Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave (Devanagari

Devanagari

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: पुरुषोत्तम भास्कर भावे) (April 12, 1910- August 13, 1980) was a Marathi

Marathi people

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 writer from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, India

India

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Bhave's mother died when he was seven. His physician father Bhaskar Hari Bhave had remarried. However, Bhave could not get along with his father, who was a strict disciplinarian, and his stepmother; and his grandmother raised him.

He received his college education at Hislop College and Law College in Nagpur

Nagpur

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Bhave was a fiery political activist of the right-wing, Hindu

Hindu

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(हिंदुत्ववादी) persuasion. In the 1930s, he ran in Nagpur periodicals ”Savdhan” (सावधान) and ”Adesh” (आदेश), promoting his political views.

He was elected president of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

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 in Pune

Pune

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in 1977.

Authorship

Bhave wrote 17 novels, 8 plays, 2 screen scripts, 26 collections of his short stories, and 12 collections of his essays. The following is a partial list of his books:

• Rakta Ani Ashru (Collection of political essays)
• Viththala Panduranga (Collection of essays)
• Akulina (Novel)
• Vyaadh (Novel)
• Darshan (Novel)
• Mage Walun (Novel)
• Warshawa (Novel)
• Adich Akshare (Novel)
• Don Bhinti (Novel)
• Wishakanya (Play)
• Maharani (Play)
• Padmini (Play)
• Swamini (Play)
• Mukti
• Pratham-Purushi Ek-Wachani (Three-part autobiography)
• परंपरा (Collection of short stories)
• प्रतारणा (Collection of short stories)
• सार्थक (Collection of short stories)
• साडी (Collection of short stories)
• ठरीव ठशाची गोष्ट (Collection of short stories)
• satarave varsha (Laghu katha)
• rakhamachya muli {novel}
• Pingat petiche rahasya {vinodi katha