Purushottam Shivaram Rege (

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: पुरुषोत्तम शिवराम रेगे) (02 - August - 1910 to 17 - February - 1978 ) was a

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writer from

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. He, commonly known by his initials Pu Shi Rege, was born in

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, British India in 1910. After receiving his degrees in economics from

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and

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universities, he taught that subject at various colleges in

and

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. He retired in the 1970s as the principal of

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. Rege held a devout ''Shakta'' (शाक्त) belief centered on goddess ''Shantadurga'' (शांतादुर्गा). He presided over

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in 1969.

Literary work

The following is a partial list of Rege's works:

Critique

* Marmabhed (मर्मभेद) * Chhandsi (छांदसी)

Autobiography

* Eka Pidhiche Atmakathan (एका पिढीचे आत्मकथन)

Novels

* Matruka (मातृका) * Awalokita (अवलोकिता) * Sawitri (सावित्री) * Rennu (रेणू)

Play

* Ranga Panchalik (रंग पांचालिक)

Collections of poems

* Sadhana Ani Itar Kavita (साधना आणि इतर कविता) (1931) * Himasek (हिमसेक) (1943) * Priyal (प्रियाळ) (1972) * Dola (दोला) (1962) * Dusara Pakshi (हसरा पक्षी) (1966) * Suhrud Gatha (सुह्रदगाथा ) (1975) * Aniha (अनीह) (published posthumously in 1984) * Fulora (फुलोरा’) * Gandharekha (गंधरेखा) * Pushkala (पुष्कळा) * Pu. Shi. Rege Yanchi Niwadak Kawita (पु. शि. रेगे यांची निवडक कविता ) (Edited by Prakash Deshpande) * Pu. Shi. Rege : Vyakti aanni Waangmaya, 2007 (पु० शि० रेगे : व्यक्ती आणि वाङ्मय), by Professor (Dr.) S. M. Tadkodkar, Goa University, Goa - 403 206 Indian male short story writers Marathi-language poets 1910 births 1978 deaths Place of birth unknown Alumni of the University of London 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian short story writers Indian male poets Indian male novelists Writers from Mumbai 20th-century Indian novelists Novelists from Maharashtra Poets from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers Presidents of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan {{India-poet-stub