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Baburao Bagul

15-09-2022

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Baburao Ramji Bagul (17 July, 1930–26 March, 2008) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
He was a pioneer of modern literature in Marathi and an important figure in the Indian short story during the late 20th century.
Bagul was an Ambedkarite Buddhist. After 1968, he became a full-time writer of literature which continued to deal with the lives of marginalized downtrodden people in Maharashtra.He was influenced by the thoughts of B. R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, and Karl Marx.
In 1963, came his first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), it created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society and thus brought in new momentum to Modern Marathi literature in Marathi; today it is seen by many critics as the epic of the downtrodden,
He is most known for his works such as, Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti! (1963), Maran Swasta Hot Ahe (Death is Getting Cheaper) (1969), Sahitya Ajache Kranti Vigyan, Sud (1970), and Ambedkar Bharat (1981).
The Maran Swasta Hot Ahe collection is now considered an important landmark in Dalit writing in India and in 1970 he was awarded the 'Harinarayan Apte Award' by the Government of Maharashtra.