Henry James, Anton Chekhov, W H Auden, J L Borges, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Vladimir Nabokov, M Proust, L Tolstoy, M Twain, Evelyn Waugh and E Zola among many others never won literature Nobel!
85th "akhil bharatiya marathi sahitya sammelan" (अखिल भारतीय मराठी साहित्य संमेलन) is upon us. It is being held in Chandrapur (चंद्रपुर) as I write this in Feb 2012.
What connects following authors- not listed in any order- of 20th century in Marathi?
V K Rajwade, Bhalchandra Nemade, Sane Guruji, Bhau Padhye, C V Joshi, Baburao Arnalkar, Vilas Sarang, D G Godse, Vasant Sarwate, Vijay Tendulkar, Natyachhatakar Diwakar, G A Kulkarni, Arun Kolatkar, Dilip Chitre, B S Mardhekar, M V Dhond, T S Shejwalkar, Vinda Karandikar, Balkavi, Keshavsut, Jayant Narlikar, Laxmibai Tilak, Vinoba Bhave, Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, D B Mokashi, Sadanand Rege, Ram Ganesh Gadkari, Namdeo Dhasal, Govindrao Tembe, C T Khanolkar, S N Pendse, R V Dighe, Jaywant Dalvi, Prabodhankar Thackeray, Mahatma Phule, Anil Awachat, Indira Sant...
(वि का राजवाडे, भालचंद्र नेमाडे, साने गुरूजी, भाऊ पाध्ये, चिं. वि. जोशी, बाबूराव अर्नाळकर, विलास सारंग, द ग गोडसे, वसंत सरवटे, विजय तेंडुलकर, नाट्यछटाकार दिवाकर, जी ए कुलकर्णी, अरुण कोलटकर, दिलीप चित्रे, बा. सी. मर्ढेकर, म वा धोंड, त्र्यं शं शेजवलकर, विंदा करंदीकर, बालकवी, केशवसुत, जयंत नारळीकर, लक्ष्मीबाई टिळक, विनोबा भावे, सेतु माधवराव पगडी, दि. बा. मोकाशी, सदानंद रेगे, राम गणेश गडकरी, नामदेव ढसाळ, गोविंदराव टेंबे, चिं त्र्यं खानोलकर, श्री. ना. पेंडसे, र. वा. दिघे, जयवंत दळवी, प्रबोधनकार ठाकरे , महात्मा फुले, अनिल अवचट, इंदिरा संत ...)
They never became the president of All-India Marathi Literature Meet (akhil bharatiya marathi sahitya sammelan)!
See this for the list of those who did.
'I sometimes wonder who all this is really for.'
The Spectator
:)I read a quote that I do not remember word for word but it went something like this - in a world where "talent" was being so quickly recognized, publicised, honoured, exhibited and displayed - the only talent that now appeals to me is the one that lies in obscurity.
ReplyDeleteOn that note - is it true that V.K. Rajwade's first name was Vishwanath? I have fleetingly heard that he was a great man who wrote - and he was a contemporary of Shejwalkar? I am not sure but I will like to know who V.K. Rajwade was?
Jamuna
Thanks Jamuna.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the quote.
V K is Vishwanath Kashinath.
He was one of the greatest Marathi of 20th century. I have a few posts on him on this blog.
Two of them are:
http://searchingforlaugh.blogspot.com/2011/11/creative-commons-j-c-bose-and-v-k.html
http://searchingforlaugh.blogspot.com/2011/06/black-eliza-dalit-muktabai-and-brahmin.html
He was senior to Shejwalkar.
best,