R. V. Pandit

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Raghunath Vishnu Pandit (1916 or 1917-1990) [1] was a Goan poet. He is best known and most celebrated for his vast poetic production in Konkani. Pandit also produced a significant body of work in Portuguese after the Liberation of Goa in 1961, and also wrote in Marathi. Much of his output was written in a neo-realist style demonstrating a marked concern for the downtrodden sections of Goan society. Among his most noted achievements are the publication of five books of poetry on one day (26 January 1963) and a prize from the Sahitya Akademi for his 1975 Dariā Gāzotā. [2]

A monograph on Poet Raghunath Vishnu Pandit has been written by Dr. S. M. Tadkodkar, a Konkani-Marathi poet, research scholar and Reader, Head of Department of Marathi Goa University. It was published by Goa Government's Goa Konkani Akademy, in 2006. [3]

Examples of his poetry in Portuguese may be found here:

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References

  1. 1916 is given by Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514; 1917 by WorldCat Identities, http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81-58726/.
  2. Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514.
  3. S. M. Tadkodkar, R V Pandit: Jiveet Aane Waawar (Panaji: Goa Konkani Akademi, 2006).