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Vyankatesh Madgulkar was born on 5 April, 1927, is an Indian writer (1927-2001). Discover Vyankatesh Madgulkar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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1927

Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 – 28 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time.

He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after Independence.

He was often called Tatya ("old man", or "grand old man" in Marathi) by his admirers, friends and family.

Madgulkar was born in the village of Madgul in Todays Sangli District of Maharashtra,then part of Maandesh, Aundh princely state.

His father was in the employment of the government of the Aundh princely state.

His brother was the poet G. D. Madgulkar.

When Madgulkar was in his teens, he left home and joined a group of nationalists fighting for India’s freedom from the British Raj.

For these activities, the British government banned him as a criminal for two years.

After independence, Madgulkar returned home.

Though he had never finished his high school education, but he passed vernacular final Marathi 7th exam with good marks.

He got a job as a school teacher at Nimbawade village, when he was just 14 years old.

he had a keen interest in reading.

He taught himself to read English on his own so that he could become familiar with English as well as Marathi literature.

He cited especially the influence of John Steinbeck, George Orwell and Liam O'Flaherty.

Madgulkar also had an aptitude for sketching and painting, so he went to Kolhapur to take painting lessons.

While studying there, at age 19, he entered a competition for short story writing and won a prize.

This encouraged him to pursue a literary career rather than painting.

1948

In 1948, when he was 21, he became a journalist and, two years later, he moved to Mumbai where he had the opportunity to write scripts for a few Marathi movies.

1949

He published his first book, Mandeshi Manse (माणदेशी माणसे) in 1949 when he was 22.

1954

His 1954 novella Bangarwadi (बनगरवाडी) was translated in several languages, including English, German, and Hindi.

His novel Wawtal (वावटळ) was translated into English, Kannada and also in Russian by Raduga Publishers.

A movie based on Bangarwadi was made under the direction of Amol Palekar.

1955

In 1955, Madgulkar took a job in Pune in the rural programming department of All India Radio.

He worked there for the next 40 years.

During all those years, he wrote abundantly.

1983

Madgulkar received in 1983 a Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Sattantar (सत्तांतर).

The same year, he presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, which was held at Ambajogai.

2001

He died in 2001 due to complications related to diabetes.

Madgulkar wrote 8 novellas, over 200 short stories, about 40 screenplays, and some folk plays (लोकनाट्य), travelogues, and essays on nature.

He translated some English books into Marathi, especially books on wild life, as he was an avid hunter.

This led to his nickname "Colonel Bahadur".