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| birth_name = Baburao Ramaji Bagul
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'''Baburao Ramji Bagul''' (1930–2008) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], India; a pioneer of modern literature in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and an important figure in the Indian short story during the late 20th century, when it experienced a radical departure from the past, with the advent of [[Dalit]] writers such as him.<ref name=sa/><ref name=han/><ref>''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot'', by Amaresh Datta, Mohan Lal. [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1994. ''Page 4060''.</ref>

He is most known for his works such as, ''Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti!'' (1963), ''Maran Swasta Hot Ahe'' (1969), ''Sahitya Ajache Kranti Vigyan'', ''Sud'' (1970), and ''Ambedkar Bharat'' (1981).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040505213629/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/20/stories/1320017k.htm A hundred years of the short story ] [[The Hindu]], 20 May 2001.</ref>

==Biography==
Baburao Ramaji Bagul was born in [[Nashik]] on 17 July 1930. After high school education, he did various manual jobs until 1968. While doing so, he published several stories in magazines, which started getting attention from Marathi readers. Eventually 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 language|Marathi]]; today it is seen by many critics as the epic of the downtrodden, and was later made into a film by actor-director Vinay Apte.<ref name=sa/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1823&dq=Baburao+Bagul&lr=. Jevha Mi Jat Chorali Hoti (1963)] ''Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2''. Editors Amaresh Datta. [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1988. {{ISBN|81-260-1194-7}}. ''Page 1823''.</ref>

He followed it up with a collection of poems, ''Akar'' (Shape) (1967), which gave immediate visibility, but it was his second collection of short stories ''Maran Swasta Hot Ahe'' (Death is Getting Cheaper) (1969), which cemented his position as an important enlightened voice of his generation. The 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.<ref name=sa>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kLn11KD4ea0C&pg=PA409 Mother 1970] ''Indian short stories,1900–2000'', by E.V. Ramakrishnan, I. V. Ramakrishnana. [[Sahitya Akademi]]. ''Page 217'', ''Page 409'' (Biography).</ref><ref name=han>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA368&dq=Baburao+Bagul&lr= Issues of Language and Representation:Babu Rao Bagul] ''Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India'', Editors: Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. {{ISBN|0-313-28778-3}}. '' Page 368''.</ref><ref>''Translating caste'', Editor: Tapan Basu. Publisher: [[Katha Books|Katha]], 2002. {{ISBN|81-87649-05-4}}. ''Page 187''.</ref>

Bagul was an [[Ambedkarite]] [[Buddhist]].<ref>https://www.newsclick.in/baburao-bagul-revolt-fanonian-reading</ref><ref>https://feminisminindia.com/2019/12/16/the-epic-of-dalit-literature-when-i-hid-my-caste-by-baburao-bagul/</ref><ref>https://thewire.in/caste/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-dalit</ref> After 1968, he became a full-time writer of literature which continued to deal with the lives of marginalized downtrodden people in Maharashtra. His fictional writing gave graphic accounts of the lives of that class of people. The thoughts of [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Jyotiba Phule]], and [[Karl Marx]] had an influence on Bagul's mind. He soon became an important radical thinker of the [[Dalit]] movement, and published a major ideologue of the Panther, ''Manifesto of Panther'', in 1972.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070112142150/http://aune.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~belbernard/misc/ccrss/dalitautobio.htm Marathi Modern Literature] Centre for Cooperative Research in Social Sciences, Pune.</ref> In the same year he presided over the 'Modern Literary Conference' held at Mahad. Over the years his stories taught future Dalit writers to give creative rendition to their autobiographical narratives.<ref name=han/>

He died on 26 March 2008 at Nashik, and was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters.<ref>[http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/93963/National/1/20/1 Litterateur Baburao Bagul cremated with state honours]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 27 March 2008</ref>

