Madhukar Vasudev Dhond (M. V. Dhond, In
Devanagari: मधुकर वासुदेव धोंड, म. वा. धोंड) (3 October 1914 – 5 December 2007) was a literary and art critic from
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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India.
He wrote in
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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on
Dnyaneshwar,
Namdev,
Tukaram,
Ramdas,
Vitthal,
Raghunath Dhondo Karve
Raghunath Dhondo Karve (14 January 1882 – 14 October 1953) was a professor of mathematics and a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. He was a pioneer in initiating family planning and birth control for masses in Mumbai in 1921.
Born ...
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Ram Ganesh Gadkari,
Bal Sitaram Mardhekar
Bal Sitaram Mardhekar (1 December 1909 – 20 March 1956) was a Marathi writer who brought about a radical shift of sensibility in Marathi poetry. He was born in a town called Faizpur in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra.
He was educated in ...
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Dattatraya Ganesh Godse
Dattatraya Ganesh Godse (Devanagari: दत्तात्रय गणेश गोडसे, द. ग. गोडसे) was an Indian historian, playwright, art critic, art director, theatre and costume designer, and illustrator. He received ...
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Anandi Gopal Joshi
Dr. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi (31 March 1865 – 26 February 1887) was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine. She was the first woman from the erstwhile Bombay presidency of India to study and graduate with a two-year degree in west ...
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Ranjit Desai's novel ''Swami'',
Vijay Tendulkar's play ''Sakharam Binder'', and many other topics.
Dhond received in 1997 a
Sahitya Akademi Award 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)
References
External links
Books Authored by M. V. DhondIntroduction to some of Dhond's work
Indian literary critics
Marathi-language writers
1914 births
2007 deaths
Indian atheists
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi
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