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 (महाराषà¥à¤à¥à¤° 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. ...
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.