Marathi Poetry - 20th Century and Latest Poetry

20th Century and Latest Poetry

Modern Marathi poetry began with Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's compositions. The later poets like Keshavsuta, Balakavi, Govindagraj, and the poets of Ravi Kiran Mandal like Madhav Julian wrote poetry which was influenced by the Romantic and Victorian English poetry. It was largely sentimental and lyrical.Prahlad Keshav Atre, the renowned satirist and a politician wrote a parody of this sort of poetry in his collection Jhenduchi Phule.

The major paradigm shift in sensibility began in the 1940s with the avant-garde modernist poetry of BS Mardhekar. In the mid 1950s, the 'little magazine movement' gained momentum. It published writings which were non-conformist, radical and experimental. Dalit literary movement also gained strength due to the little magazine movement. This radical movement was influenced by the philosophy of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and challenged the literary establishment which was largely middle class, urban, and upper caste people. The little magazine movement threw up many excellent writers. mangesh padgaonkar is also talented poet.he got maharashtrbhushan in 2008.mangesh padgaonkars dharanrutya is first poetry book. Bhalchandra Nemade is a well known novelist, critic and poet. The poetry of Arun Kolatkar, Dilip Chitre, Namdeo Dhasal, Vasant Abaji Dahake, Manohar Oak and many other modernist poets is complex, rich and provocative.

Another major paradigm shift in Marathi sensibility began in the 1990s with the criticism of Shridhar Tilve.Shridhar Tilve announced the outdatedness of postsixty generation in his article CHAUTHA SHODH.(see chautha shodh NAVYANCHI AKSHAR CHALVAL SEP-OCT ISSUE 1992 ED.AROON MHATRE) His first collection of poems(EKA BHARTIYA VIDYARTHACHE UDGAR) published in 1991 by POPULAR PRAKASHAN . Before his arrival almost 99% poets were either ROMANTIC (Like Hemant Divate who published romantic GAZZAL VISHESHANK DEVOTED TO SURESH BHAT ENCOUNTERING REBELLIOUS SAUSHTHAV 93 see gazal visheshank ABHIDHA varsh pahile choutha ank 1993 ED HEMANT DIWATE) OR CONFUSED POSTSIXTY DEVOTEE like Arun Mhatre. He was followed by another avant-garde modernist poetry of poets associated with (Saushthav 9 February 1993) Abhidhanantar 1999 and later Shabadavedh which joined this movement in 1999 with navvadottaree visheshank EDITED BY ABHIJEET DESHPANDE .Shridhar Tilve and Hemant Divate came together and edited CHAUTHI NAVTA VISHESHANK of ABHIDHA which created havok in Marathi and traditional people filed the case against this issue and poem BANDHKAM CHALU AHE written by SHRIDHAR TILVE.(see ABHIDHA AUGUST 1996 ED.SHRIDHAR TILVE HEMANT DIVATE )SHIVSAINIKS attacked the poet, torn down his PH.D THESIS & novel ADAHAWKABANASUNA ( which was later published by SHABDWELL PRAKASAN IN 2008) After this the poem and poet was discussed by Arun Tikekar in LOKSATTA A DAILY NEWSPAPER and the post 1990s, this 'new little magazine movement' gained momentum and poets like (Shridhar Tilve) Manya Joshi, Hemant Divate, Sachin Ketkar, Mangesh Narayanrao Kale, Saleel Wagh, Mohan Borse, Nitin Kulkarni, Nitin Arun Kulkarni, Varjesh Solanki, Sandeep Deshpande, Prafull Shiledar, Nitin Wagh, Dnyanda touched the new areas of post-modern life. The poetry collections of these poets are broughtout by Abhidhanantar Prakashan, Popular Prakashan, Granthali prakashan, Time and Space communication Shabdwell prakashan Navta prakashan.Now, the regular issues of the magazine Abhidhanantar and irregular issues of Khel Saushthav are taking Marathi poetry to the global standards. Another leading wave in contemporary Marathi poetry is the poetry of non-urban poets like Arun Kale, Bhujang Meshram, Pravin Bandekar, Sandip Desai (संदीप देसाई): Antarik Odh (अंतरीक ओढ).