Saleel Wagh is a
Marathi poet, philosopher based in
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
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Biography
Saleel Wagh a leading Marathi poet, was born in 1967 in
Rajkot, Gujarat
Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, w ...
. He has 7 collections of poetry on his credit. His collections include Nivadak Kavita (1996), Sadhyachya Kavita (2005), Aadhichya Kavita (2007) a Marathi translation of a major Hindi poet
Shamsher Bahadur Singh (1911–1993), Blog Pahila, (a collection of critical articles on contemporary Marathi poetry), Racecourse aani Itar Kavita (2009), Junya Kavita (2010), UlatSulat (2011), Saheli Tijjan (2012), Talaleya Kavit (2018). His books Nivdak Kavita and Racecourse aani Iter Kavita left deep impact on the contemporary Marathi literature, poetry in particular. He says, "poetry is cryptology and the poet is a cryptologist of culture". He was associated with
Radical Humanist Association in the 1990s. He has been awarded ` Shabdavedh' Sanman for Marathi poetry for the year 2006.
He has been also awarded prestigious 'Sahir Ludhiyanvi Sanman' in 2017 by Balraj Sahani Foundation.
Bibliography
Poetry Collections
* Nivadak Kavita
* Aadhichya Kavita
* Sadhyachya Kavita
* Racecourse Ani Itar kavita (2008)
* Junya kavita (2010)
* Ulatsulat (2011)
* Nyari Nyari Diwangi- Saheli Tijjan (2011)
* Talalelya Kavita (2018)
Translation
* Samsher Bahadur Singhchya Kavita
External links
at Poetry International WebAt Muse India
Online Poems
Poem No. ZeroTwo poems at Museindia
References
21st-century Indian poets
Marathi-language poets
1967 births
Living people
Writers from Pune
People from Rajkot
Indian male poets
Poets from Maharashtra
21st-century Indian male writers
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