

He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

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  in Miraj

Miraj

Miraj , 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...

in 1959.

Literary work

Kshirsagar wrote literary criticisms, novels, and short stories. The following is a partial list of his books:

• Bayakanchi Sabha (बायकांची सभा) (1926) (Humor)
• Stri Shikshan Parishadechi Watchal (स्त्रीशिक्षण परिषदेची वाटचाल) (1933)
• Ḍô. Śhrīdhar Wyaṅkaṭēśh Ketkar (डॉ. श्रीधर व्यंकटेश केतकर) (1937)
• Wyakti Ani Wangmay (व्यक्ती आणि वाङ्मय) (1937)
• Rākshas Wiwāh (राक्षसविवाह) (1940)
• Suvarṇatulā (सुवर्णतुला) (1944)
• Saṅgeet Ekach Pyālā (संगीत एकच प्याला) (1945)
• Umar Khayyāmachī Phiryād (उमरखय्यामची फिर्याद) (1961)
• Wāde Wāde (वादे वादे) (1962)
• Bāyakā (बायका) (1962) (Co-author V. D. Kulkarṇī)
• Ṭikāvivek (टीकाविवेक) (1965)
• Ādhunik Rāshṭrakavi Ravīndranātha Ṭhākūr (आधुनिक राष्ट्रकवि रवींद्रनाथ ठाकूर) (1970)
• Tasabīr Aṇi Takadīr (Autobiography) (तसबीर आणि तकदीर) (1976)
• Samaj Wikas (समाजविकास)
• Keśavasut Aṇi Tāmbe (केशवसुत आणि तांबे) (1980)
• Śrī. Ke. Kshī. Wāṅmayīn Lekhasaṅgraha (श्री. के. क्षी. वाङ्मयीन लेखसंग्रह) (1984; posthumous publication)
• Strījīvan Aṇi Wiwāhawishayak Lekhasaṅgraha (स्त्रीजीवन आणि विवाहविषयक लेखसंग्रह) (1992; posthumous publication)
• Nivaḍak Śrī. Ke. Kshīrasāgar (निवडक श्री. के. क्षीरसागर) (1993; posthumous publication)
• Marāṭhī Bhāshā : Wadh Ani Bighad (मराठी भाषा: वाढ आणि बिघाड) (2000; posthumous publication)