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Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, popularly known in Maharashtra, India, and in the larger Marathi community as "Kusumagraj", was a well-known and renowned Marathi poet. He belonged to Nashik, loved the city, and so was known as tatyasaheb in the city. He is also good writer. His drama "Natsamrat" is very popular. He is also a honoured by best awards in Literature "Gyanpeeth" for his poetry album "Vishakha". Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र in Devanagari) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Nashik or Nasik is a city, and also a district and division, in Indias Maharashtra state. ...



for more details about him and his poetry please refer http://www.kusumaavali.org/


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Rediff On The NeT: Marathi poet-playwright Kusumagraj, 87, passes away (596 words)
In a condolence message, Dr Alexander said Kusumagraj was a father figure for Maharashtra's literary world.
Kusumagraj was born Gajanan Ranganath Shirwadkar on February 27, 1912, in Poona.
Kusumagraj chaired the 45th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (literary conference) held in Margao, Goa, in 1964.
Kusumagraj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (169 words)
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (February 27, 1912 - March 10, 1999), popularly known in Maharashtra, India and in the larger Marathi community as "Kusumagraj", was a poet, playwright and writer.
He was born in Pune, and was known by his nick name Tatyasaheb, meaning respected big brother.
Kusumagraj's contribution to Marathi literature, particularly poetry and plays, marks a milestone in the jounrney of Marathi literature.
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