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Bhalchandra Nemade | |
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| Born | (1938-05-27)27 May 1938 (age 87) |
| Occupation | Marathi writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Notable works | Kosala (1963) |
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Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (born 1938) is an IndianMarathi language writer, poet, critic and linguistic scholar. Beginning with hisdebut novelKosala, Nemade brought new dimensions to the world ofMarathi literature. This was followed by a tetralogy consisting of novelsBidhar,Hool,Jareela andJhool. In 2013, Nemade published his magnum opus titledHindu: Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal (Marathi:हिंदू: जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ) which is regarded as his masterpiece. Nemade is a recipient of theSahitya Akademi Award as well as theJnanapith Award, the highest literary honour in India.[1] In 2013, he was awarded thePadma Shri.[2]
Bhalchandra Nemade was born on 27 May 1938 in the village of Sangavi in theKhandesh region ofMaharashtra. After doing hismatriculation, he moved toPune, and received hisBA fromFergusson College in Pune andMA inLinguistics fromDeccan College in Pune and English Literature from theMumbai University inMumbai. He received PhD and D.Lit. degrees fromNorth Maharashtra University.[3]
Nemade worked as a college teacher in several parts of Maharashtra. He spent a year in London teaching Marathi at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies. From 1973 to 1986, he taught English atMarathwada University in Aurangabad. In 1987, he was appointed as professor and head of department of English atGoa University. In 1991, he joined Mumbai University,[3] from where he retired as the Gurudeo Tagore Chair for comparative literature studies.[4] During 1960s, Nemade edited Marathi magazineVacha.[citation needed]
Nemade wrote his first novelKosala (Marathi:कोसला)[5] in 1963. It is a fictitious autobiographical novel of one Pandurang Sangvikar, a youth from ruralMaharashtra who studies in a college inPune; but it is loosely based on Nemade's own life in his youth.
Sangvikar, the narrator inKosala, uses everyday Marathi spoken in rural Maharashtra and his worldview also reflects that held by residents of rural Maharashtra.Kosala is a chronological autobiographical narration, yet it employs certain innovative techniques. Thus, Sangvikar describes one year in his life in the form of a witty diary. As another innovative technique, the narration describes "historical investigations" often undertaken by Sangvikar and his friend Suresh Bapat, which ultimately uncover to them the absurdity and tragedy of their present condition.Kosla is extensively translated into various languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Oriya, et al.
AfterKosala, Nemade presented a different protagonist, Changadev Patil, through his four novelsBidhar (Marathi:बिढार),[6]Hool (Marathi:हूल),Jarila (Marathi:जरीला) andJhool (Marathi:झूल). Another tetralogy begins withHindu – Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal (Marathi:हिंदू – जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ) in 2010 having Khanderao, the archaeologist as its protagonist.
The differences between Sangvikar and Patil are not confined to just their age, profession, habits, and intellectual and emotional perception: While Sangvikar at times keeps the world at bay or even rejects the world, Patil is all for the world and is forever engaged in confronting and understanding it. Sangvikar is mercurial, Patil is more realistic, whereas Khanderao's consciousness moves across 5000 years to Indus Valley culture in theHindu tetralogy.
As a critic, Nemade's contribution rests in initiatingDeshivad, a theory that negates globalisation or internationalism, asserting the value of writers' native heritage, indicating that Marathi literature ought to try to revive its native base and explore its indigenous sources. Nemade antagonised his contemporaries by contending that the short story is a genre inferior to that of the novel.
Nemade won the prestigiousJnanpith Award in February 2015. He was the fourth laureate receiving the award for work in Marathi language.[7]
Winner of theSahitya Akademi Award, he was conferred withPadma Shri in 2011 by Government of India.[8]
Novels
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Criticism
2011: 98: Prof.(Dr) Bhalchandra Vana Nemade
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