Dattatraya Ganesh Godse

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Dattatraya Ganesh Godse (द ग गोडसे, 1914-1992) was an Indian author, playwright, theatre and costume designer, art director, art critic, illustrator and historian. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1988.[1]

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[edit] Writing

Godse has written on wide range of subjects -historical personalities such as Shivaji, Mastani, Samarth Ramdas, literature, plays, architecture, sculpture and art including Buddhist art. One of his essays is on Thomas Daniell's painting of the Peshwa court at Pune in 1790.

Godse, like other historians and critics such as Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, M V Dhond, Y D Phadke chose to write almost only in the Marathi language.

Ashok R. Kelkar, a scholar in linguistics, literature and semiotics, comments that Godse's work is "a body of important if controversial work in art history from the vitalist point of view." He states that Godse's decision to write in Marathi was "fortunate in so far as it was instrumental in bringing art history home to the Marathi reader."[2]

[edit] Published works

  • Pota पोत (1963)
  • Nangi asalele phulapākharū नांगी असलेले फुलपाखरू (1989)
  • Ūrjāyana उर्जायन (1985)
  • Shakti Saushthava शक्ती सौष्ठव (1972)
  • Samande Talāśa समंदे तलाश (1981)
  • Gatimānī गतिमानी (1976)
  • Mastānī मस्तानी (1989)
  • Mātāvala मातावळ (1981)
  • Kālagangechyā kāthī काळगंगेच्या काठी (1974)
  • Lokghati लोकघाटी
  • Daphtanī दफ्तनी (1992)
  • Pratima प्रतिमा (translation)
  • Shakuntala शाकुन्तल (translation of Abhijñānaśākuntalam)
  • Vada-Savada ani Nishada sama (2003) (with Mangesa Viththala Rajadhyaksha)
  • Song सोंग
  • Sambhajiche Bhoot संभाजीचे भूत
  • Kahi Kavadse काही कवडसे

Most of Godse's works are published by either Popular Prakashan, Mumbai or Shree Vidya Prakashan, Pune.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Akademi Awards, Drama, Other Aspects of Theatre. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
  2. ^ Kelkar, Ashok R.. On Aesthesis and Art. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.

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