Sitaram Keshav Damle was an eminent Marathi journalist.[ when? ] He helped edit the newspaper Kesari. He was also the editor of Rashtramat and Rashtrodava. He founded the Young National Dramatic Company. [1] Perhaps he is best known for being the younger brother of Keshavsuta or Keshavsut who published Keshavsut's poems posthumously, eleven years after his death. These poems gave Keshavsut the rank as the Father of Modern Marathi Poetry.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar is an Indian music director. He is the only son of musician Deenanath Mangeshkar and younger brother of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. He is popularly known as Balasaheb in the music and film industry.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj, also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of "Varkari sampradaya" in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century. He was a bhakt of Lord Pandurang of Pandharpur. He is best known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga, which are popular in Maharashtra, many of his poems deals with social reform.
Vishnū Vāman Shirwādkar, popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was an Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived,
Krishnaji Keshav Damle was a Marathi poet from Malgund, Ratnagiri Maharashtra, India, who wrote poetry under the pen name Keshavasuta or Keshavsut कृष.
Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar was an Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems found humour in everyday matters. Kolatkar is the only Indian poet besides Kabir to be featured on the World Classics titles of New York Review of Books.
Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian poets and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a notable bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a teacher, a painter, a filmmaker and a magazine columnist.
Bal Sitaram Mardhekar was a Marathi writer who brought about a radical shift of sensibility in Marathi poetry. He was born in a town called Faizpur in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra.
Govind Vinayak Karandikar, better known as Vindā, was an Indian poet, writer, literary critic, and translator in the Marathi-language.
Suresh Bhat was a Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India.
Marathi poetry is a poetry written in the Marathi language, including its various dialects.
Narayan Gangaram Surve was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre, , was a Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India.
Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte (1908–1998), popularly called Bhausaheb Kolte was a Marathi writer and researcher of old Marathi literature. He hailed from Maharashtra, India. He served as Vice chancellor in Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
Atmaram Raoji Deshpande was a Marathi poet from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. He wrote poems under the pen name Anil (अनिल). He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India. He was married to Kusum Jayawant in 1929; she took the name Kusumavati Deshpande and was also a Marathi writer.
Mangesh Keshav Padgaoankar was a legendary Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar, popularly known as Sahityasamrat Tatyasaheb Kelkar, was a lawyer from Miraj as well as a dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet, biographer, critic, historian, writer on philosophical and political themes. He was born in Chitpavan Brahmin family. He was a literary and political figure in Maharashtra, India, and also both editor and trustee of the newspaper Kesari. He served as editor twice when Tilak was imprisoned in 1897 and 1908.
Pradnya Daya Pawar, also known as Pradnya Lokhande,, is an Indian poet and fiction writer of Marathi descent.
Padmaja Phenany Joglekar is a Hindustani Classical singer. She is a disciple of Pandit Jasraj. She was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2001.
Tutari is a patriotic poem in the Marathi language by Keshavsut.
Namdeo Chandrabhan Kamble is an Indian Marathi-language writer, social worker, journalist and teacher. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995 for his novel Raghav Vel. He was awarded Padma Shri in the field of literature and education in 2021.