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Shripad Narayan Pendse
Shripad Narayan Pendse
Native name	श्रीपाद नारायण पेंडसे
Born	January 5, 1913; Murdi, Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, British Raj
Died	March 23, 2007 (aged 94); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Novel
Notable awards	Sahitya Akademi Award (1963)

Shripad Narayan Pendse (5 January 1913 – 23 March 2007) was a Marathi writer.^[1]

Biography

Shripad Narayan Pendse hailed from Maharashtra, India. He was born to a village Murdi, from Taluka Dapoli in Ratnagiri District. ^{[citation needed]}

His novel, Rathachakra (The Chariot-Wheel), received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963.^{[citation needed]}

His novel, Garambicha Bapu, was translated in 1969 into English, titled –'Wild Bapu of Garambi', as a part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, which had been organized with Sahitya Akademi collaboration.^{[citation needed]}

Haddapar (The Outcast) and Tumbadche Khot (The Khots of Tumbad) are Pendse's other two popular novels.^{[citation needed]}

He was offered a Rockfeller Foundation Scholarship, under which he travelled Europe and United States in order to study and exchange his views with other novelists and learned people. He travelled for more than one year with his wife with the help of this scholarship. In his tour to England, France and the US, he met many well known writers, including E. M. Forster.^{[citation needed]} EM Forster's letter to SN Pendse is reproduced in the autobiography of SN Pendse on page 243,244,245 SN Pendse "Lekhak Ani Manus" Ek Mitra published by Mouj publishers publication 228, in November 1974..

Works

Novels

Elgar in 1949
Haddapar in 1950
Garambicha Bapu in 1952
Hatya in 1954
Yashoda (small novel) in 1957
Kalandar in 1959
Rathachakra in 1962
Lavhali in 1966
Octopus in 1972.
Akant in 1978
Tumbadache Khot Part 1 and Part 2 in 1987
Garambichi Radha in 1993
Ek Hoti Aji in 1995
Kameru in 1997
Ghagar Rikami Re Rangamali in 2002
Haak Abhalachi in 2007

Dramas

Mahapur −1961
Rajemastar −1964
Yashoda-drama −1965
Garambicha Bapu −1965
Sambhusanchya Chalit −1967
Asa zala aani ujadala −1969
Chakravyuha −1970
Rathachakra −1975
Pandit ! Ata Tari Shahane Vha ! -1978
Dr. Huddar −1990

Short stories

Jumman −1956

Other

Prayaschitta -translation of The Scarlet Letter in 1969
Best upakramachi katha −1972 (he was Deputy Public Relations Officer in BEST undertaking and retired in 1972)

Articles

Ek Muktasanvad- Udyachya Kadambarikarashi in 1995
Adhyatacha Shodh in 1996
Ek Durlabh Sneh in 1996

Characterisation^{[clarification needed]}

Khadakavaril Hiraval in 1941

Autobiography

Shri Na Pendse-Manus Ani Lekhak in 1974

Translation into other languages

Garambicha Bapu- In Hindi (1959) and English (1969)
Kalandar- In Gujarati (1970)
Rathachakra- In Gujarati (1971)
Octopus- In Hindi (1976)
Hatya- In Hindi (1976)

Footnotes

^ Snell, Rupert; Raeside, Ian, eds. (1998). Classics of Modern South Asian Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 181. ISBN 9783447040587.

This article is based on his autobiography, written in 1974, and published by Mauj Prakashan.

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[1] Snell, Rupert; Raeside, Ian, eds. (1998). Classics of Modern South Asian Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 181. ISBN 9783447040587.

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