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Bhalchandra Nemade

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Bhalachandra Nemāḍe

Aliases: Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-05-27 (Sangavi, Yawal, Maharashtra, India)
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Marathi, English
Residence History
Sangavi, Maharashtra → Pune → Aurangabad → Goa → Mumbai

Career

Occupations
Marathi writer, poet, critic, linguistic scholar
Active Years
1963-2024
Affiliations
Marathwada University, Goa University, Mumbai University

Education

Fergusson College
Arts
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: India
Pune
Deccan College
Linguistics
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: India
Pune
University of Mumbai
English Literature
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: India
Mumbai
North Maharashtra University
Degree: PhD, D.Lit.
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: India
SOAS, London
Country: United Kingdom
Taught Marathi

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award
1991
Category: 文学
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Padma Shri
2013
Category: 文学
Organization: Government of India
Result: 受賞
Jnanpith Award
2014
Work: Hindu
Category: マラーティー語文学
Organization: Bharatya Jnanpith
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kosala

1963 Novel 265 pages

Fictitious autobiographical novel of Pandurang Sangvikar, a rural Maharashtra youth studying in Pune.

rural lifeconflict with modernityvernacular language
Translations
  • Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, etc.

Hindu: Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal

2013 Novel

Magnum opus exploring Hindu ethos through archaeologist Khanderao, spanning 5000 years to Indus Valley.

Hindu culturenativismarchaeology

Bidhar

Novel 305 pages

Part of tetralogy featuring Changadev Patil.

realismconfronting the world

Hool

Novel

Jarila

Novel

Jhool

Novel

Bibliography

  • Hindu – Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal (हिंदू – जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ)
  • Kosala (कोसला)
  • Bidhar (बिढार)
  • Hool (हूल)
  • Jarila (जरीला)
  • Jhool (झूल)
  • Melody (मेलडी)
  • Dekhani (देखणी)
  • Teekaswayamvar
  • Sahityachi Bhasha
  • Tukaram
  • The Influence of English on Marathi
  • Indo-Anglian Writings
  • Marathi For Beginners
  • Marathi Reading Course
  • Nivadak Mulakhati
  • Sola Bhashane
  • Nativism (Desivad)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Nativism (Deshivad)Use of rural Marathi dialectAdvocacy for novel over short story
Recurring Motifs
Rural Maharashtra lifeHindu ethosVillage relationships

Legacy

Brought new dimensions to Marathi literature with Kosala. Initiated Nativism (Deshivad). Recipient of Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor.