Marathi Book Publishers
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Mauj Prakashan or Mouj Prakashan Griha is a major (and arguably the most prestigious) publisher of Marathi books. The enterprise was started by brothers Shri Pu Bhagwat and Vi Pu Bhagwat. Ram Patwardhan has also helped guide fortunes of the enterprise.
Bhagwat Brothers also published periodicals 'Mauj' and 'Satyakatha' which were later shut down due to lack of interest. The last issue of the weekly MAUJ was published on 31 July 1960.
Other publishers of note are :
Continental Prakashan : Founded by Late Anantrao Kulkarni. Their books include most of the books by Chi Vi Joshi
Haribhau Mote Prakashan : Among its many excellent publications must be counted Vishrabdha Sharda's editions which are a collection of letters written by eminent Marathi people about their chosen fields.
Hans Prakashan : Late Anantrao Antarkar (b 1912 - d 1966). After him, Anand Antarkar (probably Anantrao's son) took over. From 1946 to 1989, HANS was a major literary monthly. Now it is published once every year as Diwali Ank.
Majestic Prakashan : Founded by Keshvarao Kothavale (1923-1993) with brother Tukaram. Now run by the next generation. Kothavale was close to G N Dandekar, and once MAJESTIC was founded, all of Dandekar's books were published by them. Keshavrao Kothavale was the editor of the monthly 'Lalit' in which the famous Thanthanpal column by Jaywant Dalvi had appeared.
Parachure Prakashan : Founded by G.P.Parchure. They have published most of the books of P. K. Atre and Na Si Phadke and also some books by G A Kulkarni.
Popular Prakashan : Ramdas Bhatkal (b 1935). His brother Sadanand Bhatkal and brother-in-law Kumtha. A collection of Ramdas Bhatkal's Marathi articles is published under the name 'Jigsaw'.
Deshmukh & Co : Started by Raa Ja Deshmukh. This publication was the first to publish all the books by P L Deshpande. Their books also include 'Yayati' by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, 'Swami' & 'Shriman Yogi' by Ranjit Desai and 'Kosala' by Bhalchandra Nemade. Today they are publishing 8 to 10 books every year under the able leadership of Ravindra Godbole, the nephew of Ra Ja Deshmukh.
Rajhans Prakashan : Majgaonkar family. They also published a periodical named 'Manoos'. Manoos was a monthly for some time, also bi-monthly, and weekly over another stretch of time. Shri Ga Majgaonkar was its editor from 1961 to 1986.
Shrividya Prakashan : Founded by Madhukaka Kulkarni. They were the first to publish autobiographies of 'Dalit' writers. They were also first to publish a Marathi book abroad. They have also published autobiographies of Cine Artists like Leela Chitnis, Shanta Hublikar, Seema Deo etc. Their writers include Pu La Deshpande, Madhav Gadkari, Laxmanshastri Joshi, Arun Tikekar, Ya Di Phadke, Laxman Gaikwad, Ramdas Phutane, Pha Mu Shinde, Harshad Sarpotdar etc.
