R. V. Pandit

Raghunath Vishnu Pandit was a Goan poet. He is best known and most celebrated for his vast poetic production in Konkani. Pandit also produced a significant body of work in Portuguese after the Liberation of Goa in 1961. Much of his output was written in a neo-realist style demonstrating a marked concern for the downtrodden sections of Goan society.

A monograph on Poet Raghunath Vishnu Pandit has been written by Dr. S. M. Tadkodkar a Konkani-Marathi poet, research scholar and Reader, Head of Department of Marathi Goa University. It was published by Goa Government's Goa Konkani Akademy, in 2006.

External links

• Article about R.V. Pandit by Alfredo Bragança (in Portuguese)

Examples of his poetry in Portuguese may be found here:

• O Inverno (1969)
• Aquelas Mulheres (1969)
• Para quê (1969)
• A Chuva (1968)
• Cada Gota do Teu Sangue (1968)
• Mãos em toda a parte (1968)
• A Folha do Tamarindeiro (1968)
• A Mão Não Abarca (1968)
• Sem Amparo (1968)
• Vinho (1968)
• Sem Desejo (1959/1968)
• A Minha Mente Quadrada (1968)
• À espera de Rama (1959/1967)
• A Palha (1965)
• Mar de Embriaguez (1965
• A Virtude Peregrina (1963)
• A Lua (1963)
• Casa, Minha Casa! (1963)
• A Chuva (1962)
• Espiga (1962)
• As Paredes Têm Ouvidos (1962)