M. V. Dhond
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Madhukar Vasudev Dhond also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
: मधुकर वासुदेव धोंड, म. वा. धोंड) (October 3, 1914 – December 5, 2007) was a literary and art critic from Maharashtra
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He wrote in Marathi
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on Dnyaneshwar
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's novel Swami, Vijay Tendulkar
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Dhond received in 1997 a Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
for his book Jnaneshwaritil Laukik Srushti.
Authorship
- The Evolution of Khyāl
- Aisa Witevara Dewa Kothe! (Rajhans Prakashan, 2001)
- Tarīhi Yeto Wasa Phulānnā (Rajhans Prakashan, 1999)
- Jalyatil Chandra (Rajhans Prakashan. 1994)
- Jnaneshwaritil Laukik Srishti (Mauj Prakashan, 1991)
- Chandra Chavathicha (Mauj Prakashan, 1987)
- Dnyaneshwari: Swarup, Tatvadnyan Ani Kavya (Majestic Book Stall, 1980)
- Marathi Lavani (Mauj Prakashan, 1956)