Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar

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'''Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar''' (14 April 1927 – 2 October 2021), popularly known by his initials ('''"D Ma"''' and also as '''"Dadasaheb"''') was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer and narrator principally of humorous stories.His stories were principally based on rural Maharashtra.The subtle and comic stories he wrote were well read.<ref name="Vishwakosh"/>

==Early life and education==
Mirasdar was born on 14 April 1927 in [[Akluj]] and went to school in [[Pandharpur]]. He earned M.A. from the [[Sir Parashurambhau College]] in [[Pune]] and became a teacher in 1952. He became a professor of Marathi in a college in Pune in 1961.<ref name="Vishwakosh">{{cite web |last=अदवंत |first=महदेव नामदेव |title=मिरासदार, द. मा. |url=https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/30150/ |website=मराठी विश्वकोश प्रथमावृत्ती |publisher=[[Marathi Vishwakosh]] |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=mr-IN |date=2019-07-04 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214132/https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/30150/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="saamana"/>

==Career==
Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories ''Gavat'', ''Ranmanus'', ''Kone Eke Kali'', ''Bhavaki'', ''Hubehub'', and ''Sparsha'' belong to the latter class.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Milind |title=जिंदादिल मिरासदारी! |url=https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/wellknowm-marathi-wirter-and-narrator-d-m-mirasdar-a296/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Lokmat]] |date=11 April 2021 |language=mr-IN |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214642/https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/wellknowm-marathi-wirter-and-narrator-d-m-mirasdar-a296/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mitraho |title=खुमासदार मिरासदार |magazine=मिसळपाव |date=20 October 2014 |url=https://www.misalpav.com/node/29187 |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212359/https://www.misalpav.com/node/29187 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=चिंचोलीकर |first1=धनंजय |title=मिरासदारांच्या दमादमाच्या गोष्टी |url=https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang-news/book-review-of-bhokarwaditil-rasavanti-gruha-and-gappagoshti-105337/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=April 28, 2013 |language=mr-IN |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214304/https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang-news/book-review-of-bhokarwaditil-rasavanti-gruha-and-gappagoshti-105337/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

His first public program as a writer was held in 1962 in [[Nagpur]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sabnis |first1=Vivek |title=माझा विनोद मनुष्यस्वभावाच्या जवळ जाणारा: द. मा. मिरासदार |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=5616789902126983443 |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=14 April 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215143/https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=5616789902126983443 |url-status=live }}</ref>

