Asaram Lomate

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Aasaram Lomate
Native nameआसाराम लोमटे
Born Guguli Dhamangaon, Taluka Selu, District Parbhani, (Maharashtra,India)
Occupation Journalist
Language Marathi
Residence Parbhani
Citizenship Indian
Education Ph.D [1]
Genre Short story
Notable works इडा पिडा टळो (कथासंग्रह, २०१०), आलोक (कथासंग्रह २०१०), धूळपेर (लेखसंग्रह, २०१७)
Notable awards Sahitya Academy Award

Aasaram Lomate, (Marathi : आसाराम लोमटे) is a Marathi-language writer. He resides in Parbhani and works as a journalist in daily Loksatta . [1]

Marathi language Indo-Aryan language; a constitutionally-recognised Indian language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. There were 83 million speakers in 2011; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from about 900 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.

Parbhani City in Maharashtra, India

Parbhani is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is the fourth largest city in Marathwada region of Maharashtra after Aurangabad, Nanded and Latur. Parbhani is around 200 kilometres (120 mi) away from regional headquarters of Aurangabad while it is 491 km (305 mi) away from the state capital Mumbai.

<i>Loksatta</i>

Loksatta (Lōksattā) is a Marathi daily newspaper in Maharashtra, India. It is published by The Indian Express Group, and was launched on 14 January 1948. Loksatta is published out of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, and Delhi.

He was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award in 2016 for his short story collection Aalok. [2] Published in 2010, Alok is a collection of six stories that largely reflect rural life and people. [3]

Sahitya Akademi Award literary honor in India

The Sahitya Academy Award is a literary honor in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.


Notes

  1. 1 2 Chitnis, Vaishali (2017-01-13). "'वाचक अस्वस्थ होणं महत्त्वाचं' – आसाराम लोमटे" (in Marathi). Loksatta. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Press Release" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Sahitya Academy Award for Lomte's story collection 'Alok'". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.


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