: विजया राजाध्यक्ष) (b. 1933) is a Marathi

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...

 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...

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She studied at Rajaram College

Rajaram College

Rajaram College, Kolhapur is a Government college affiliated to Shivaji University in Kolhapur. It runs degree level courses in science, humanities, languages and arts. It also has a popular junior college offering higher secondary education courses in science and arts. very old collge Rajaram...

 in Kolhapur, and obtained her doctorate from Mumbai University.

Rajadhyaksha taught Marathi literature at Elphinstone College

Elphinstone College

Elphinstone College is an institution of higher education affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Established in 1856, it is one of the oldest colleges of the University of Mumbai. It was exalted as a prestigious seat of learning during the British Raj and is generally observed for its vibrant alumni...

 affiliated with Mumbai University, and then served as the head of Marathi department in SNDT Women's University

SNDT Women's University

Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University is a women's university in the city of Mumbai, India. The university headquarters are situated at Churchgate in South Mumbai, while the main campus is in Santacruz–Juhu area of Mumbai. SNDT has three campuses: two in Mumbai and one in...

, also in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , 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...

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Her book मर्ढेकरांची कविता : स्वरूप आणि संदर्भ received a Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 in 1993. She 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 Indur

Indur

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 in 2001. Recently, she was awarded first Vinda JeevanGaurav Puraskar (2010) which carries a prize money of Rs 1,00,000/- and a honorary certificate.

Rajadhyaksha is the wife of Marathi writer M.V. Rajadhyaksha

M.V. Rajadhyaksha

Mangesh Vitthal Rajadhyaksha was a Marathi writer and critic.He studied at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, where he won the prestigious Wordsworth Prize for the best student in English Literature....

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Critiques

• 'मर्ढेकरांची कविता : स्वरूप आणि संदर्भ
• पुन्हा मर्ढेकर
• शोध मर्ढेकरांचा
• प्रभाकर पाध्ये: वाङ्मयदर्शन
• मराठी कादंबरी आस्वाद यात्रा
• वेचक - विजया राजाध्यक्ष
• वेध कवितेचा
• वाङ्मयीन पत्रव्यवहार
• बहुपेडी विंदा (चरित्र-आत्मचरित्र समीक्षा)
• बहुपेडी विंदा खंड २ (दलित साहित्य समीक्षा)
• किती वाटा किती वळणं (कादंबरी समीक्षा)
• काही वाटा काही वळण (ललितलेखन समीक्षा)
• आहे मनोहर तरी ... वाचन आणि विवेचन (संपादकः विजया राजाध्यक्ष आणि श्री. पु. भागवत)

Collections of short stories

• दोनच रंग
• जास्वंद
• अनोळखी
• हुंकार
• पांगारा
• चैतन्याचे ऊन
• समांतर कथा
• अन्वयार्थ
• कमान
• आधी नंतर