Anand Ratan Yadav (

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: आनंद रतन यादव; 30 November 1935 – 27 November 2016) was a

writer from

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. He is best known for his autobiography ''Zombi'' (झोंबी). He was born on 30 November 1935 in the village

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near

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in a poor family. His illiterate farmer father was not in favor of educating him. So young Yadav ran away from home, and, facing many hardships, received education as high as a doctorate from

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. His books such as ''Jhombi'' and ''Nangarani'' depict his struggle for education. He died in 2016 at Pune.

Literary work

Yadav was one of the early writers of Marathi ''Gramin Sahitya'' (literature pertaining to rural life in Maharashtra). His novel "Zombi" (झोंबी) (meaning "fight against all odds") won a

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in 1990. The novel is an autobiographical story of a young boy, his loving mother, his life of utter poverty, and his eagerness to receive education. Yadav wrote three sequels to autobiographical ''Zombi'' (झोंबी), ''Nangarani'' (नांगरणी) (meaning ''cultivation of the soil''), ''Gharabhinti'' (घरभिंती ) (meaning ''housewalls''), and ''Kachawel'' (काचवेल) (meaning ''a vine of pieces of glass''). The famous Marathi movie ''Natarang'' is based on Yadav's novel ''Natarang''. The lesson Gaavachi Sanskruti he Gaavache Vyaktimatva in Marathi textbook of

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is taken from his book.

82nd Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

Yadav was elected as the president of the 82nd

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which was held at

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in March 2009. However, he resigned from that position four days before the ''sammelan'' in response to protests primarily by members of the ''

varkari Warkari ( Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation: �aːɾkəɾiː Meaning: 'The one who performs the ''Wari) is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the In ...

mahamandal'' against some of the material in his

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''Santasurya

Tukaram Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: ̪ukaːɾam was a 17th-century Marathi poet, Hindu ''sant'' (saint), popularly known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba in Maharashtra. He was a Sant of Varkari sampradaya (Marathi-Vaishnav tradition) ...

'' (संतसूर्य तुकाराम). The ''mahamandal'' members had demanded his resignation with a warning that they would disrupt the ''sammelan'' if their demand was not met.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Anand 1935 births 2016 deaths Writers from Maharashtra Marathi-language writers People from Kolhapur district Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi Indian autobiographers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan