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Shankar Vaidya | |
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| Born | 15 June 1928 Otur, India |
| Died | 23 September 2014 (aged 86) Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Known for | Marathi poetry |
Shankar Vaidya was a Marathi poet and writer from Maharashtra, India. [1] He was married to writer Sarojini Vaidya. He died on 23 September 2014 in Mumbai.
Vaidya was a Marathi poet known for his easy flowing poems. He was also known for his deep study of poetry covering Marathi poets going back to the 19th century and even earlier to 13th century poets like Sant (Saint) Dnyaneshwar. His first collection of poems (Kavya Sangrah) ‘Kalaswar’ (rough translation: Melody of Time) was published in 1971. However, his first book ‘Aala Kshan Gela Kshan’ (rough translation: Impending instants in time, instants passed by in time) was a collection of short stories published in the early 1960s. Despite being a prolific writer, his second collection of poems 'Darshan' (rough translation: vision) was published only after a long interval in 1998. Many of his poems were published in various periodicals, especially the specials published during the festival of Diwali but were never collected in anthologies.
He was honoured with many awards. [2] [3]
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