Subsequently, the [[Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University]] instituted the Baburao Bagul Gaurav Puraskar Award in recognition of his contributions to Marathi literature, to be given annually to the debut work of a budding short-story writer.<ref>[http://ycmou.digitaluniversity.ac/Content.aspx?ID=10&ParentMenuID=10 Awards, Honours & Collaborations: Baburao Bagul Gaurav Puraskar] [[Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University]]</ref>

==Works==
* "Jevha Mi Jaat Chorali Hoti!" (जेव्हा मी जात चोरली होती!) (1963)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdZ9uQEACAAJ&q=jevha+mi+jaat+chorli|title=When I Hid My Caste: Stories|last=Bagul|first=Baburao|date=2018-07-10|publisher=Speaking Tiger Books|isbn=9789386702951|language=en}}</ref>
* "Maran Swasta Hot Ahe" (मरण स्वस्त होत आहे) (1969)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.in/Maran-Swasta-Hot-Baburao-Bagul/dp/B07D214LPK/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535972589&sr=1-4&refinements=p_27:Baburao+Bagul|title=Maran Swasta Hot Ahe|last=Bagul|first=Baburao|date=2018|publisher=Lokvandmay Gurha|language=Marathi}}</ref>
* "Sud" (सूड) (1970)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.in/Sood-Baburao-Bagul/dp/B079KCQHG6/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535972589&sr=1-5&refinements=p_27:Baburao+Bagul|title=Sood|last=Bagul|first=Baburao|date=2018|publisher=Lokvandmay Gurha|language=Marathi}}</ref>
* "Dalit Sahitya Ajache Kranti Vignyan'' (दलित साहित्य आजचे क्रांतिविज्ञान)
* "Ambedkar Bharat" (आंबेडकर भारत) (1981)<ref>https://www.bookganga.com/Preview/BookPreview.aspx?BookId=5277673246792470314&PreviewType=books</ref>
* Aghori (अघोरी) (1983)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bagul|first=Baburao|url=https://www.amazon.in/-/hi/Baburao-Bagul/dp/B07L4QQ7DB|title=AGHORI|date=}}</ref>
* Pashan (पाषाण) (1972)
* Apurva (अपूर्वा)
* Kondi (कोंडी) (2002)
* Pawsha (पावशा) (1971)
* Bhumihin (भूमिहीन)
* Mooknayak (मूकनायक)
* Sardar (सरदार)
* Vedaadhi Tu Hotas (वेदाआधी तू होता) [poetry collection]
* Dalit Dahitya : Aajche Krantividyan (दलित साहित्य: आजचे क्रांतिविज्ञान)

==Translation==
* ''Death is Getting Cheaper'' – ''Another India: an anthology of contemporary Indian fiction and poetry'', editors, Nissim Ezekiel, Meenakshi Mukherjee. Penguin Books, 1990. ''Page 103''.
* ''Mother'' – ''Indian short stories, 1900–2000'', by E.V. Ramakrishnan, I. V Ramakrishnan. Sahitya Akademi, 2005. ''Page 217''.
* When I Hid My Caste - Stories, translated by Jerry Pinto, Speaking Tiger, 2018<ref>{{cite book |title=When I Hid My Caste - Stories |last=Bagul |first=Baburao |translator-last1=Pinto |translator-first1=Jerry |translator-link1=Jerry Pinto |year=2018 |isbn=978-93-86702-92-0}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* ''Homeless in my land: translations from modern Marathi Dalit short stories'', Editor Arjuna Dangale. Disha Books, 1992. {{ISBN|0-86311-286-2}}. ''pp 217''.
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jKy28jPKZhEC&pg=PA70&dq=Baburao+Bagul You who have Made the Mistake] ''Poisoned bread: translations from modern Marathi Dalit literature'', Editor Arjuna Dangale, Orient Blackswan, 1992. {{ISBN|0863112544}}. ''Page 70''.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|y7egN0RaDt8|An interview with Baburao Bagul}}

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