Indian poet, practicing in Marathi.

Saleel Wagh, born in 1967, Rajkot, Gujarath in India and brought up in western Maharashtra, Pune.

The first collection his poems, written during the period 1983 to 1994, Nivdak Kavita, was published in 1996 by Time & Space Communications. His first book was well received and left deep impact on the community of poetry-scholars and poets. He published another book of poems in 2005, namely Sadhayachya Kavita. He received prestigious shabdavesh award for his work. He also published translation of Shamsher Bahadur Singh’s Hindi poetry in to Marathi. His collection of literary criticism and English version of his poems are in press.

He was activist in Radical Humanist Movement, formed by the followers of Late M N Roy. He worked with Royists like Tarkatritha Lakshmanshastri Joshi, V M Tarkunde, B R Sunthankar, G D Pradhan, V R Javahire, Sunil Bhattacharya, Nalinitai Taralekar, Indumati Parekh, Ulhas Rajdnya and others. He edited several magazines, translated and wrote several articles and arranged study camps at different places through out the India to propagate the thoughts of radical humanist movement.

He resides in Pune with his family, and work as a Corporate Brand Manager.