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Arun Kolatkar | |
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| Born | 1 November 1932 Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India |
| Died | 25 September 2004 (aged 71) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Indian postmodernism |
| Notable works | Jejuri |
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| Spouse | Darshan Chhabda (div 1966); Soonu Kolatkar |
Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (Marathi: अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर) (1 November 1932 – 25 September 2004) was an Indian poet[1] who wrote in both Marathi and English. His poems are known for expressing the humour in everyday life. Kolatkar is the only Indian poet other than Kabir to be featured on the World Classics titles of New York Review of Books.
His first collection of English poetry, Jejuri, won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1977.[2] His Marathi verse collection Bhijki Vahi won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005. An anthology of his works, Collected Poems in English, edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, was published in Britain by Bloodaxe Books in 2010. Trained as an artist from the J. J. School of Art, he was also a graphics designer.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers". Sahitya Akademi. Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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