For some years, [[Shankar Babaji Patil | Shankar Patil]], Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.<ref>{{cite web |title=श्री. द. मा. मिरासदार: Maayboli |url=https://vishesh.maayboli.com/index.php?q=diwali-2008/123 |website=vishesh.maayboli.com |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213705/https://vishesh.maayboli.com/index.php?q=diwali-2008%2F123 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=साधूच्या शापाने अभिनेत्री बदलते अन्... |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/da-ma-mirasdar-news-pune/articleshow/59326841.cms |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=27 Jun 2017 |language=mr |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213545/https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/da-ma-mirasdar-news-pune/articleshow/59326841.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mirasdar was the Acting President of ''Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'', Pune.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masapaonline.org/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922220343/http://www.masapaonline.org/ |archivedate=2009-09-22 }}</ref> In 1998, he was the president of the 71st [[Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Parli, Maharashtra]].<ref name="saamana">{{cite news |title=द. मा. मिरासदार |url=https://www.saamana.com/d-m-mirasdar-dattaram-maruti-mirasdar/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Saamana]] |date=15 April 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215053/https://www.saamana.com/d-m-mirasdar-dattaram-maruti-mirasdar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, he received the [[Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar]] from the Department of Marathi Language, [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Marathi Writer Mirasdar Selected for Literary Award |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/marathi-writer-mirasdar-selected-for-literary-award/882953 |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |date=February 25, 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214802/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/marathi-writer-mirasdar-selected-for-literary-award/882953 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawant |first1=Rajesh |title=ज्येष्ठ साहित्यिक मिरासदार यांना जीवनगौरव पुरस्कार |url=https://prahaar.in/ज्येष्ठ-साहित्यिक-मिरासद/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=February 25, 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215115/https://prahaar.in/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A6/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Vivek V. |url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/vinda-karandikar-d-m-mirasdar-honour-lifetime-awards-1075296/ |title=विंदांच्या नावाचा पुरस्कार हा बहुमानच – प्रा. द. मा. मिरासदार |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=25 February 2018 |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215234/https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/vinda-karandikar-d-m-mirasdar-honour-lifetime-awards-1075296/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, he was awarded the first-ever ''Sahityaseva Krutadnyata Puraskar''.<ref>{{cite news |title=पहिला साहित्यसेवा कृतज्ञता पुरस्कार द.मा.मिरासदार यांना जाहीर |url=https://www.lokmat.com/pune/first-literary-awareness-award-announced-mmirasdar/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Lokmat]] |date=June 13, 2018 |language=mr-IN |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213031/https://www.lokmat.com/pune/first-literary-awareness-award-announced-mmirasdar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Death==
Mirasdar died on 2 October 2021 at the age of 94 in Pune.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-03|title=Writer and storyteller Da Ma Mirasdar dies at 94|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/writer-and-storyteller-da-ma-mirasdar-dies-at-94-7548686/|access-date=2021-10-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003065642/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/writer-and-storyteller-da-ma-mirasdar-dies-at-94-7548686/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Books==
*''Majhya Bapachi Pend'' (1957)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Books by D.M. Mirasdar (Author of Jawai_Bapunchya_Goshti)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5265172.D_M_Mirasdar|access-date=2021-10-03|website=www.goodreads.com|archive-date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704223309/http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5265172.D_M_Mirasdar|url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Bhutancha Janma'' (1958)<ref name=":0" />
*''Hubehub'' (1960)<ref name=":0" />
*''Sutti Ani Itar Ekankika'' (1964)<ref name=":0" />
*''Mirasdari'' (1966)<ref name="मिरासदारी"/><ref name=":0" />
*''Makadmeva'' (1970)<ref name=":0" />
*''Chakatya'' (1973)<ref name=":0" />
*''Hasnaval'' (1975)<ref name=":0" />
*''Chutakyanchya Goshti'' (1976)<ref name=":0" />
*''Gudagulya'' (1977)<ref name=":0" />
*''Mi Ladachi Maina Tumachi'' (1979)<ref name=":0" />
*''Bhokarwadichya Goshti'' (1983)<ref name=":0" />
*''Goshtich Goshti'' (1993)<ref name=":0" />
*''Khade Ani Orakhade'' (1997)
*''Nivadak Da Ma''<ref name="मिरासदारी">{{cite web |title=मराठी पुस्तक मिरासदारी - द. मा. मिरासदारांच्या निवडक कथा |url=https://www.rasik.com/cgi_bin/display_book.cgi?bookId=b48464 |website=www.rasik.com |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212915/https://www.rasik.com/cgi_bin/display_book.cgi?bookId=b48464 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''Gappangan''<ref name=":0" />
*''Navetil Tin Pravasi''<ref name=":0" />
*''Sarmisal''<ref name=":0" />
*''Angatpangat''<ref name=":0" />
*''Virangula''<ref name=":0" />
*''Ganara Mulukh''<ref name=":0" />
*''Javaibapunchya Goshti''<ref name=":0" />
*''Bendbaja''<ref name=":0" />
*''Gammat Goshti''<ref name=":0" />
*''Pharmas Goshti''<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last1=Deshmukh |first1=Lata Keshav |editor1-last=Mancharkar |editor1-first=Ratnakar Bapurao |title=D. Ma. Mirasdar yanche kathalekhan: vadmayin abhyas (द. मा. मिरासदार यांचे कथा लेखन: वाड्मयीन अभ्यास) |date=November 1997 |url=http://lib.unipune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5937 |publisher=Department of Marathi at [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]] |location=[[Pune]]}}

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