Anant Kanekar
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Anant Atmaram Kanekar also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: अनंत आत्माराम काणेकर) (1905 - 1980) was a Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
writer from Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
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.
He was born in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
on December 2, 1905.
Education and career
Kanekar finished his high school studies in 1923 at Chikitsak Samuha Shirolkar High School in GirgaonGirgaon
Girgaon, also spelt Girgaum, is an area in southern Mumbai in Maharashtra, India.Girgaon gets its name from being located at the foot of Malabar Hill in South Mumbai. The culture in Girgaon is diverse and varied. Like most areas of cosmopolitan Mumbai, residents span diverse languages, religions,...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. After receiving from Mumbai University a bachelor's degree and a law degree in 1927 and 1929, respectively, Kanekar practiced law for about four years.
Through publication of a collection of his poems in 1933 and a collection of his short personal essays the next year, Kanekar had established himself by 1935 as a successful writer. Leaving the legal profession in 1935, he worked during the next five years as an editor of, first, weekly Chitra (चित्रा) and then weekly Asha (आशा).
In 1941, he joined Khalsa College in Mumbai, and moved on to Siddarth College in the same city five years later, both in a professorial capacity. He stayed at the latter college as a professor for many years.
Short personal essays
- Pikali Pane (पिकली पाने) (collection); 1934
- Shimple Ani Moti (शिंपले आणि मोती) (collection)
- Tutalele Tare (तुटलेले तारे) (collection)
- Ughadya Khidkya" (उघड्या खिडक्या) (collection); 1945
Travelogues
- Dhukyatun Lal Taryakade (धुक्यातून लाल तार्याकडे) (concerning 1937 travels through Europe and the Soviet Union)
- Amachi Mati, Amache Akash (आमची माती, आमचे आकाश) (concerning 1949 travels through northern regions of India)
- Nile Dongar, Tambdi Mati (निळे डोंगर, तांबडी माती) (concerning 1950 travels through southern regions of India)
- Khadak Kortat Aakash (खडक कोरतात आकाश)
Short stories
- Jagatya Chhaya (जागत्या छाया) (collection)
- Wijechi Wel (विजेची वेल) (collection)
Movie dialogs
- Manus (माणूस); 1939
- Adami (आदमी) (Hindi version of Manus); 1939
Plays
In 1933, in collaboration with four littérateurs interested like him in promoting stage plays, Kanekar co-founded Natya Manvantar (नाट्यमन्वंतर). The organization successfully presented for some years several stage performances. Kanekar wrote a few of the plays --Nishikantachi Nawari (निशिकांताची नवरी) is one of them-- and also performed in a few plays.Honors
Kanekar presided over Marathi Sahitya SammelanMarathi Sahitya Sammelan
Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan is a conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers. Though the conference has sometimes been held in a town outside the Indian state of Maharashtra, it is typically held annually in one of the towns in Maharashtra where Marathi is the mother tongue...
in Aurangabad in 1957.
Mumbai University holds a series of lectures in his memory.