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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = B. S. Mardhekar<br />
| image = B. S. Mardhekar.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Bal Sitaram Mardhekar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1909|12|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faizpur]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|03|20|1909|12|01|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Delhi]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| citizenship = India<br />
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| known_for = Introducing modernism in Marathi<br />
| education = B.A. English language and literature<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Mumbai]]<br />
| employer = <br />
| occupation = Poet, critic, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer<br />
| spouse = Homai Nulliseth, Anjana Mardhekar<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''Bal Sitaram Mardhekar''' (1 December 1909 – 20 March 1956) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer who brought about a radical shift of sensibility in [[Marathi poetry]]. He was born in a town called [[Faizpur]] in the [[Khandesh]] region of [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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He was educated in [[Pune]] and [[London]], and worked at [[All India Radio]] until his death. His earlier collection of poems, ''Shishiragam'' (शिशिरागम), was a product of ''Ravi Kiran Mandal'' poetry: sentimental and lyrical. But his later avant-garde poetry brought about a storm in the Marathi literary world. His poem with the title "पिपात मेले ओल्या उंदिर" (Mice Died in the Wet Barrel) appeared in ''Abhiruchi'' (अभिरुची) magazine in 1946.<br />
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Similar to what [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]] did in French poetry, Mardhekar brought a decadent urban ethos into Marathi poetry. Marathi ''bhakti'' (भक्ति) poetry and the poetry of [[T. S. Eliot]] and [[W. H. Auden]] had an influence on him.<br />
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In 1948, he was charged and tried for obscenity for some of his poems in ''Kahi Kavita''. He was declared innocent of these charges in 1952.<br />
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Mardhekar was also an influential critic and an experimental novelist. He attempted to bring in the consciousness technique in Marathi novels.<br />
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He received in 1956 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10313.htm#marathi Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234040/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10313.htm |date=2009-03-31 }}</ref> for his work ''Saundarya ani Sahitya'' (''A study of aesthetics'') (सौंदर्य आणि साहित्य).<br />
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==Published works==<br />
===Books===<br />
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===Poetry===<br />
* ''Shishiragam'' (1939)<br />
* ''Kahi Kavita'' (1947)<br />
* ''Aankhin Kahi Kavita'' (1951)<br />
* ''Kiti Tari Divsat''<br />
* ''Ala Ashadh Shravan''<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* ''Raatricha Divas'' (1942)<br />
* ''Tambdi Maati'' (1943)<br />
* ''Paani'' (1948)<br />
* ''Mardhekaranchya Kadambarya'' (1962)<br />
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===Aesthetics and Criticism===<br />
* ''Arts and Man'' (1937)<br />
* ''Vangmaiyeen Mahaatmata'' (1941)<br />
* ''Two Lectures on an Aesthetic of Literature'' (1944)<br />
* ''Saundarya ani Sahitya'' (1955)<br />
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===Plays===<br />
* ''Karna'' (1944)<br />
* ''Natashreshta'' (1944)<br />
* ''Sangam'' (1945)<br />
* ''Aukshan'' (1946)<br />
* ''Badakanche Gupit'' (1947)<br />
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===Short Stories===<br />
* ''Natashrestha Appasaheb Rele'' (1944)<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Further reading===<br />
* [[Vijaya Rajadhyaksha]] (विजया राजाध्यक्ष): ''मर्ढेकरांची कविता''. (The book received ''Sahitya Akademi Award'' in 1993.)<br />
* Manohar, Yashwant. Baal Sitaram Mardhekar. New Delhi Sahitya Akademi. 1997<br />
* [[M. V. Dhond]]: "Tarihi Yeto Vas Phulanna", Publisher- [http://144.16.72.182/sndt/sndt/libvig/yp/pubbksl/pub_rhp.htm Rajhans Prakashan]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Pune 1999<br />
* Deshpande, D.V. Mardhekaranchi Kavita. 1980<br />
* 'Aksharanchya Shrama Kela' (2000) by [[Vilas Sarang]]<br />
* कारुण्योपनिषद (Karunyopanishad) by Vinay Hardikar<br />
* Manohar, Yashwant. Keshavsut ani Mardhekar: Ek Taulnik Abhyas. 1982 ( a doctoral thesis)<br />
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===Special Issues on Mardhekar===<br />
* Satyakatha May 1956<br />
* Nabhowani. Year 1, Issue 9, March 1971<br />
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===Translation of Mardhekar's Poetry===<br />
* [[Dilip Chitre]]. An Anthology of Marathi Poetry (1945-1965)<br />
* [[Vilas Sarang]]. Poems of Mardhekar ( For Private Circulation)<br />
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