Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar

Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar
Native name भार्गवराम विठ्ठल वरेरकर
Born Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1883
Chiplun
Died November Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1964 (aged Expression error: Unexpected < operator–Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".)Expression error: Unexpected > operator
Occupation Writer
Language Marathi
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Subject Laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance
Notable works Widhawa Kumari, Parat Bhet, Dhawata Dhota

Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar (Marathi: भार्गवराम विठ्ठल वरेरकर) (1883 - 1964) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

Varterkar was born in 1883 in Chiplun in the Konkan region. He attended high schools in Malvan, Dapoli and Ratnagiri. Before graduating he left his studies, worked for a while as a postal clerk, then migrated to Mumbai.

Varterkar wrote the play Kunjawihari (कुंजविहारी) in 1907. He wrote other plays with historic, mythological and social themes; he wrote many novels, short stories and film scripts. His writings strongly reflected his empathy for laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance.

He translated into Marathi many novels of Bengali writer Sharat Chandra Chatterji.

Varerkar presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Dhule in 1944.

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