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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Anuradha Patil<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|4|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Pahur, [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| occupation = Poet<br />
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
| nationality = <br />
| awards = {{blist|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2019)|[[Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar]] (2019)}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anuradha Patil''' (born 5 April 1953) is an Indian poet, writing in the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] language. In 2019, she won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], India's highest literary honor, for her collection of poetry ''Kadachit Ajoonahi.''<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Patil was born in [[Pahur, Maharashtra|Pahur]], Maharashtra, into a family of farmers. She received no formal education after high school. She married Kautikrao Thale Patil, a teacher and professor of Marathi literature, at the age of 21.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=LNN|date=2019-12-19|title=असा आहे साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार जाहीर झालेल्या अनुराधा पाटील यांचा प्रवास|url=https://www.lokmat.com/aurangabad/journey-anuradha-patil-who-has-announced-sahitya-akademi-award-2019/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Lokmat|language=mr-IN}}</ref> She lives in [[Aurangabad]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=December 2019|title=Meet the Author: Anuradha Patil|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/anuradha_patil.pdf|website=[[Sahitya Akademi]]}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Writing ===<br />
Patil began writing poetry at the age of 20, and in 1982, won an award from the State of Maharashtra's literary academy, the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad for her collection titled ''Digant.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Anuradha Patil Wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 For Her Marathi Poem - SheThePeople TV|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/anuradha-patil-sahitya-akademi-award-marathi-poem/|access-date=2022-01-04|language=en-US}}</ref> In 1986, she won an award from the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad for her second collection of poetry, ''Tarihee''.<ref name=":0" /> Patil subsequently published three other collections of poetry: ''Divasendivas, Darasal'' and ''Waaluchya Paatrat Manndalela Khel.''<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, she published a collection of poetry titled ''Kadachit Ajoonahi'' (tr. ''Perhaps, Still'') which won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi (India's highest literary honor).<ref>{{Cite web|last=TNN|date=19 December 2019|title=Sahitya award an honour for me & M'wada: Patil|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/sahitya-award-an-honour-for-me-mwada-patil/articleshow/72875618.cms|access-date=2022-01-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The Sahitya Akademi praised Patil's poetry, stating that it was "...seminal in content and form," and praising her other writing as well, including her literary criticism and essays which have been published as parts of edited works.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=December 2019|title=Meet the Author: Anuradha Patil|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/anuradha_patil.pdf|website=[[Sahitya Akademi]]}}</ref> Her writing deals with accounts of rural life in Maharashtra, particularly her native region of [[Marathwada]] and Khandesh, and of the lives of women, covering themes of nature, motherhood, and solitude.<ref>{{Cite web|title=अनुराधा पाटील|url=https://www.loksatta.com/sampadkiya/vyakhtivedh/renowned-poet-anuradha-patil-profile-zws-70-2041623/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Loksatta|language=mr}}</ref> Her poetry has been widely translated into other Indian languages, including [[Hindi]] and [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Positions held ===<br />
Patil has held a number of positions in literary organisations and academies in India, and on editorial boards for literary magazines. From 1977 to 1980 she was a member of the Marathwada Sahitya Parishad, a literary academy for the region of [[Marathwada]] in Maharashtra. She has been closely associated with the [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's national academy for arts and letters: from 1993 to 1997, she was a member of their advisory board for Marathi language writing and literature, and from 2003 to 2007 she was a member of their general council. She has been an editor and advisor for the Marathi literary journal, ''Pratisthan'', and for the ''Post-Colonial Journal of India''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=December 2019|title=Meet the Author: Anuradha Patil|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/anuradha_patil.pdf|website=[[Sahitya Akademi]]}}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
'''Poetry''' '''collections'''<br />
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* (1980) ''Digant'' <br />
* (1985) ''Tarihee''<br />
* (1992) ''Divasendivas''<br />
* (2005) ''Waaluchya Paatrat Manndalela Khel''<br />
* (2012) ''Darasal''<br />
* (2017) ''Kadachit Ajoonahi'' {{ISBN|9-789-38236-4757}}<br />
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'''Other writing'''<br />
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* ''Navsala Pavali Doctorin'' (stories)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi-language poets]]<br />
[[Category:People from Marathwada]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women writers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women poets]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1953 births]]</div>Svetlanayrd