Govind Vinayak Karandikar(23 August 1918[1]– 14 March 2010), better known asVindā,was an Indian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator in theMarathi-language.
Govind Karandikar | |
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| Born | 23 August 1918 Dhalavali,Bombay Province,British India |
| Died | 14 March 2010(aged 91) Mumbai,India |
| Pen name | Vindā Karandikar |
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| Nationality | British Indian(1918-1947) Indian(1947-2010) |
| Education | M.A. |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship(1996) Jnanpith Award(2006) |
| Spouse | Sumati Karandikar |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
editKarandikar was born on 23 August 1918, in Dhalavali village in the Devgad taluka present-daySindhudurg districtof Maharashtra.
Works
editKarandikar's poetic works includeSvedgangā(River of Sweat) (1949),Mrudgandha(1954),Dhrupad(1959),Jātak(1968), andVirupika(1980).[2]Two anthologies of his selected poems,Sanhita(1975) andAdimaya(1990) were also published. His poetic works for children includeRānichā Bāg(1961),Sashyāche Kān(1963), andPari Ga Pari(1965). Experimentation has been a feature of Karandikar's Marathi poems. He also translated his own poems in English, which were published as "Vinda Poems" (1975). He also modernized old Marathi literature likeDnyaneshwariandAmrutānubhawa.
Besides having been a prominent Marathi poet, Karandikar has contributed to Marathi literature as an essayist, a critic, and a translator. He translatedPoetics of AristotleandKing LearofShakespearein Marathi. Karandikar's collections of short essays includeSparshaachi Palvi(1958) andAkashacha Arth(1965).Parampara ani Navata(1967), is a collection of his analytical reviews.[3]
The trio of poetsVasant Bapat,Vinda Karandikar andMangesh Padgaonkarprovided for many years public recitals of their poetry in different towns inMaharashtra.Along with Vasant Bapat and Padgaonkar, Karandikar travelled across Maharashtra in the 1960s and 1970s reciting poetry.[4]Karandikar was also a member of a Marathi literary group called "Murgi club", loosely fashioned after theAlgonquin Round Table.In addition to Karandikar, it included Vasant Bapat, Mangesh Padgaonkar,Gangadhar Gadgil,Sadanand Rege and Shri Pu Bhagwat. They met every month for several years to eat together, engaging each other in wordplay and literary jokes.[5]
Awards
editKarandikar was conferred the 39thJnanpith Awardin 2006, which is the highest literary award in India.[6]He was the third Marathi writer to win theJnanpith Award,afterVishnu Sakharam Khandekar(1974) and Vishnü Vāman Shirwādkar (Kusumagraj) (1987). Karandikar also received some other awards for his literary work including the Keshavasut Prize, the Soviet Land Nehru Literary Award, the Kabir Samman, and theSahitya Akademi Fellowshipin 1996.[7]
Death
editVinda Karandikar died on 14 March 2010 at the age of 91 inMumbaifollowing a brief illness.[8][9]
References
edit- ^Gokhale, Meena (19 August 2018)."बहुरूपी विंदा".Loksatta(in Marathi).Retrieved16 April2019.
- ^"'Study of human, nature reflected in Vinda's poetry'".The Times of India.3 August 2018.Retrieved16 April2019.
- ^"Marathi Poet Govind Vinayak Passes Away".Mumbai:Outlook.14 March 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2011.Retrieved15 March2010.
- ^"Arun Date, Mangesh Padgaonkar to perform at KA".Navhind Times.24 April 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2012.Retrieved7 September2012.
- ^Loksatta."माझा विक्षिप्त मित्र".लोकसत्ता लोकरंग.Loksatta Newspaper.Retrieved31 December2015.
- ^"Marathi litterateur Karandikar conferred Jnanpith".Indian Express.11 August 2006.
- ^FellowshipsArchived30 June 2007 at theWayback MachineSahitya AkademiOfficial website.
- ^Poet Vinda Karandikar, Jnanpith winner, dies at 92
- ^Marathi poet Vinda Karandikar passes away
Further reading
edit- Heyman, Michael; Sumanyu Satpathy; Anushka Ravishankar (2007).The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense.New Delhi: Penguin.ISBN978-0-14-310086-7.This volume includes several translations to English of Karandikar'snonsense verse.
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