Sahityashilpi By V S Khandekar

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1898-1976) was an eminent man of letters in Marathi. A prolific writer who was recipient of the Dnyanpeeth award, he tackled all literary forms effectively. His literary works have been rendered into various Indian languages. He had also made his mark as a literary critic. Sahityashilpi: V.S. Khandekar is an anthology of his articles on about seventeen well known authors in Marathi. The anthology which covers life sketches of writers from late nineteenth century to the later half of the twentieth may be said to be a brief introduction to the history of Marathi literature. The life sketches cover salient features of the literature, philosophy, style of each person. Included here are dramatists, biographers, poets, journalists.