D. M. Mirasdar
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Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar (Devanagari
: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (b. 1927) is a Marathi
writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(Maharashtra).
Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories Gavat, Ranmanus, Kone Eke Kali, Bhavaki, Hubehub, and Sparsha belong to the latter class.
For some years, Shankar Patil
, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
Mirasdar was a professor of Marathi in a college in Pune
. He is currently the Acting President of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune.
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (b. 1927) is 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 and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur(Maharashtra).
Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories Gavat, Ranmanus, Kone Eke Kali, Bhavaki, Hubehub, and Sparsha belong to the latter class.
For some years, Shankar Patil
Shankar Babaji Patil
Shankar Babaji Patil was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Patil was born in 1926 in Pattan-Kodoli in Kolhapur District. He attended high school in Gadhinglaj and college in Kolhapur to earn his B.A. and B.T...
, Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
Mirasdar was a professor of Marathi in a college in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
. He is currently the Acting President of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune.
Books
- Majhya Bapachi Pend (1957)
- Bhutancha Janma (1958)
- Hubehub (1960)
- Sutti Ani Itar Ekankika (1964)
- Mirasdari (1966)
- Makadmeva (1970)
- Chakatya (1973)
- Hasnaval (1975)
- Chutakyanchya Goshti (1976)
- Gudagulya (1977)
- Mi Ladachi Maina Tumachi (1979)
- Bhokarwadichya Goshti (1983)
- Goshtich Goshti (1993)
- Khade Ani Orakhade (1997)
- Nivadak Da Ma
- Gappangan
- Navetil Tin Pravasi
- Sarmisal
- Angatpangat
- Virangula
- Ganara Mulukh
- Javaibapunchya Goshti
- Bendbaja
- Gammat Goshti
- Pharmas Goshti